Election - One week

[kathih]

So I'm 32 years old and FINALLY registered to vote. Don't ask me why I finally did but I'm trying to grow up maybe??? So yeah, I registered as an Independent (because my birthday is Independence Day of course!). Ok not really but it sounded good right? I registered as an independent because I have NO IDEA what party I want to be in. The "religious

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[newredshoes]

I voted for Obama because I want intelligence and conversation to be valued in government again. I voted for Obama because he wants to form an Artists Corps and promote the arts, and science, and learning, and because he's classy, and we desperately need someone who can help the United States regain the stature that we've lost in the past eight years.

I voted for Obama because he doesn't believe that some Americans are more American than others. I voted for Obama because the way McCain and Palin have run their campaign, and the vision of the United States they're selling, horrifies me to the very core. I voted for Obama because he picked Joe Biden as his vice president, which means he wants an equal partner who will challenge him and make him be a better president, not a yes-man. I voted for Obama because he knows poverty firsthand, because he was the eldest child of a single-parent home, and because he never, ever threw away any chance life handed him. I voted for Obama because he understands and values complexity, which is not a vice. I voted for Obama because he loves, loves, loves his wife and kids, because he treats Michelle Obama with such respect and adoration. I voted for Obama because his imperfections are ones that I can deal with.

I voted for Obama because he refuses to let someone else define me and my rights, whether because of religion or gender or birthplace. I voted for Obama because he rejects the politics of hate and division. And I voted for Obama because it is simply too dangerous to give John McCain and Sarah Palin access to the office of the president.

(Here via ladybug218; if I go into all my reasons why I am so vehemently against the Republican ticket this year, I worry that I'll offend you. Some background: I am a 24-year old Jew from Appalachia living in Chicago, so I'm not unfamiliar with most of the lifestyles the candidates are trying to court.)