The Election

So we have great choices.

1) A young charismatic marxian socialist.
2) A tired old man from the good old boy network.

With choice one, we get someone who will further jack systems up without fixing systemic issues. Our fate will be sealed.

With choice two, we have a person who will probably represent that status quo, with perhaps a little bit more needed regulatory efforts. Unfortunately due to age we will probably have Sarah Palin take over, and although I like her politics, she will get eaten alive by the world and by fellow politicians.

So we are in trouble. I can't stand to see all this enthusiasm over Obama. It is like the guy just says vague stuff, smiles, and people turn Obama into the messiah in their minds because they are so desperate for something new. Change, by itself, isn't positive. It is just change. And there is every indication that Obama's changes will be negative. But the weak willed, non analytical, and people who rely on their own wisdom rather then traditional views of right and wrong will flock to this guy. We will be in for a rocky four to eight years, with not much of a nation left.

Now my biggest fear. What if it is really, really close. Armies of lefty lawyers will clash against conservative lawyers. Will that psychotic 20% of the population use this as an excuse for unrest? Could this lead to a huge spike in domestic terrorism? I think so. I fear that the left's quest for victory at any cost will ignite internal strife. Expecially if lefties bring out the big legal guns and tie things up...then things go to McCain anyway. Many of them will have a hard time accepting defeat, and conspiracy theories will abound. Throw in a recession that is very deep, and we have the stage for some real problems.

Is this really the best we can do? Or is it what my friend Dale said (who is an Obama supporter) that we get the politicians that we deserve? Have we as a people become so blah that we just eat junk food, surf the web, look sadly out the window thinking about our lost jobs, vaguely listening to politicians lie to us again and again but still choosing to believe what they say? What is happening? Why over time has our attitudes as American changed? Why is our nation largly turning its back on Christianity and the Judeo-Christian principles the country was founded on? What good is coming out of our social change? Debt? Job loss? Broken families?

Come on America, we can do better. It is time we learned our history, who we are, why our nation was great, and put what we learn into practice, and never let our choice for president be so lame ever again.