MrsHubbyD's Blog

I have posted this as a response on the messageboards, to a dear fellow blogger who so respectfully, and eloquently, urged me to still consider voting in this Election. I decided to post it here as well.

Here was my response:

Dearest Writer,

I want to thank you SO much for your very encouraging, hearfelt, yet gentle urging, for me to reconsider not voting. I also respect the fact that you were only laying out the facts, and not putting me, or anyone else down, should I/we choose not to vote.

I continue to think long and hard regarding this issue, and I DO realize that not voting at all, is just like giving an endorsement to the other candidate. I am not sure I know which is worse....voting for someone I feel is the "Devil in disguise", or voting for someone whose policies scare me.

I actually was insulted by McCain's VP choice, because to me, it served only as a way to HOPEFULLY pull in the female vote, which I felt was the ONLY reason he chose her. I don't think it was at all because he thought this woman was the best choice for the job. That, in itself, has me questioning that if someone would go to those lengths JUST to try to "ensure" his chances of winning, then what other tactics might he use to get what he wants? He also, (to ME) seems out of touch with the working class.

With Obama, Well, you ALL know how I feel about HIM. I tend to believe that the magazine cover which portrayed "unfavorably" was, (I feel) more truth than not. Aside from the "feeling" I have about him wanting to destroy the U.S. from the "inside out", I think he is fooling the American public, I think that is EXACTLY what he plans to do. He is charismatic, well groomed, speaks clearly, but to me, everything he says, could be taken in two different contexts. Of course the people WILL find out eventually, but it will be too late by then.

If I put the same statements in two different people's mouths, I bet a dollar to a bucket of biscuits, that people would see them differently, yet they would be the EXACT same statements.

Example: Read each of thses statements, and tell me what your interpretation of it would be coming form each of these people, and why would it differ depending on WHO said it.

Obama: "The American people are due for a different type of leadership."
Osama: "The American people are due for a different type of leadership."

Obama: "We need to educate our children properly."
Osama: "We need to educate our children properly."

Obama: "I vow to change the destiny of every American."
Osama: "I vow to change the destiny of every American."

Obama: "The United States is going to experience a change like never before."
Osama: "The United States is going to experience a change like never before."

Now, I realize that this may seem a bit 'over the top', but it is the only way I know of to express the way I feel about this man.


I know that his supporters will say, "He doesn't mean the same thing Osama means when he says it." , but how do you KNOW that? And before you ask, "How do YOU know it?", the answer is I don't. but I FEEL it, and that matters most to ME. No one else has to think or feel this way, but I do. That is why I cannot possibly vote in this election with a clear head. Too many things are unanswered. Even the electrifying speech by my favorite former President, did not sway me. And that's SAYING something.

When statements are ambiguous, they usually favor the author, NOT the reader/listener/interpreter. (I know it is supposed to be the other way around, but most of the time, it isn't!)

I hope that clears it up for everyone who wants to know why I am not voting for Mr. Charisma.

For those who support him, I hope you are not sorry, and I also hope I end up being wrong. We'll see.