Jesus for President

Ok. It was just a matter of time before I spoke my piece on politics. It’s an election year so this topic is important, even though it bores the average person to tears, mainly because the average person doesn’t vote. It’s a shame because it is the single most important thing we do as a free society. We get to choose who will be the head of the country. That’s a pretty special privilege.

I tend to vote on the conservative side, as most Christians do; especially ex-military Christians. I feel sorry for the Democrats this year because they’re screwed. They’re race isn’t really about a good candidate anymore. Their race is about “a first”. Will the first women be elected to the highest office in the land, or the first African American? Personally, I’d vote for Edwards if I swung that way because I don’t think Clinton or Obama will do a good job. Obama is too young, and Clinton just scares the begeebers out of me.

They’re both using their “hook” to try and win their party’s nomination. And the vote is going to be weird because women are going to vote for Clinton and African Americans will vote for Obama. So it’s going to depend on who the white males vote for that will swing the nomination, and it’s anyone’s guess at this point. They’re not as progressive as they let on, and I think if their only choice is to pick a woman or a black person, they will choose the black person because he’s a guy, and I don’t think they’re ready for a woman to run this country.

I’m not either to be honest. At least not that one. Not because I’m chauvinist or anything, but because I saw Clinton cry! She got stressed by the campaign and cried. Is this what we want happening every time there is a crisis in America? The election trail is nothing compared to serving in the Oval Office. The pressure is a hundred times worse and the last thing I want to see some day is the news reporting that the President had a piece of legislation voted down in the House, so she broke down and cried like a baby. And the next day the economy was reported to be down, so she cried again. And so on...

Anyway, this country has gone through a Bush in the White House, then a Clinton, then back to a Bush; I honestly don’t want it to go back to another Clinton. And besides, hasn’t that family shamed the office of the President enough already.