I'M even going to vote, and you know how political I am...

Several years ago (when Dubya was preparing to run for his second term), we went to see Henry Rollins speak.

He stood on that stage and assured us that there were "people working on it"; that they would prevent him winning this time. He gave us his word that us Canadians wouldn't have to watch as America chose a second term of Bush. If Henry promised, he'd deliver. Henry is the shit. So I was confident things would be okay. 'Cause Hank said.

And then the election happened and Dubya won (by a bigger margin that when he first was elected!) and I basically gave up all hope.

And then... Obama. I saw him a few years ago on Oprah. He was talking about Darfur and about US foreign policy and how it has to change so that atrocities like Darfur don't continue. I think Oprah asked him if he'd be running, and he kind of grinned and didn't comment. And I thought, "Oh, if only."

And here we are. And he's making big moves to prove his commitment to accountability and responsibility. And I only hope that Hillary's antics haven't split the Democrats so much that her supporters refuse to support Obama. Because a non-vote for Obama is as bad as a vote for McCain.

For the love of this planet, and for the sake of us Canadians who have to sit up here beside you, please get out the vote!

I just want to express that maybe we shouldn't worry so much about what the rest of the world thinks. While you mention Roe vs Wade remember those people who hate us are the same ones who treat women as objects. Some of those same places women can't even show there face in public. I dare say a country or culture who kills a girl because she was rape doesn't have much of a leg to stand on in calling us evil. Africa is too busy kill off its own people to have time to judge the rest of us. South America is full of low life governments and Europe is disappearing as a culture as PC policies make room for other cultures but not for its own.

My solution is we stop trying to save the world; it doesn't want to be saved. Our troops have been stuck in Europe for what 60 years and in Korea for 40 something years. Its time we brought all our troops back and let the world fight it out amongst themselves. If other countries want to be free maybe they should pay with their own blood and money. Just a thought. No I'm not worried what the world thinks of us cause they don't have any room to judge.

I'm rapidly tiring of all this talk of McCain doing in Roe vs. Wade.

1. It was said of every Republican President since that decision was handed down and hasn't happened yet.

2. It's not in McCain's hands either.

3. It's not even in the SCOTUS's hands unless someone brings the case to them.

4. If they do, it'll take about 5-7 years to reach the Supreme Court.

5. Judicial precedent means that the court likely won't overturn it anyway.

McCain is far from being a clone of Bush, which is what the press and the Democratic Party would have you believe.

That's why I refuse to vote this time around...no political party stands where I want them to on issues.

Consider the possibility that he's writing that to appeal to a certain garrulous demographic of the Republican far-right base. GW Bush did much the same with the moderate/liberals when he promised that he'd reauthorize the Assault Weapons Ban if it ever crossed his desk. Given the political realities of that time, the odds of that happening were nil. Likewise, my intuition tells me that it's a similar situation here.