…the countdown begins…the world holds its breath while America is running out of breath voicing their opinions on one of the most globally publicized Presidential Elections. We are weeks away from choosing the next President of the United States of America and America is in a state of confusion.
There has been more mud-slinging and name-calling that seem to linger longer in the American public’s memory than the real issues. The undecided group of voters is increasing everyday due to the sometimes undecided nature of both candidates. Fact check gurus have never been more popular than now; President George Bush (who?) is all but forgotten and emerges here and there to address the nation – a nation that no longer cares to listen to him and are only reminded of him by the candidates themselves and never in a pleasant manner.
Observing the madness surrounding this heralded event, it is hard to imagine that the American people ended up with these two candidates – the selection pool must have been pretty slim…neither of these candidates instill the 100% trust in the average American – and funnily this is the group that both candidates keep trying to appeal to.
Anything but Bush!!! Literally, anything is what most Americans feel and they vote based on feeling…as humans we always want something different after a little while but does that mean we are willing to close our eyes and ears and just pick that which is different without first weighing the outcome? I think that Americans are generally visionary people, but in this case, I am starting to doubt the choices they had made and are now faced with.
It makes things really difficult for them to pick their next President when all the candidates do is nitpick the others’ words and go after their jugular in the media. Forget the issues that they are proposing to change…they are worried about attacking each other instead of giving the American people hope that we will not go through a major recession…we are already starting to feel the pinch of it.
You can go to hundreds of websites to look up the facts on both parties. But it really concerns me that neither of them really reassure the people that they have a plan that actually makes sense and that something will be done…to make life better, to ease the burdens of the public, to create jobs, to cut taxes, to reform Health care, to take on Wall Street…all these are issues we have heard being mentioned in the news lately and yet, it has been difficult for both candidates to stand by what they say 100% of the time.
I am amazed anyone can make up their minds about whom they would vote for…but if you are one of those people who have made up your mind – McCain or Obama…GET OUT AND VOTE!!!
You have the power to change the world with just one vote. If you are undecided, then GET OUT AND EDUCATE YOURSELF. Read up on your choices and have conversations with your friends, family etc to gain a better understanding of your pick for president. Don’t be an IGNORANT voter!!! That is when the politicians win..when they can sway the minds of the undecided – those who are not decided don’t know enough about the person they could choose. So, don’t waste your time – educate yourself and vote!!!
November 4th 2008. The BIG day!!!
