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Now if only people had voted this year actually EDUCATED on the issues, I'd consider it a victory.

Please stop voting because people look or sound cool, capishe?

All my friends yesterday were like "Hilary can't hold down a marriage, what makes you think she can hold down a presidency LOL???"

That's hearsay my friends, meaning, it's not true; you heard mommy and daddy say it and then agreed.

I decided not to vote by what mommy and daddy said this year.

I went to a rally Hilary gave at the U of A.

I went to both candidates websites to read up on their stance on the issues.

I paid very close attention to all debates.

I've watched people SLAM Hilary to death for being a woman, but oh don't you DARE slam Obama cause that makes you a RAC1ST!!1!!shift1!!!!

I have the distinct feeling... that if we voted on the issues only, Hilary would be a winner this year. Why DON'T we vote that way? I say to hell with debates and campaigning and mudslinging. You get a bunch of blanked out names. No race, no gender, no face to put to the issues. You get a list of WHERE THESE PEOPLE STAND ON THE ISSUES, AND THEN VOTE.

What's wrong with that?

I can only find one thing people could possibly complain about: ya wouldn't know if it's a woman or a black man.

I think sexism is way under-prioritized compared to racism. I don't wanna be ignorant and say racism is a thing of the past; but I do have to say that the level to what things we consider "racist" are ridiculous. Activists for racism want us to treat them normally, yet when I dare to say anything about Obama, it's racist.

I have no beef with the color of Obama's skin, let's make that perfectly clear. I've seen enough people in my life to learn that there is no black or white, there's dark colored to light colored with variations in the middle. A judge of character? No way. I would still think Obama was full of crap if he was a white man.

I would still think Hilary was awesome if she were a man as well.

I'm a girl, and I'll be honest, I DO expect different, not-so-equal treatment from men, because it's CLASSIC courtesy that's been around forever. I expect men to hold doors, pull out chairs, and say "ladies first". To be honest, it's a HUGE turn-on for me; I love that in a guy: classic politeness.

HOWEVER, do I expect special treatment for Hilary because she's a girl? No. If you bash on her, does that automatically make you sexist? No.

This is a new age, and I DO want to be treated like any other guy would (save from the things mentioned above). Sorry guys, it's not a men's world anymore. One of my favorite movies is Cars. I like to read comic books. I play video games and know as much about them as any GUY nerd would. I have a stack of pokemon cards in my closet.

How great that we can live in a world where girls can DO this sort of thing now.

Everything...

But play football and become the president.

Yea.

If I hear one more person say it's because "girls run on their emotions", I'll explode. Let's reverse that stereotype into ANOTHER stereotype: guys run on the 'let's be tough and rugged!!' show-no-weakness thing that got us into the war we find ourselves faced with.

The one that Obama doesn't want to withdrawl from in a timely manner DESPITE THIS COUNTRY'S GROWING COMPLAINTS ABOUT NOT DOING SO!!!!

So we've elected Bush twice now and now we're screwing ourselves over again with the war. Why?

BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T BOTHER TO LEARN ABOUT THE ISSUES.

I am now faced with a problem many democrats will be faced with this election: to vote for Obama, or to vote for McCain?

Personally I don't like either.

And this, my friends, is why democracy is bullcrap.

Funny that it's the government we're trying to put in Iraq. Cause democracy is the ONLY way, right? Democracy's flawless, yes?

It's like the government and their "OMG COMMUNISTS!" bullcrap all over again. Seriously, I took a class on this last year, you'd be surprised to see ho many similarities there are between this war and the Cold War and WWII.

My hopes for this year no matter WHO gets the nomination:

1 - Get the hell out of Iraq. No, forget any comeback to that. Shut up and get them out. Let them build their own government, because I think we've just proven that democracy aint all that great. If a dictatorship arises, so be it. Apparently it works for them. We're not the world superheroes, GET EM OUT!!

2 - Quit whining and throwing your hands in the air wondering why people aren't finishing school and getting good jobs. I'll answer that for you: TUITION IS CRAP. It's TOO expensive and TOO hard to get financial aid. Take that money out of the war and put it towards COLLEGES so we can GO TO SCHOOL!! (Hilary was gonna do that, so who knows if they will.)

3 - Get OUT of people's personal lives. GET THE HELL OUT OF EM. Stop talking about gay marriage and abortion and what your kids are allowed to eat at school. Seriously, knock that crap off. There's for more important things going on in the world, not to mention that stuff is not my business, not my fellow americans' business, and CERTAINLY, NOT YOUR BUSINESS!!!

4 - Kill No Child Left Behind, kill it with FIRE. My first graders are all mindless repeat-back-to-you machines thanks to it. GET RID OF IT.

5 - Most important than anything else: CLEAN UP THE MESS. Get us away from all these outside messes and start focusing on problems RIGHT HERE IN AMERICA. Forget Iraq, forget Iran, forget Korea. Cut the crap and start worrying about OUR country. Cause that's what we elected you yo do and that's what those country's leaders do.

I didn't mean for this to become a novel, but, meh.

Bottom line: if you're reading this, stop, and go read the candidates website on the issues so you can know what the hell you're voting for this year.

-Chi <3