Thursday, September 04, 2008

For the record I don't know who I am voting for yet

I am of the opinion that change is a good thing. And I believe that one person can bring about change,and that as a human being it is your duty to help out if you can. It is selfish to sit and do nothing or to wait for someone else to do it. That in itself is a testament to myself of the personal growth I have gone through, because my mentality previously has always been, if it does'nt affect me in the here and now, why should I care?
At this point I can't say that I know enough about the candidates to sound intelligent so I usually don't say anything at all. That is not to say I am not interested because I am. And for the first time in 30 years, I plan to vote. Right now I am leaning towards Obama. I know that this disturbs the McCain supporters (my parents and a couple of close friends are cringing as they read this) but that is just my opinion. I do respect that everyone has their opinion and mine certainly is not set in stone. I just "feel" that Obama is saying some things I can stand behind. I don't know if ANY candidate will ever believe 100% the way I do.
I will admit that after I read Sarah Palins speech last night, I really don't know, because I like what she had to say, and the way she says it. I don't know if I want a woman with 5 children (one of them an infant) to be my Vice President. Call me selfish, but I think that job requires all of your focus and how can she give that without taking it away from her kids? But I guess the same thing can be said of Obama, as he has two small kids himself. It has given me alot to process, I will say that.
Really, all you have to go on is how they make you feel, isn't it? Whether or not you believe the person is going to do what they say they will do. I am researching the way each candidate has voted in the past also (to see if there is a pattern of saying one thing but doing another)but it really makes me wanna say, don't bother, when people try to "persuade" me to change my mind. They get all worked up and pissed off that someone would acutally believe differently than them and I don't see the point. If you have a point you want me to hear, just tell me, and if it is valid and makes sense to me I will support it. It's not that hard. Don't berate me and tell me how stupid I am for thinking a certain way, when I flat out said I don't know enough about the topic to really talk about it. Of course I am gonna say this is how I feel, cause that is all I have to talk about. I am researching, and like the rest of my life my headline should be:To be determined at a later date.

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