Political Rant

So I haven't said much about the election or candidates. However, I have had enough. I personally am voting first for the candidate whose morals agree with mine and second who I believe would be the best leader for our country, especially in such a tumultuous time. I could care less if they are while, purple, black, yellow, male or female. I am a firm believer that everyone should be able to vote regardless of whether I agree with their opinions or not. I do with people would educate themselves first however that is a whole other rant. But why must there be such bias and ignorance? First the media should not play a role in the elections. Just because you are on tv does not make your opinion superior to anyone elses and frankly I don't care what your personal opinion is. Just do your job and I'm pretty sure it has nothing to do with politics. But if you are going to chime in at least try to be fair. I am so tired of hearing that there are racists who won't vote for Obama because of his race. Unfortunately, I'm sure that may be in case for a very small percentage of people. Such a small percentage, I don't even think it's worth mentioning. However, they have neglected to say that there is a HUGE group of people who are voting for Obama solely because of his race. Isn't that just as racist? I thought MLK's whole point was to not judge someone by the color of their skin. I thought the whole point was to not even notice or make issue about the color of one skin but to judge them by their character. It seems far too many people including the media have forgotten to judge the character of a man they stand behind yet are very quick to make a huge deal about his color. Why aren't people calling them racist? The people they interview who say they voted in this election because a black man was running and that is why they support him. One lady even went so far to say that she was voting for him because he would represent her race. Really? I would hope the President would represent Americans not groups of people. So why don't they call them racist? Apparently that's not allowed. Apparently racism only applies to certain groups of people. It's very sad what America has become. Why can't everyone leave race out of it?

A friend from college Karl Jones said it better than I could. "People point and say look at how far we have come as a country because we may or at this point will have a black president or a woman vp. I personaly think it shows that we still have a long way to go because we still pay attention to the outside, race or sex before and for some people instead of the persons ideas. Maybe by the time your kid is ready to vote we will be past that point. We won't talk about race or sex, but instead just ideas." Very well said Karl! My point exactly!

I prayed this morning for our country and this election. I am saddened by the direction America is taking. Regardless of who wins, I will pray that they lead our country in the right direction.

Regarding the direction America is taking, San Francisco might be leading the pack. On their ballot is a proposition to "legalize" prostitution within the city limits. I say "legalize" because it would still be illegal but the proposition would just prohibit police from enforcing it. Call it whatever you want. *Sigh*

Now that I feel better by getting this off my chest, I think I should go say a few more prayers for the future of America.