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To: Lane3 who wrote (82667)	9/7/2008 12:27:32 PM
From: JohnM	Read Replies (1) of 541604

I understand voting for the candidate with whom one most identifies, with whom one feels comfortable. I actually started slipping off the fence on Obama's side for that very reason. He and Biden are my kind of people, after all. McCain is too weird and Palin might as well be from Mars for all I can identify with her. But I can acknowledge that decision process for what it is and it sure ain't critical thinking. On the point of how to vote, a couple of thoughts. One never knows just what issues will face a new president and his/her administration. It makes sense to consider not simply their positions and the likelihood they can do something to enact them but what those positions and they way they campaign tells you something about their governing style. And, second, any vote for McCain which depends upon continuing control of the congress by Dems, is short sighted. The Dems could easily lose the majority or lose control. Third, one does have to worry about McCain's age, cancer history, et al so the worry about the vp is greater in his case. And both the process of deciding and the selection speaks very badly.

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