24 Hours Until D-Day

So we are now at the cusp of an election that will tell a lot about the future of America.

Normally, I would have my usual blase/laissez faire attitude toward the outcome of an election, with thoughts like "Alright, we elected Bush again? Seems illogical, but I guess we seem to be really picking winners here. Check with me and in 4 years and you can judge the results"

However, this election cycle is like no other. One party in particular has reverted to the basest, lowest common denominator, implying that the other candidate is, among other things, a terrorist, Muslim, un-American, and socialist. I am dismayed by the viciousness and inability for this party and their top two candidates to articulate any coherent economic and foreign policy that would truly have our nation's best interests at heart, all while draping themselves in the American flag, and questioning the patriotism and associations of the other candidate. While McCain / Palin may or may not be at the center of the negative advertising which state the other candidate's middle name or the mass mailings / heavy advertising which talk about supposed connections to Ayers and Wright, by condoning and trying to bring up this instead of articulating ideas (even if they are flawed) on how to go about economic recovery is incomprehensible.

I am very proud to be voting for Barack Obama from whom the jury is still out for me on whether he will be a good President, but he offers optimism and judgement and hope. And we as Americans need a little of all of those.