Switching back for Obama

As the winds have turned and seemingly stolen the wind from Ron Paul’s sails, my focus has shifted to the future, and to what November holds for the American people. As much as I had hoped for Ron Paul to make a splash and make Americans remember exactly what this country is supposed to stand for, it appears that hope is all but lost.

This has led me to do a lot of thinking about who my vote in November will go to, and what issues I hope will be solved by the new President (provided, of course, that King George actually decides to leave office).

My priority is to get the United States out of Iraq. It seems so far that Obama is the man for that job. I don’t trust Clinton to get us out of there, and McCain obviously has no interest at all in getting us out.

The next priority is avoiding future unprovoked wars. Again, Obama seems to be the man for the job. He has already stated that he will meet with the leaders of alleged “hostile” countries to try and solve things diplomatically. McCain and Clinton have no interest in this, and will give us more of the same.

In fact, today in a press conference, Bush slammed Obama for stating that he would talk to other leaders, saying that it would send a bad signal to other nations. And what might that signal be, Mr. Bush? That the United States seeks to solve problems diplomatically instead of just barging in and fucking shit up? Wow, yeah, that is a bad signal, isn’t it?

Anyway, at this point my vote is for Obama, but we’ll see how things pan out. It really depends upon who decides to run third-party, and what they have to say about things.