That is funny how your son's name is Drew, mine is too! Except the fact that I am a girl. I totally agree with all of your views, especially the fact that those who call McCain voters racist and distinguish the racial difference are the actual racists. I personally do not care about the color of skin, I chose John McCain because I agree with his standpoints on abortion, gay marriage, taxes, and I also support Sarah Palin (I can't vote yet because I am only 14). He is much more experienced and has been in politics and government for such a long time. However, Obama is our president starting from January 2009 and I feel that the United States should pray for him and our country, for we truly are an amazing country. God bless you, Barack Obama.

Alas here I am. Stuck in Minnesota. The state that elected Jesse Ventura as Governor. The state this allowing Al Franken to steal this election as well. Insanity reigns supreme up here apparently.

"First of, I am not sure what motivated the white population (majority) to vote for Obama, but if it was color, than we will be much better of for it."

What a ridiculous notion to assert that if people made their choice based on race that it's a great thing. Oh, I suppose because it turned out the way you wanted that that somehow makes it OK. What if everyone was racist against BO and voted against him because of his race, would you still proclaim, "we will be be much better off for it"? Of course not. Like it or not, by definition you are a racist. I have no idea the color of your skin...don't care, because it doesn't matter...but you are putting forth the racist notions that it's alright for some people, sometimes, to take race into consideration...when you proclaim it to be appropriate... and that is sick, immoral and racist.

"Obama is a better candidate no matter which way you look at it."

Hey, we are in agreement. BO was a much better candidate/politician. But, BO was far from the most qualified for the office. Like the various reality shows on TV now, the person who wins doesn't often have the best skill set, they just played the "game" better. Clearly, BO played the game better. Of course it helps having the entire mainstream media totally in bag helping you all along the way.

"He has better ideas for the economy"

Clearly you either don't under stand BO's ideas or you don't know what has made America's economy the largest, strongest, economy in the world.

"He has better ideas...for the education system."

Again, although it probably isn't your fault as much as the media's failure to inform you, you are beyond clueless. BO served on the board of the Chicago Annenberg Challenge. Do you have any freaking clue the types of programs he voted for and voted against during his tenure there? Do you know what a miserable failure the CAC was? We don't have to speculate on this topic, we have empirical evidence of the effectiveness of BO's "ideas" for the education system. BO is more interested in protecting his constituency of the teachers' unions than in actually helping children. Ask yourself, and be honest, if BO could help school children but doing so would destroy teachers' unions and possibly deal a death blow to other unions, would he do it? Never.

"He has better ideas...for the health care."

You mean like taking the greatest health care system in the world and screwing it up the same way that has caused immeasurable harm in other nations? Or do you mean ignoring the Constitution and finding some imaginary non-existent "right" which would force me to pay someone else's health care. You have the right to free speech, religion, to own guns, etc., but I don't have to buy you newspapers, pay for your church or buy you guns...but you think somehow I have to pay for your health care? Do you know anything about our nation, how and why it was founded and why it has rose to such great prominence? Health care is far down the list of things one need. Air, food, clothing, shelter, job, are all higher on the list. If someone has a right to health care (which BO said people do in the debates), then logic dictates they have a right to all these higher needs...but maybe that's the point Karl.

"He is better educated."

Oh no you don't, until BO releases his college records you don't get to proclaim this one. What's BO hiding? That is grades suck more than Barney Frank? That he registered as a foreign student to get financial aid? Or, that he belonged to radical terrorist, socialist and/or Muslim student groups. I don't necessarily think it's any of these, but then we don't know because Mr. Won't-Let-You-See-His-College-Records-Or-Birth-Certificate won't show us. Until BO comes clean, you do not get to argue anything positive about his education.

"He is not a soldier."

Here's another thing we can totally agree on. BO is no soldier!

"He [won't] keep us in the wrong war."

You wrong-war types crack me up. You're hindsight is awesome. You're foresight miserable. I've argued it to success many times elsewhere...based on knowledge available at the time, you lose the argument every time. Only with knowledge mysteriously brought back in time from the future, are you able to make your outrageous and unsustainable claims. What we do know for certain, is that BO voted against the incredibly successful surge which has allowed us to win the war in Iraq. If BO was in office he would have ordered our troops to raise the white flag, give up, admit defeat, and come home with their tails between their legs, leaving Iraq in shambles, to become the terrorist center of the world and another killing fields for extremists. Then, despite it being all of BO's fault, he and you would just blame Bush. No thank you. We don't need BO's type of military "leadership."

"One of my favorite republicans, McCain..."

I'm sorry, I just can't help but giggle when I see the words "republican" and "McCain" next to each other. Of course he's one of your favorite republicans because he's a republican in name only. He is the head RINO! You can have him.

"McCain just does not get the economy. He has no clue about it. In times like these, how can you have McCain lead the country."

Just as the best research shows that all of FDR's efforts did nothing but drag out the depression and stifle economic regrowth, we will learn in the future that all the government interventions, stimulus and takeovers that are going on now, did more long-term harm than good. While McCain is/was the lessor of two evils, he wouldn't be as likely to send us down the socialist path. He'd likely have done fewer and smaller government interventions...which is always a good thing.

"The war is another huge issue for the country."

By what measure is it "huge"? Money? Not that much. Lives? Every hero lost is tragic, but the gross numbers aren't that high. The only way the war become huge, is if it is lost and Iraq, as described as above, become a radical Muslim cesspool. Compare that to foothold for democracy in the middle east and you can see why the radical Muslims are so upset by our success. I just can't figure out why people like you so fear success in Iraq? Is your hatred for Bush that great?

"And we need someone with a different view point."

Yeah, this whole win the war and bring out troops home victors is getting old. Let's get our troops out of German and Japan...look what failures total victory and dozes of bases in these countries for 60+ years has caused!

"NOT another Bush, to continue on the wrong path he has been since he entered office."

You're beginning you repeat yourself...and your Koolaid stains are showing.

"America voted because it was presented with the SAME PATH, or a Different path. America choce the different path for better or worst."

Not even close. A huge, margin winning, percentage of American voted the way they did out of ignorance. Check out How Obama Got Elected. By a much greater margin, Obama supports were simply ignorant about the most basic issues. They got wrapped up in a cult of personality and were ill informed by the mainstream media. Few people have the time or desire to truly inform themselves, so they get a snipped of information here and a tid-bit from there. When those few sources are whoring for one candidate, the outcome is not surprising.

"If the current PATH sticks, I will try the different one even if I'm worst of at the end."

That does sum it up nicely. Faulty premise that McCain was the same path aside, you'd jump paths...out of ignorance...even if you're worse [off] at the end. I have to agree with you, I certainly believe, after reading you comment, that you would do just that.