If forcing females to bear children is something that you care strongly about, then the McCain/Palin ticket is for you. If the status quo is what you want, if you believe that America is on the right track, then vote McCain/Palin. If, however, you are one of those voters who under most normal circumstances never consider voting for the likes of McCain/Palin then you have to ask yourself the big question. Why the sudden shift? Is it because you believe that Barack Obama is not ready or qualified for the office of Presidency, like his opponents have suggested? If so, then ask yourself when a person is ready to serve. How many more years in the Senate would it take? Does spearheading issues and committees mean nothing? Does deft diplomacy and communication skills count for nothing in a presidential candidate? Taking another approach: Barack Obama is far, far more qualified to be President of the United States than George W. Bush was (or is) and also far, far more qualified than Sarah Palin, God forbid.

Are you not voting for Barack Obama because he is rumored to be an enemy of Israel? Unpatriotic? Soft on terror? Not a single shred of evidence would suggest any of the aforesaid accusations, which smear Barack's name like cream cheese on a bagel. Before casting stones it might be a good idea to back up those accusations with facts rather than fiction.

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Many young people have become so deeply mistrustful of Islam and of Muslim people that the prejudice has become painfully normalized. For many Americans, sadly, Islam equals terrorism. Americans who cannot trust a person because he or she is -- or even might be -- Muslim are as frightening as terrorists themselves. Barack Obama is not Muslim. Even if he were the issue would not matter, period. That it might matter is frightening for many of us, and it should be for you as an American. Being Muslim is a positive thing for many people. Voters who would like for the United States of America to be a Christian nation are free to vote for McCain, seriously. Those who find Christian fundamentalism as fundamentally disturbing as Muslim fundamentalism might want to reconsider their reasons for mistrusting Barack Obama.
Voters who are afraid to elect Barack Obama are sadly besieged by a troubling prejudice. Unfortunately that prejudice has been effectively cultivated. Any would-be democrat who does not see in Barack Obama a genuine leader with promise to make the nation and the world a better place is lying about his or her motives. The reason you are not voting for Barack Obama is because you have been brainwashed.