Dear Fellow Pennsylvanians:

[Red Zelda]

A few friends have asked me about tomorrow. OK, this is pretty snarky, so apologies in advance if I offend, but here's what I'm going to do.

I know that I'm going to happily pull the lever for whichever of these two fine candidates goes up against that frightening 'four-more-years' R in November. But for now, my husband and I are all out for Barack Obama. I generally agree with Hillary Clinton's policy positions, and I would be so proud to vote for a woman for president. But I changed my affiliation from an Independent to a Democrat so I could help 'make the change' that Obama talks about. I will admit that if the female candidate was Hillary in every way but name, I'd be very hard pressed.

Here are my two stakes: One, I do want to end the nepotism and incestuous nature of the White House (father/son, husband/wife). It's practically royal, and everyone knows how I feel about shrunken gene pools (whether they're monarchs or Amish). There's a little matter of shrunken intelligence, not to mention impacts to the number of toes. Second, and perhaps more relevant, I have heard enough idiot Republicans go all batty against Hillary, for no reason that they can think of, other than they've been told to, because being misogynistic is more excusable than being racist. My next-door neighbor, a young school-teacher and an R, told me she would vote for Obama in November, "But otherwise, I hate Hillary. I would never vote for her." I kindly excused myself before asking her why her husband wasn't in Iraq. Oh yeah, I think he's Amish. Or at least, he acts like it, but in his defense, I've never seen his toes.

I'm ready now to vote for Obama. I'll happily pull the lever for Clinton in November if that's what happens. And at that point, I'll defy anyone who votes for McCain to tell me what domestic economic policy beyond tax cuts for the wealthy they think will set this country on the right path. And if they say that it's because we have to stay in Iraq and finish what we started, I will ask how many family members they have in service. We have got to start pushing back. We have got to start saying, "Ya know what, I am pretty bitter about the way this country's going. And I'm going to vote that way!"

Decision: Obama.

[NJmaverick]

1. Good for you!

[Waya]

2. Let's hope...............

........that lots of the people in this here great State think that way and pull that same lever tomorrow.

[wowimthere]

3. k&r decision: Obama

[Scurrilous]

4. K & R

:thumbsup:

[here_is_to_hope]

5. Bump, Kick, Recommend and etc...

[KnaveRupe]

6. You are an Anti-Amishite.

I hope you never need a barn built, missy.