How can he be running for President?

As I previously stated, I have found an almost obsessive attraction to the current political race in our country. Every day I sit in my little office, the TV above me, broadcasting punditry of the battle. I have been listening to the speeches and to the slander and am amazed by the political system in this country and the power of the media in the process. However, I am more amazed at the candidates currently running for office. This is, in many ways, a very historical event in our nation.

In my perusal of blogs and quest for more information on the candidates, their histories, their beliefs, I stumbled upon this article written by a man with whom McCain had been a POW in Vietnam. And, as I read it, I thought back to our current President's history. Hadn't he been in the bottom of his graduating class, the partier, who ended up getting bailed out by his rich father?

Honestly, is that the type of person you want running this country? We all remember those people from high school, college, the ones that, for the lack of a better phrase, fucked off. They skated by, getting grades just good enough to pass while you worked full-time and maintained a high GPA, Dean's List, Honor Roll. Yet, in the end, they came out with the same piece of paper you did. According to this article, McCain has never really ever held down a real job. How can he represent the working people of America when he has no concept of what it is like to get up every morning, get your kids off to daycare, drive home every night to make dinner, do homework and get to bed to do it all over again the next day.

I may not believe in all of the things Obama does but the man is one of us. He worked hard for where he is. He did not rely on his father's influence, his father-in-laws money di step up in life, to make a better world for those around him.