Monday, November 10, 2008

All Hail a Stranger at the Helm

He launched a new Web site (change.gov) touting the theme that has been the focal point of every campaign he has ever run. Inauguration tickets are going for over $20,000 a pop. He is being hailed as "vindicating the black folk" and the "next great savior" of this nation who promises to provide health care for all, lower taxes and pay all mortgages... but how much does America really know about our next president?

Young voters under 30 have no problem admitting allegiance to Barrack Obama, but when asked why... when asked what issues attract them to this candidate, they have no answers.

Why did so many vote for a man we know so little about? The answer is easy. Because the alternative MUST mean more of the same.

Forget the difference in voting records or bucking party lines. Forget disagreeing with the commander in chief over key issues concerning matters of national security and foreign affairs.

Forget truths.

Let's just promote a man to the highest office in the land with one of the thinnest resumes on record. Let's just hand him the white house when he hasn't even served one full term down the street. Let's use race over qualifications and experience to determine who will lead this nation during one of our most difficult times in recent history.

This was an interview for a job. Plain and simple. If Americans viewed this election objectively, examined voting records equally and cast their vote for the person with the right experience and relationships to pull this country out of its current hole, we wouldn't be crying in the streets about redemption.

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