Thursday, September 4, 2008

Favorite Thing(s) About Fall

Warm days with crisp nights. Wearing jeans and a sweatshirt. The excitement of Big Ten football. Satisfying comfort foods. Watching parents with their cameras excitedly seeing their children off for their first day of school. Changing leaves. Cider and donuts. Halloween, pumpkins and little ones in costumes.

What is important to you in a political candidate?

Politicians are politicians, but I would prefer someone who is at least trying to change our country for the better. The current administration and the party's candidate for president have both spoken on how they think the economy is doing well, the war is being won, those who are gay don't deserve the same rights as the rest of America, there should be prayer (Christian) and Creationism in schools, etc, etc. I don't agree with any of these premises. I am also not pro abortion, but I am pro choice. I believe that health care should be a basic right, especially for our children. If you don't want to provide health care, what is next? Should we start expecting people to just educate themselves and put out their own fires as well?

Anyway, I am for the candidate that is trying to change and fix the way things have deteriorated in the past 8 years. I am hopeful we can find a way to provide health care for those who need it, save the environment and heal the broken economy.

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