Presidential Election 2008
Summary

Barack Obama (A Black Man! For the first time in history...) is the Democratic presidential nominee. He has chosen Joe Biden as his VP running mate. John McCain is the Republican presidential nominee. He has chosen Sarah Palin (A Woman! Note that there has never been a woman nominee for the VP position on a Republican ticket before...) to be his running mate. Current president, George W. Bush, is Republican and widely unpopular due to the war in Iraq and the country's economic problems.

McCains choice of Palin has caused a media sensation, since she was widely unknown in Washington or the rest of the country until her nomination. She is currently serving, for the first time, as the Alaskan governor and she also has the experience of being mayor of a small (pop. 8000) Alaskan town. Palin also happens to be very young and good looking. Many speculate that she was chosen despite of her lack of experience as a gimmick, as Hillary Clinton left a lot of disappointed voters when she did not win the democratic presidential nomination. On the other hand, Biden is a lawyer. He has been working in the US Senate since 1973 as a representative for Delaware. He has extensive foreign relations experience and is very well versed in Washington politics. Joe Biden had been working in the senate for 11 years before Sarah Palin won her first beauty contest in 1984. In terms of knowledge and experience, who would you chose as a VP?

I would like to point out the following article about McCains VP pick: Click HERE. Palin is curently under investigation in Alaska for allegations of innapropriatly terminating the employment of a government employee. In addition, I can't help but mention that Palin has a very conservative stance and is a very strong advocate of abstinence until marriage, yet at this time her 17 year old daughter is unmarried and 5 months pregnant. Think about it. Just like I would not vote for a politician who preaches against domestic violence and then goes home to abuse his wife, I would not vote for a politician who would like to influence education in our schools with indoctrinations that did not even work in her own home. I know that the personal lives of nominees should remain private and normally I would not take the actions of an independent minded teenager as a reflection of the inefficacy of the teenager's parents, but in this case I will make an exception. The future of our country is too valuable and too vulnerable to overlook such obvious inconsistencies in the lives of the people who might be running it.

The Race is ON! The elections are in November and there are only 9 more weeks for the nominees to campaign. Make sure to VOTE!