So I registered to vote in Boston today. I think this election is very important, and I have some things I want to say about it. They have probably been said before and will probably be said again, but here it goes.
John McCain: This man seemed to be the right kind of guy in 2000, but then he fathered an illegitimate black baby, and America's finest C student got the presidency through more fraud than an episode of
Chriss Angel: Mindfreak. Now he's a rank and file Republican who supports a fraudulent and outright evil war against a country that never really had
all that much against us. He's a man that spent five years in a North Vietnamese prison camp, yet he is supports the current (illegal and inhumane) interrogation tactics in American prisons. The son of a bitch (and he is one) voted with President Bush 90% of the time. President Bush will, without a doubt in my mind, go down as the worst president in U.S. history. This "maverick" has agreed with 90% of some of the worst decisions ever made by a U.S. executive. He is also 72 years old, and has had cancer 5 times.
Which leads us to...
Sarah Palin: She looks like a hot librarian. Cool. But she also does not support a woman's right to choose. Not only that, but she doesn't support a woman's right to choose whether or not to have a baby that is the product of rape or incest. That's INSANE! But plenty of republicans have similar views. Okay, how about her support of abstinence only education? It may not be fair to pull a candidate's family into the political discussion, but Palins daughter is pregnant (for at least the first time) and that pregnancy is ultimately a direct result of the failure of abstinence only sexual education. Her life will be ruined by this, yet people find it heroic. Then there's her stance on gay rights. The Anchorage Daily News published the following about her,
"Palin said she's not out to judge anyone and has good friends who are gay, but that she supported the 1998 constitutional amendment [defining marriage as between a man and a woman].
"Elected officials can't defy the court when it comes to how rights are applied, she said, but she would support a ballot question that would deny benefits to homosexual couples.
"'I believe that honoring the family structure is that important,' Palin said.
She said she doesn't know if people choose to be gay."
Of course, she too is considered a maverick. She voted against the "Bridge to Nowhere," after, you know, voting for it first. She also has just a little bit more experience than I do with politics. This woman scares the shit out of me. She is a threat to a lot of what I believe.
Barack Obama: Barack Obama voted against the Iraq War. That should sell everyone on his candidacy. He helped to get the anti-nuclear proliferation bill in the Senate. Unlike his opponent he supports a woman's right to choose and stem cell research. He also supports informing people about pregnancy prevention. He is (like most politicians) not strong enough on Gay Marriage, but we all have to pick our battles I suppose.
Joe Biden: The one thing I've noticed about Joe Biden that gives him my full support is that he supports ending the powder-crack sentencing disparity. But Obama isn't an old cancer-patient, so knowing Biden's background might be a little less important than knowing Palin's. I hope I didn't just jinx this.
So now you know where I stand. Please vote accordingly.
