True State Craft

Lauren asked:


I am voting tomorrow and I still am not sure who I want to vote for. I really don’t like either candidate but I would have voted for McCain if he had not picked Sarah Palin as a running mate. It would have been no question who I was voting for if it were not for her, but she seems very unintelligent and not capable of running a country.

She is also very religious and even though I am religious also, I believe that there should be separation between church and state.

She also, to me, seems really strange like her hunting wolves from helicopters, her getting blessed to keep witch craft away, and her answers in most of her interviews.

I do not think she is capable of running a country and if McCain passes away we would be stuck with her, and I’m not sure if it is worth the risk.

Obama is okay. I do think, however, that he often just talks about nothing and doesn’t say anything really constructive or informative. I also do not like the flag burnings he attended and the fact that he wants to change our democracy. It also concerns me that he wont pledge the flag or support the flag .. I find this completely unpatriotic and the president of the United States should support what we stand for and our country.

What do you think?
This was in the Washington Post

Senator Obama Live on Sunday states, ‘As I’ve said about the flag pin, I don’t want to be perceived as taking sides, Obama said. ‘There are a lot of people in the world to whom the American flag is a symbol of oppression. And the anthem itself conveys a war-like message. You know, the bombs bursting in air and all. It should be swapped for something less parochial and less bellicose. I like the song ‘I’d Like To Teach the World To Sing.’ If that were our anthem, then I might salute it.’We should consider to reinvent our National Anthem as well as to redesign our Flag to better offer our enemies hope and love. It’s my intention, if elected, to disarm America to the level of acceptance to our Middle East Brethren. If we as a Nation of warring people, should conduct ourselves as the nations of Isla m, whereas peace prevails. “