Hmmm...

The election is less than a week away. And let me just tell you frankly what I think:

Obama MUST win this election!

I was willing to give the Republican candidate the benefit of the doubt earlier this year, but UGH. I've lost my faith in him. McCain is becoming a PAIN, and it's quite obvious that he's a sore loser, especially when he knows that Obama's leading in the polls. All he does is pump his fists and complain, using demagogue mud-slinging tactics in a pathetic attempt to win voter support. I mean, I respect him for his services in the armed forces and even surviving as a POW in the Vietnam war, but I'm starting to lose faith in his leadership competency. He's just a hothead to me now. He knows he's got nothing much to offer except more of the same. Ninety to ninety-five percent of the time he voted for Bush's policies - the very ones that have led this country to this downhill rollercoaster of a spiral.

As for McCain's pinhead Barbie-doll of a running mate, Palin is getting annoying. She just made a buffoon out of herself by showing up on SNL, particularly when the sketches were dripping with satire on her expense. Does she even realize that this only hurt McCain's campaign? This is NOT a popularity/personality contest. It's as if this election's a joke to her. I still think that McCain merely chose Palin as his running mate for these three reasons:

(a) to sway Hillary fans over to his side,
(b) to drill more oil in Alaska (We're STILL screwed when the oil runs out.), and
(c) to go down in the history books as the president who has a woman as his second-in-command (that is, IF he even wins this election)

At least Barack Obama keeps it real and clearly tells you straight-up where he stands on an issue, and he can do so cleanly and smoothly without talking SHIT about his opponent. He CARES about US, the regular people living in this country who work hard everyday. My mother really needs this tax cut that he's proposing. She works two jobs everyday of the week and barely has any time for herself. People like her need a break. With a fragile economy threatening to crack and shatter, it'll be hard to keep up with the rising prices and increasingly high standard of living. As far as I can see, Obama's more focused, and the fact that he's liberal only goes to show that he's really going to implement change for the better. McCain's got nothing. So yeah... To anyone who's reading this, please vote for Obama this coming Tuesday.

These thoughts I've been having about the election were brewing in my head. I just felt that I needed to get my views on it across because I'm sick of the ignorance, lies, and half-truths that McCain's been spreading in his predominantly negative campaign ads. It's just downright dirty. I don't want a vindictive old coot as president. And if McCain does indeed have something to offer to the Oval Office, then I have yet to see what his policies are going to be. Give me substance! I want to hear it from him simple and straight-up, without the immature finger-pointing. If only he knew there are three fingers pointing right back at him - his own. But I guess it's too late now.

My choice is clear.

Here's to a hopeful future, my friends.