BlackPhx
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Having waded through all the the posts so far..I of course, as usual do have a couple of things to say.
First my answer. No I would not change my vote in fact it would be very difficult as I am early voting tomorrow morning.
Why would my vote not change? It is a very simple answer and is in response to the ad campaign based on Bidens words.
No ONE until they have sat in the Presidents Seat can predict how they would respond to any rising situation until it happens. They can say how they THINK they will react but the truth is, until you are standing in the middle of a burning building, all the drop and crawl practice in the world isn't going to tell you whether you will remember it, or panic.
McCain as a former military man and POW may LIKE to think that he would respond swiftly and properly, but neither he nor we know whether he will respond from anger, revenge, fear, outrage or anything else. PTSD has a nasty habit of flaring at inopportune moments. He may also stay calm and in control, until a situation happens it is impossible to know. He has change his position on many things over the length of this campaign, but some of the things said and done in his name have left a bad taste not only in my mouth but of many I know.
Obama presents as a reasonable man of peace, but then again that is no proof that the man does not have a spine of steel, the calm to see through the panic of a situation and the intelligence to form a swift response as well as the will to execute it. I do like that he listens and does not smirk, considers what the other person has to say before responding and while consistent is flexible enough to change his position IF facts are revealed that make it evident it needs to be done. I suspect only Ghandi would not stand and fight when his country and people are attacked..and Obama is not Ghandi.
That every President since George Washington has been hit with some crisis within the first 6 months in office is no surprise, why would it be one now? GW was handed the office and the bill for the Revolutionary War, Lincoln the problems leading to the Civil War, and so on and so forth. It is not a peaceful office that one steps into when one is elected President. It bears a burden that most of us can only imagine, for not only are the eyes of those who voted for you watching, but those who didn't, those who envy you as well as those who love you, and the rest of the World, as well. Each person who speaks with you will have their own agenda, and desires, and you will need to weigh carefully the needs of the many over the needs of the few (to paraphase Mr. Spock). That chair in the Oval Office is not an easy one to sit in. It will take a calm and reasoned mind these days to lead this nation.
I am reminded of a Movie called the American President (1995) when I watch the current debates and ads...most especially when I hear sound bites from Palin..and I quote (for any who actually read what I write):
"America isn't easy. America is advanced citizenship. You gotta want it bad, 'cause it's gonna put up a fight. It's gonna say "You want free speech? Let's see you acknowledge a man whose words make your blood boil, who's standing center stage and advocating at the top of his lungs that which you would spend a lifetime opposing at the top of yours. You want to claim this land as the land of the free? Then the symbol of your country can't just be a flag; the symbol also has to be one of its citizens exercising his right to burn that flag in protest. Show me that, defend that, celebrate that in your classrooms. Then, you can stand up and sing about the "land of the free". I've known Bob Rumson for years, and I've been operating under the assumption that the reason Bob devotes so much time and energy to shouting at the rain was that he simply didn't get it. Well, I was wrong. Bob's problem isn't that he doesn't get it. Bob's problem is that he can't sell it! We have serious problems to solve, and we need serious people to solve them. And whatever your particular problem is, I promise you, Bob Rumson is not the least bit interested in solving it. He is interested in two things and two things only: making you afraid of it and telling you who's to blame for it. That, ladies and gentlemen, is how you win elections. You gather a group of middle-aged, middle-class, middle-income voters who remember with longing an easier time, and you talk to them about family and American values and character..." You can read the rest here if interested http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112346/quotes, the rest isn't really relevant as it is focused on the movies plot..
I wish electoral campaigns didn't deteriorate to this type of thing..but oddly enough it did help me make up my mind after reading the plans on both sides of the fence, and a lot of it is in that quote above.
So no..my vote doesn't change..I will vote always for level heads, a willingness to work with others no matter who they are to find a common ground and allow for peace while still keeping their hand on the stick if needed and the person who remembers we are ALL Real Americans, who is willing to work for it, cause America, aint easy, and to BE an American is to not only stand for my rights and be willing to fight for them but to be willing to fight for yours as well, even when we don't agree. Hopefully the President is leading that charge to protect our rights, not the charge to whittle away at those rights in response to fear. No one has ever changed someone's mind by hitting them or killing them, but you can open a LOT of minds if you are willing to talk and listen.
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