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History will be made tonight and it doesn’t matter which party wins. Tomorrow morning we will all wake up to either the 1st black president, or the 1st woman vice president. Those two things alone make this an interesting race. If only those were the only two things of interest.

For the first time in history we have had a sitting president with such a horrible approval rating that we are going to either elect a black man with a foreign name, a name that resembles two of America’s arch enemies, or we are going to elect a woman who doesn’t have a clue as to what her job or the 1st ammendment is and who her own campaign calls a ‘Whack job’.

Thank you George Bush.

I’m going to miss George. I really am. I could always count on him to do or say the wrong thing.

So I will miss him.

I don’t have any clue what to expect from what we are about to get. Sure, I believe that Barack will be statesman that we all hope that his is, or McCain will be the maverick we should all be afraid of. But that doesn’t help to prepare me for what they will actually do when they are in the Oval Office. In 2000, George Bush ran and won on the idea that he would restore honor to the office. Well, that didn’t turn out as planned. Now one party is running on the idea that we are all one and we are all United, while the other seeks to divide us into ‘real’ America and Anti-America.

No matter who wins, over the next few months I hope that we can all find it in ourselves to lay down our partisanship and come together as a whole country. My fear though is that one side will never be able to do this.

If Barack loses this race, millions of voters will never vote again. Why would they when they have witnessed everything that was the beacon of American crumble because of one party, only to have that party win another election. I know I could never muster enough ‘ummph’ to vote again. This is not a threat or a

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promise or anything of the sort, it is just the truth of it. Why rally around someone who brings as much hope and inspiration as Barack Obama has done, only to see him lose to an inferior ticket due to lying or exaggerated rhetoric. What would be the point in ever getting excited,inspired and hopeful again?

I don’t believe there is a pundit or voter out there who has looked at this race and said “John McCain ran a brilliant race that should be the mold for all other races” and yet, if he wins, that bad judgment to run such a horrible race will no doubt float over into bad judgment when running a country.

I do not know where this country is headed tonight. All I know is that I am a part of history this time, instead of a student of it. It’s an excitable and yet, sad time.

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Yes, I am sad to see George go and I hope that no matter who gets elected, they follow somewhat in his footsteps and give Jon Stewart 4 more years of comedy and Bill Maher 4 more years of New Rules

The only thing to look forward to if McCain is elected is watching to see if more than 57% of the population can continue to think Sarah Palin is wrong for the Vice President’s job.

Let that sit for a minute……

If 57% of the population thinks you are the wrong person for the job, that you aren’t qualified enough, wouldn’t it stand to reason that you shouldn’t win anything in a democratic election?

I have one final thought to leave you with….On Boston Legal last night the British girl said “it’s a democracy, shouldn’t the one who gets the most votes win?”… the reply “That, would be too easy”

So get up! Go out! Vote early! Vote often.. and don’t make it easy for them.

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