I’ve said often on this blog that I’ve made a decision on whom I want to vote for but the truth is I have not and every time I decide definitely in my mind, a constituency of either presidential candidate makes me question if I actually want to cast a ballot for the candidate of choice at the time.
My quandary, not with McCain but with Palin is, Is she a racist or not. I think at her first campaign stop there was a black man who really wanted to shake her hand and she refused to shake it. Ever since my brief observation I’ve been wondering is she or isn’t she a racist. The behavior of her followers, one who even used a racial slur against a cameraman is deeply troubling. There has been evidence that she’s not a racist, the winner of Miss Alaska a black woman has said that Palin was cool and not a sore loser when she lost to her.
In addition Palin’s husband is partially Eskimo which does not point to a pure racist, However, her base makes me wonder what she is.
You know as far as I am concerned the one thing Sarah Palin appears to be doing well is being a woman. I thought it was awesome when Sarah Plain stepped off the airplane toting her baby after her campaign activities. I thought it was wonderful that she actually went into Wal-Mart. I think it’s wonderful that she actually married someone that she’s attracted too. I think it’s wonderful that she has five kids and still manages to play the game. I really like the image that Sarah Palin portrays. I admit she did have a very rocky start with her first TV interview, but she pulled it together quickly. As for Foreign Policy experience Condeleeza Rice, a woman that I deeply admire has said something to the effect that different skill sets can be used to address Public Policy. The You Tube Video of What Condeleeza Rice thinks of Palin appears below.
In terms of Class and Sex I think Barack Obama does this rather badly. Obama for me reminds me of a friend or a loved one that I argue with constantly and I always forgive because well because I care for them. It’s like you see their faults but you love them anyway. Obama as far as I’m concerned is extremely charismatic and seductive. I think he knows this and takes advantage of it. People have dropped out of the race for lesser things then what Obama has been known to actually do. Plagiarism, Biden dropped out of a Presidential race for it. Racism, I do believe that Obama knew that Reverend Wright was a racist. If he’s that naive he does not need to run for President. Churches have themes. The whole Church is themed around evil whitey. I’m sure of it. They have speakers coming to the church talking about how the white man oppresses black people. They have plays about it. This is the unadulterated truth if anyone wants to or cares to hear it. White men who have been accused of a lot less then this type of racism have dropped out of the race, however it may not even be a race issue but a generational issue, Obama’s generation is Prince and Madonna. They are used to controversy and are not dropping out because of it. Earlier generations may have been embarrassed a little too easily.
The class issue, Obama is an unadulterated elitist, small town people cling to their religion and their guns is a terribly elitist thing to say, unfortunately having roots in a small town I agree with this. Though I often write positively about my parents small town roots, the roots sometimes try to follow you out of the country and wrap their tentacles around you creating a small town atmosphere of innuendo and bad feelings. On my most recent visit a relative told me you don’t know what they say about you you should change your clothes, I replied well I know what they say about you, you’re a rabid gossip. In any event I’m not arguing with Obama’s impression of small town America because I used to be closely associated with one and more and more I’m thinking about getting lost from it.
Finally the sexism issue and Obama weighs heavily on my mind. The way the the democrats and Barack Obama treated Hillary Clinton is just totally unacceptable behavior. They literally took votes from Hillary and gave them to Barack Obama as written about here and here. While some may argue that this was not a chauvinist thing to do it was just winning, asking Hillary Clinton to just swallow the incident and campaign was chauvinist to me and though she has been married to the President of the United States and been first lady proving swallowing disappointment and unfairness is profitable, it’s a wooden nickel and makes me wonder if she’s a happy women. Money and Power don’t mean much without self respect. To emphasize how money does not matter, let me briefly tell a story when I was in San Francisco I saw this homeless couple, the male of the pair picked up his raggedly dressed companion and placed her in the basket with such love and gentleness that I instantly felt a twinge of envy. If you can end life being loved and appreciated then power and money does not matter much. In essence Obama treated Hillary wrong, the fact that he respects his wife and no one else is peculiar to me because respect of your colleagues is supposed to be a given.
Finally after all of this, one may wonder why Obama still ranks as a candidate in my mind. The honest truth is he looks like a nice guy who will do the right thing. I don’t believe that he’s a nice guy. He believes in infanticide. This will probably be the deal breaker for me. I honestly don’t feel that he has a platform that he really cares about; for example when I think of Hillary Clinton I think of Health Care. When I think of Barack Obama, I think he looks like a nice responsible human being. He looks like he will do the right thing and he’s a democrat and maybe just maybe he will care about making things better.
Finally as far as Obama is concerned his base is so disgustingly smug that I really feel no affinity with them, though I do have the most basic of college degrees, I still like talking to Joe the plumber, and Mary the maid, and Sue the hairdresser. As a matter of fact I would love to be their friends so I could get free and reduced services from them in exchange for my services as a Web Architect. The SNL skit of the McCain Palin supporter made me think of myself. I am often wrong, I am often judgmental and may mispronounce a word but I don’t think that I should be made fun of. When I see skits like this I think there will be no consideration of me in an Obama presidency and there probably will not be because after all he refused to shake my hand. 🙂
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The question pollsters should be asking is, Have you voted in early voting? If not why? If I knew who I was voting for trust me I would participate in early voting to avoid long lines. I am going to narrow it down before the early voting polls close because I don’t want to wait in long lines.
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