I Made A Decision

So I made up my mind about who will get my vote for President of the United States of America. Can you guess who that person is? It's boldly displayed on the back of my truck for all the world to see.

For the last 2 weeks, I have been paying attention to the things that I have read and things that I have seen. During comparisons, I realized that I share few ideals with the Republican candidate and and also very few with the Democratic candidate. But the issue comes in with whom I trust. And I honestly feel that I can trust Barack Obama a hell of a lot more than I can trust McCain to do what's better (notice that I didn't say BEST) for this country.

So Barack Obama, you get my vote.

Unlike Solange...

...I haven't decided.

Can you believe that we have about a month and a half until the presidential election and I have not made a decision on who will get my vote or even if I will vote?

I can honestly say that I do not know who I am voting for. And since I am not a member of any political party, I feel no obligation to choose a candidate for either party. In the past, I just voted for the Democrat because that's what Mom and Dad used to do. But now, I see that both parties have good and bad about them. I agree with ideals of both Democrats and Republicans.

The problem here is that neither candidate has said or done anything to impress me or persuade me into voting for him. And after listening to them both, I think that they are both full of bullish when it comes to the plans they have and the promises that they make. Neither one of them can say for sure of what they will do when in office.

Of course I have been bombarded with reasons why I should consider one candidate over the other, but none of those reasons has been valid enough to persuade me. "McCain has more experience." "Obama can rally the people." "Obama can make history." McCain will work with the other party. None of the reasons have done anything for me. And all of the negative media advertisements don't make things any better.

So at this point, I don't know if I am will mark a box in the PRESIDENTIAL ballot at all. But I will cast ballots in the local, city, and state elections. We have state senators up for election and those are the people who really decide the direction our country takes.