voting is serious business

i really like obama.  he's cool.  he's smart and eloquent.  he's like a mac and mccain is like a pc.  unfortunately i can't vote like i pick computers.  coolness doesn't count for much when you run for president.

so i'm trying to be an informed voter.  but the more informed i get the harder it is to make a decision. being moderate is harder than it looks.

i don't like war.  i don't like partial birth abortion.  i do think gay people should be allowed to get married.  i don't like the death penalty.  i do think health care needs reform.  i don't like universal health care because i think it is haphazard and shoddy at best.  i don't think people should die because they don't have adequate insurance.  i think our environment needs cleaning up.  i think we need to do something about the economy.  i don't think it's fair that rich people have to pay a higher percentage of taxes than everyone else.  i like the welfare system. i  think the welfare system needs reform.  i think peace corps needs more money.  i pretty much think palin is a retard.  i don't really like biden either.  i think mccain is a national hero.  i don't like bush.  i'm mostly quaker pacifist.  i do believe the soldiers i've talked to who say we are doing good things in iraq.  i'm glad saddam isn't in power.  i hate the patriot act.  i think jeremiah wright is a racist and his church needs to reevaluate their focus.  i don't like that obama sat under wright's tutelage for 20 years and then coped out when he was called to the floor for it.  i understand the history of oppression that produced jeremiah wright and the "black" church and i can't, in good conscience, condemn obama, wright, or his church for their views.  i think this country needs a morale booster.  i don't even understand the economy but i know it needs serious help.  i think countries that oppress their people (ie china, burma, sudan, etc.) need to be sanctioned without regard to if they have or do not have oil supply we want or trade "opportunities."  i'm afraid of abminijhad (sp).  i like israel.  i think hamas has a martyr complex.  i was bombed by hezbollah.  i'm a feminist.  and so much more inner conflict i can't even dredge up right now.

the world is topsy turvy these days.  i still don't know who to vote for.  sometimes i'm glad my vote won't really count in california, since it's rather blue.  but i can't get rid of the nagging feeling that i need to make a decision because it's an important character builder and to just cop out with a "my vote doesn't matter anyway" seems so irresponsible.

somebody give me a reason to make a stand.

yes i realize i didn't use any capitals. i didn't feel like it.