The politics of reason

I'm an Obama man. I have been since I heard him speak at the 2004 Democratic National Convention. As such, I've been none too happy with the way that Hillary Clinton's campaign has been attacking him. I've been thinking about not voting for her if she wins. Then this morning I read an article in the Washington post about John McCain. He's been bashing the Grizzly Bear project in Montana, calling it "pork.” I realized then that he doesn't care about scientific advancement. He doesn't care about education. He doesn't care about saving (and creating) American jobs in fields that require any education at all. He's for the dumbing down of America. He's for keeping us polarized. He knows that this is the only way that anyone like him can get elected. In an American where the population could engage in reasonable discourse; where we could understand our position and that of those that disagree with us; where the validity of any argument was based on reason and logic and not on any divisive political ideology; In that America he would have no chance of getting his party's nomination, much less the Presidency. All of which leads me back to Hillary. I don’t like her very much. And my dislike for here has made me start disliking here husband, of whom I was a fan. I feel like I shouldn’t vote for her if she wins, but I will. I would rather have someone in the office that I agree with and respect but can’t stand than someone that seems like a good guy but I disagree with about everything. Sure, I’d rather have a beer with John McCain than Hillary Clinton, but that doesn’t mean that I’d like him to be the President. I will still be voting for Senator Obama during my primary, but am now willing to vote for which ever Democrat gets the nomination.