I have to say that when this election season started, I wasn't too thrilled that Barack was running b/c I still believe that American still have a lot of racism and sexism. I thought that it would be a very interesting season for the fact that we had a very different assortment of viable candidates running for the most important office in the United States .
One thing I never did was say I would vote for Hillary Clinton because she is a woman and I am a woman. And I never stated that I would vote for Barack Obama because he is black and I am black.
I looked at the issues:
· the economy & the stimulus package
· education,
· defense
· Health care
· Stem cell research
· Taxes
· Energy
I also looked at the way they carried themselves, spoke and especially their deliveries when debating during the primaries. My fiancé argued me down about Senator Obama and that he was voting for him because we need something different than what we had for the last eight years. What makes this funny is that we’re both young, mid-twenties, and when we met he didn’t have any interest in politics and now I’ve created a monster. But I like that because we have even more things to talk about.
I love and respect the Clinton ’s and I still believe that President Clinton did a great job while running this country. He left this country in a great place, amongst these other great super powers and we dwindled to the bottom of the totem pole, someone has to help me out with that. It still amazes me people, throughout this entire election, are looking at sex and race as the one and only reason why they’re voting for that candidate. I know that in this 2008 election, we got as close as we can with a woman…a successful, educated woman got so far and was so close to being the chosen candidate for President of the United States . I have to give Senator Clinton her props, she did an excellent job and all women should be proud of the achievements that she made but obviously Senator Obama won and being a Democrat, I have to back my candidate.
I never looked at sex or race as an issue or a reason why I would vote for that candidate, it’s about who can lead this country to greatness and resolve economical issues that we have at home first then correct the distorted image we’ve garnered in recent years around this world.
What I wanted to know from you, readers, is what is or are your logics for voting and choosing your candidates?
John McCain & Sarah Palin
Or
Barack Obama & Joe Biden
