Silly Girls In Dresses

Tuesday is election day. I’m really not excited for two reasons:

1) I have to go home to vote, meaning I need to take a 9pm train monday (my last class is at 8pm), vote at 7am and then hop a bus that will get me back to New York before my Contracts class at noon. All this because I was scared my absentee ballot might get thrown away.

2) Because I don’t know if Obama will win. Granted, I have an escape plan if McCain becomes president: I will only be accepting sumemr jobs outside of the US so that all my contacts will be international and I can get a job in Europe or South America or somewhere after I graduate. However….Obama just really really really needs to win. I cannot comprehend the thought process of a McCain voter.

This particular article really fucking terrified me. The reasons some of these people give for supporting McCain baffle me. Here are some gems:

First: “I’d say I’m leaning towards McCain,” she said. “For as awful as things are with this Republican administration, there’s something about the whole conservative thing that appeals to me.” Um…what? You’re voting based on some vague sense of comfort with conservativism? At least TELL ME what that is! Do you like the idea of tax cute (which Obama will give you)? Do you support laissez faire economics (we all know how well that’s been working recently)? Are you a conservative Christian who believes in ‘family values’ (I hate you)? Or….are you just racist (yea, I said it)? Jesus Christ (no pun intended) I HATE people who just kinda vote based on their “feelings” about something.

Second: “We are of the Jewish faith,” she said, “and I don’t really know his stance on the Middle East and Israel.” Ok, well, I’m Jewish and I’ve heard this one a lot, since I attend a Jewish law school. It’s bullshit. I definitely think accounting for the candidates positions on Israel is very important, especially if you are Jewish or Palestinian; however, if that is the only issue you are voting on, then just move to Israel. It should be factor – large factor, small factor, whatever – in your decision, in addition to concerns about health care, social security, taxes, education, etc. Also, its not that hard to find out Obama’s position on Israel: just go here. Clearly, this person has not bothered to do the research.

Third: “Ms. Wolpo said there was probably a 60 percent chance she would support Mr. McCain. She does not buy the Obama campaign argument that Mr. McCain is just like Mr. Bush. ‘McCain knows in his heart that Bush is a loser.’ “ Oh my god. Oh my god. No he doesn’t. He does not think Bush is a loser. He voted with him 90% of the time. If you seriously look at McCain’s record, you will find he believes in the same policies as the Bush adminstration. Not only that, he comes from the same background: he was an idiot drunk womanizer who rode his father’s fame into high-level positions. He only cares about himself and his friends: just like Bush.

Last: “Ms. Wolpo said her decision did not keep her awake at night. ‘I have enough to worry about,’ she said, explaining that her youngest son, who is in his 40s, suffered a stroke last spring. He has good days and bad days, she said, and that puts everything else in perspective.’This other thing is just an election,’ she said.” IS IT?!?! IS IT REALLY JUST AN ELECTION, MS. WOLPO?!?! Because, yknow, elections don’t really effect whether or not you’re son will get complete health care coverage. They don’t effect FDA regulations taht make sure the drugs your son takes are safe. They don’t effect whether or not insurance companies will provide effective coverage of preventative care and underlying condition (something the Obama camp is proposing) so that nothing else will go wrong with your son and so his insurance company can’t refuse to pay for his care if he had an underlying condition that caused the stroke.

Really.

Please don’t vote Ms. Wolpo. In fact, please move. You don’t deserve to live here.