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I don’t want to base my vote for president on personality, age, race or gender. I want to base it on the critical issues of our time.
In that spirit, here’s my own, anecdotal, defining moment in presidential politics. True story. Two events. Happened on the very same day. In the morning, while traveling south on Route 1, a car pulled out in front of me from a side street at the last minute. I had to slam on my brakes. I then couldn’t help but notice that the car had an Obama bumper sticker, and that the driver went about 40 mph in a 50 mph zone.
That afternoon, traveling the other direction on Route 1, another car pulled out in front of me from a side street at the last minute. Again I had to slam on my brakes. And I couldn’t help but notice that this car had a McCain bumper sticker. But, this driver then went 55 mph in a 50 mph zone.
That does it. That’s the true substance of this election, an iconic example of the true divide between red and blue. There are jerks in both camps, but the McCain jerks aren’t such control freaks. I’m voting for McCain. And you should too.