As I mentioned in my last post, I believe Americans are ready for change, and I believe they are looking for a leader they can believe in to bring about that change. I am, however, still a long way from convinced that Barack Obama is the man for that job. He was certainly not my first choice, or even my second, but I am absolutely going to vote for him this November. The only alternative is to watch my country continue spiraling down the toilet, burning up all our resources pretending to rule the world.

If that's not enough of a reason to vote for Obama for president, I can always fall back on all the lying, hate-filled, fear-mongering e-mails I've been receiving these past several months. Even my mother sends me these damn things. (They've slowed down considerably of late, I think due to my tendency to hit "Reply To All" and go a little nuts on them.) Anyone who scares the right-wing this badly needs to be placed in a position of authority just to see if they all die from the dehydration caused by their constant pants-shitting hysteria.

Everything about Obama scares these assholes. He's a Muslim!! No, he's a Christian, but he's the wrong kind of Christian! He's a black Christian!! He's a double-secret Muslim!! He's too black, he'll make us pay slavery reparations!! He's not black enough!! His wife is an uppity negro!! Can't you see?!! His last name is only one letter different from Osama!! He's obviously a terrorist sympathizer, his middle name is Hussein!! I've even come up with my own bumper sticker in honor of that last one. Check it out:



And honestly, even if he turns out to be nothing more than a mediocre president, that's still far better than we've had for the last 8 years. If the only thing he accomplishes is getting us out of Iraq, he'll have done more for this country than dubya ever dreamed of.