I don't care who you vote for. Actually, I do, but you're free to vote for whomever you feel is best qualified to lead the country. But let's please dispense with the chain-email-full-of-lies-technique of campaigning. There's a chain email going around about how Obama is really a closet Muslim and the Antichrist; how he beats up old people, pinches the breathing tubes of quadriplegics, etc. The ballsy part of the email is that it says, "Check this out for yourself on snopes.com." Well, I did. It's false. But you don't need snopes to know it's false.
I Go To Church And I Approve This Message
What's interesting about the email is that it purports to come from the wife of a pastor of a Christian church. So, now the right-wing Christians find themselves in somewhat of a pickle. Who is the real Obama? The white-hating, black militant Christian who for 20 years has faithfully attended Rev. Wright's "white-hating" church? Or is he the closet Muslim Antichrist? I can just see Young Republicans on college campuses across the country shouting at each other, "White-hating Christian!" "No, closet Muslim Antichrist!" What a dilemma. Which lie do I go with?
How About Some Facts?
And that brings me to my point. Can we please stick to the facts? You're for McCain? Great. He's a solid patriot who deserved the Republican nomination in 2000. I wish that he were the same candidate now that he was then. Clinton? Great. She's smart as a whip and I've worked with people close to her who think that she's an exceptional leader and who completely discredit the "bitch" reputation that she has. I'm for Obama. However, you will not receive a chain email from me claiming that McCain performs back alley abortions with AIDS-infected butter knives or that Clinton is secretly working with extraterrestrials on a plan to invade Newfoundland. Please be for who you are for because of facts. Be against who you are against because of facts. We'll all be better off for it.
By the way, I have it on good authority that both McCain and Clinton have Osama bin Laden on their short lists for Vice President. Pass it on.
