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Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Election Day

I was up late last night so I got to see the very beginning of today's election as booths were opening on the East Coast and CNN was covering it. The only other time I've felt I was experiencing history like this was on Sept. 11th as I watched metal and cement crumble and smoke like a Hollywood special effect. It didn't seem real. Today feels real. It's been pretty obvious that Obama had it for the last few weeks but today it was confirmed and when I logged onto the internet the top news story said "First African American President."

Me? I didn't vote for him. Between him and McCain he's my first choice though. I was a fence sitter and Palin scared the shit out of me and McCain changed for the worse and Obama for the better as the campaigns drug on. I respect a man who adjusts his positions as he gains more knowledge or circumstances shift. He went from promising to get soldiers out immediately to getting them out when the time is right. I've never understood why the media demonizes flip-floppers. I want someone who changes as the issues change. It's vital to making informed choices. He didn't freak out and slam everything to a halt when the stock market lurched. I like that too.

I don't like his fiscal policies. I don't think taking more money from tax payers is ever the correct decision. I think we spend the money we work our asses off for better than the men in suits who didn't have to lift a finger for it. I think we're just as likely to put it back into the economy as the government is. We're American after all. We spend.

I do like that the world likes him. I think that will work miracles in foreign relations. It doesn't matter what you're saying if the country in question has a negative perception of you. I think Palin would have become an even larger caricature than Tina Fey already created and the administration would be the same laughingstock it is right now. We don't need mavericks we need reason.

McCain didn't show reason at all. Picking a running mate because she has a vagina is selfish and impractical, especially considering how high the liklihood is that she would have actually had to step in for him. Especially picking an unknown vagina. He met her only two times before choosing her as his running mate. That tells me a lot about the decisions I don't want that man making for me or my country. Furthermore, he went against his principles by choosing her in the first place. He hates what she stands for and so did a whopping majority of the independent voters whose ear he initially had.

Anyway I guess we'll see what happens. I don't think either candidate was ideal but I do agree that Obama was closer to it. Obama as an individual I have a lot of respect for. He overcame huge odds to get this job. Now let's hope he's cut out for it.

posted by Kayden Kross on 8:57 PM :: 3 comments

3 Comments:

A good comment about the US-Election.
I watched the Election Results here in Germany live on TV, till 5-6 AM.

It was fantastic to see Obama winning, though i havent been sure before he'll make it.

But Ohio and Virgina were the deciding states for Obama, and against McCain.

I also agree that McCain's decision for Palin has been his biggest mistake. This woman doesnt now much about good politics, egology, social and welfare politics and espeacially International Relations. Only christian fundemantal views, egocentrism, war as solution of many International Problems and of course her arms-enthusiasm scared not only Americans, but especially Europeans and other people on the good old Earth...

Hope the Obama-Victory will marginalize all Xenophobians, Racists and foreign-hostiles, will extremely improve the Integration , not Assimilation, of ehtnic Minorities in USA, Europe and all other countries...especially in this Century of increasing Globalization, Multi-Culturalism and Multi-Lingualism.

Hope also that Obama will make more social- and welfare- and ecologic politics...similar to the Greens and Social Democrats in Germany and other European Countries.

By SerkanS, at November 5, 2008 11:34 AM

Speaking as a Brit, it always seemed to me as though McCain was a decent man but that he perhaps lacked the drive and charisma necessary to challenge Obama. I think the appointment of Palin was meant to help in that regard but too many saw through it, I think.

By the way, splendid journal and site. I'm currently passing through reviewing your site and I'm really impressed. I think you're a great credit to the industry for talking so intelligently and openly, all the while proving a lot of people wrong about adult performers as a result.

All the best, from Steve, near London xxxx

By Pvt. Hudson, at November 6, 2008 5:59 AM

I feel that Mr. Obama is an arrogant man with a lot of money. Though he is very charismatic & has a lot of influential backers, it doesn't mean he is qualified (i.e. Hitler).
The Republicans, the party that came into being in the 1860's for their opposition to slavery (remember Lincoln?) Europeans & some American liberals should read the history a little more. Unfortunately they picked McCain,who was passed his prime. Someone like Romney would have been better.
As for Palin, she is a likable person. She is a much better person than Hillary Clinton (a gal with a lot of skeletons in her closet!). Not all VPs were greatest. We are not voting for the VP!
I know the US has some problems, but Europe has more. Why should we follow Europe's example? Just look at Germany in '30s & '40s. The US president should be picked by his or her own people, NOT THE EUROPEANS.

By BillCuss, at November 7, 2008 2:11 AM