Lipstick, hockey moms, bulldogs and other reasons people like me have been excluded from this election - Rotary Red Phone

Record high unemployment rates, exorbitant amounts of money being wasted in the war on terror (I'm not against the war on terror - just against how it's being fought), inflation on the rise, dollar going down, debt to the China bank sky high, and international reputation on par with that of Michael Vick at a dog show and all we can come up with for debate topics are bulldogs, lipstick, hockey moms and how often Obama works out at the gym?

California and especially San Francisco are not swing states or cities.  Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Colorado, Nevada and New Mexico on the other hand are and they in turn get a personalized campaign anthem tailored to their demographics.  Unfortunately and expected - the campaign is focused on the lowest common denominator at this point.  This means that we really need to dumb down the content to farm animals and fear and race and small town jokes. 

When it comes to being the best at appealing to the low IQ population - the republicans repeatedly have proven they are the best.  The democrats will win the debate at Harvard and Stanford but will lose at the rodeo and Ford factories.   Now I'm one of the few people (by few i might even mean only) that are still undecided between Obama and McCain among my social network.  I mostly remain undecided for the health of our democracy and letting the debates and next two months pivot my opinions. 

Unfortunately I have to investigate the platforms of the candidates involved on my own because the scripts that I'm hearing in the debates, in the media and on tv are obviously not tailored to my interests or concerns.   The campaign has thus turned to a Obama and McCain vs. the swing states election.  They've excluded the majority of the country. 

This is why I'm libertarian and am for a federal government that is mostly hands off while having state governments that are more hands on.   This way your primary elected officials (within the state) are speaking to you in a relevant verse rather than having to compromise and vote in an election that is more World Wrestling Federation than intellectual debate. 

Comments

[Heidi Blanchard]

The thought of Palin as a possible president scares me beyond belief. Does her role in this election make you lean more towards Obama?

[Heidi Blanchard]

The thought of Palin as a possible president scares me beyond belief. Does her role in this election make you lean more towards Obama?

[Eric Jones]

Absolutely. I mean i am siding with Obama right now because I feel we definitely need a shake up...we need to exercise our democracy or it can get very stagnant and i think it's at a dangerous level...i can name a hundred reasons why Obama is great for this country and the world right now although I also think he brings some dangerous socialist tenets into the equation that i worry will set a precedent. This being said it's hard to ignore how scary it would be to have Palin as President. Real Scary.

[john h]

why is palin more scary than mccain? obama? what has she done/ not done that is remotely different than any of the other candidates?

the ultimate problem with our current ideals in American society is that people expect the government to solve their problems. I think it is an ongoing issue, however, because there must be a reason JFK asks us to ask ourselves what we can do for our country. Rather, to this day we stand at the steps of democracy asking for free samples. This is blanket misinterpretation of the function of government; and, it is causing our candidates to chase this downward-spiral philosophy in order to get elected. Liberals are at the controls of this doomed plane.

Why can't people see what they are doing to our nation? Whether from Harvard or the country barn, all are guilty. Americans aren't supposed to be beggers. We aren't supposed to sit around and wait for things to be handed to us on silver platters. We are the extreme opposite of those ideals. But even our candidates have forgotten this. I expect them to remind us of our freedom and potential every single day of their lives. They need to be our cheerleaders. CANT WE FIND ANYONE LIKE THIS TO BE OUR NEXT PRESIDENT?... at least I can be optimistic 4 years from now.

[jefe]

so is your state allowing a vote cast for Chuck Baldwin? Mine at least is letting me write him in