...and a dash of politics to round out my Sunday morning.

I find it a bit sad that our presidential campaign has turned into a contest between Obama and Palin, but so be it. I found a really good article in the NY Times this morning that was very enlightening on Ms. Palin and I highly recommend it. It's entertaining, even if a bit frightening. Click here for the article.

And one last note, someone asked me why I am so against McCain and Palin and I thought it a fair question. It's not wholly an issue of the candidates' platforms...

1. ...it's the notable absence of a Republican platform that I oppose. John McCain and his camp were screaming "Experience! Experience! Experience!" for weeks until about 2 weeks ago... when it mysteriously witched to "Change! Change! Change!" ... which is what Obama has been saying all along. McCain's camp saw that they would not get elected based on "experience" and so they flipped their jargon switch and away they went. McCain doesn't want change... he wants to win, and therefore will say he wants change if that's what his polls show people would rather hear. Obama's platform has stayed relatively stable. He wants change.

2. Barack Obama selected a running mate based on leadership criteria. When asked, he responded that he picked Joe Biden to help him lead once in Washington DC. Good deductive reasoning skills show us that John McCain picked a running mate to help him win an election... not to help him lead. Sarah Palin is an election gimmick... not a leader. Again, we find that John McCain isn't focused on leading the nation... he's focused on winning an election .

3. While John McCain has, at times , gone against his party's decisions, he has supported the vast majority of them. He has been at the foundation of all of the decisions that have driven our country into the ground! Why am I against him? Because he continually gives reason to believe that he will drive this boat no differently than the man currently at his helm. He gets his money from the same people as Bush. He wines and dines the same crowds as Bush. He runs the same political circles as all the White House insiders. No, he is not George Bush, but as a president he will have the same backers as the current regime.

If you bought a car and for 8 years it leaked oil, spat nasty black soot out the exhaust pipe, guzzled gas, constantly broke down, and smelled like coolant every time you got in it would you buy another car from the same company? Then why would we accept another candidate from the same people who brought you G.W. Bush?

There are lots more reasons but I need to mop my floor so I'll leave it at that. Have a good day, everyone.