Obama and Clinton are both very far left when it comes to policy, and that bothers me. While I don’t want the far right either, the far left and their socialist/communist leanings are not any better. As I’ve said before, communism/socialism doesn’t work, it always ends up with an extremely strong central government, and eventually, a dictator (Castro, Lenin, Stalin, Hugo Chavez, etc, etc.)

Barack is a much better speaker than Hillary, seems sincere, and is a likable guy, but he has some things about him that make me uneasy. His church affiliation, endoresment by Farakahn (sp?), and some of his wife’s comments (she wasn’t “proud” of America before), his endorsement by moveon.org (who ran the “general betray us” ad) are bothersome. He is also the most liberal senator (according to his voting record) by far. Now, if that’s your cup of tea, so be it, but I am a moderate and I don’t want extremes on either side.

McCain is a pretty liberal Republican on many issues and has been shown to reach accross and work with the Democrats on issues, Obama and Clinton have not. However, he was very wrong on the issues of immigration, CO2 emissions, and guantanamo bay (IMHO).

Sadly to say, I am at an impasse, neither side really “excites” me, I haven’t fallen for Obama’s “hope” and “change” speeches, even though some people treat him like the second coming of Christ (including the media).

I’ve done quite a bit of reading and research, watched the debates on both sides, and tried to read through the “political speak” to see what the candidates are really about, and it’s been hard.

The democrats seem to want to act like robin hood and steal from the rich to give to the poor, and I don’t agree with that. I am as humanitarian as the next person, but our government was not created to do that, the more we “subsidize” lower income people, the more inept and dependent on the system they will become.

The republican seem to want more of the same, and obviously something needs to change (look at oil prices and the economy).

Politics have become way too polarized and partisan, perpetuated by the media (MSM for the left and Talk Radio for the right). It’s hard for those of us who aren’t either extreme right or extreme left to make a choice anymore.

Take care and i’ll see you this weekend,