Americans rock the vote!!!


I am voting today.

I will be heading to the polls and exercising my right, as an American, to help choose the next President of the United States.

My candidate may not win. But you know what? That’s okay, because I relish the fact that we live in a country in which we the people elect our leader. If my candidate wins. Whooo hooo! If he doesn’t, there is always next time, you know?

So, for those of you who claim on your blogs that if your candidate does not win you are going to take an overdose of pain medication (how asinine and I swear this crap is out there, and I know that they are kidding, but still), please get a grip on reality and see a psychiatrist. Or if you you are going to move away if your candidate loses, well, that is your right!!! God bless America!!! Because you are living in America, you CAN freely leave, so I say go for it! Exercise your right to freely cross the borders and fly wherever you want! Many people in other countries are oppressed and cannot do this, so cherish and appreciate that freedom. Oh, and be sure to come back…..you will be welcome again.

In fact, I think you should go to someplace like Tunisia or Morocco, Africa. In Tunisia and Morocco you can’t be a Christian….or Jewish…or Buddist….or Hindu. You can only be Muslim, and that is enforced brutally. It is a place that jails it’s tourists if they pray to Jesus. Just ask my brother. He has spent several nights in a Moroccan prison for simply being a Christian. Amnesty International got him out. I also know what it is like to receive an overseas call from him in Tunisia, years later, saying “I am being persecuted, and am in hiding in Tunis. If you don’t hear from me again by noon tomorrow then it means I am dead, so call the American Embassy in Tunis and tell them what is happening”.

Or how about heading on over to Kenya, where you will be hacked to death with machetes if you happen to have voted for the man that won? Or gunned down in the streets if you protest the election.

When you throw a hissy fit because your candidate loses, you look like a spoiled 2 year old and it is embarrassing. So grow up and be an adult this election. Use your manners folks and quit slinging mud and ignorance from both sides. I am not a racist for voting for McCain, and someone is not a terrorist for voting Obama. You know what I consider racist? I consider it racist when someone calls me a “stupid, white neo-con” for my support of McCain/Palin. Those who know me, know this is not true. Let me tell you a little secret……I did not sit in a church listening to my pastor preach racist rants from the pulpit for 20 years. If my pastor ever spoke angry and terrible things about any people, I would get up and walk out the very first time and never go back again. Period. It is that simple.

I am voting the way I am because I do not support abortion, raising taxes, “redistribution of the wealth” (how can you give a tax refund to someone that didn’t pay taxes to begin with??), socialism, campaign fraud (ACORN) and spending millions, upon millions, upon millions on a campaign that pledges to help the poor but is wallowing in hypocrisy. If helping the poor were that important to Mr. Obama, the money would have been spent helping those rendered homeless by Ike in Galveston, Louisianna and Haiti……not on the around the clock “Obama Channel” on satellite.

I could care the less what color the candidates skin is. That should never be a reason to vote a man into the office of President. EVER. Yes, how flippin’ cool would that be for us to have a black President FINALLY!! But, the color of a man (or womans) skin is NOT a reason to elect a person President. You should make the choice based on who you think is most qualified for the job and I think that is Senator John McCain.

We are so damned blessed to have the rights and privileges that we are granted as members of this amazing country. You live in one of the greatest nations ever founded. You live in a country in which you can chose how and where you worship. Food is readily available to you. Clean water flows from your faucets. The poor receive help from government run programs and many, many of our citizens freely give to those in need.

We are black, we are white, we are yellow, and we are lucky to be members of such a diverse nation. My grandparents and great-grandparents came here by boat from Italy and Denmark seeking prosperity and freedom. They found it, and I praise this great nation.

I encourage you today to get out and exercise your rights as an American citizen. Whether you support Obama or McCain, please vote. It is your right and a privilege. Do not take it for granted.

I am not.