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We are now less than a month away from a MAJOR event in this country.

Tuesday, 4 November 2008. Election Day.

Finally we have another shot to make our voices heard in Washington. Now, these past few years I have had difficulty with the political circus.

Eight years of the Bush regime, yes, regime, have saddened and exhausted me. I have watched things go from bad to worse to how did it ever get this far? I'd be lying if I said I wasn't scared. I am.

There are things that are important to me.

Education (Don't tell me No Child Left Behind worked. It failed. Miserably)

Environment. Yes, we need to find something other than oil to heat our homes and power our cars. We've known this for decades.

Economy. It's funny that the President actually thought that giving people with money MORE money would somehow benefit me and other people like me who live below the poverty line. I've got more bills and less money with which to pay them now. So, don't think that the "Trickle Down Theory" will work. It won't. I'd like you all to remember that it was Clinton, the tax and spend Liberal, who balanced the budget and gave us a 200 BILLION DOLLAR surplus. Now we are 550 BILLION in the hole and just bailed out Wall St for another 700 BILLION. Gee, I think George needs a new calculator.

Gay rights. Homosexuals are humans and citizens just like every Right-Wing Conservative who wants to deny them their rights as such. You know, you don't have to condone or even LIKE homosexuality. But since when does reading the Bible and praying everyday make you God? It doesn't. You do not have the right or the responsibility to judge other people. It says so in that Good Book of yours. You can be a good Christian without hating gays. In fact, you'd be a better one. In addition, you might want to try to remember that this is not a Christian nation. We are all different here. Demanding that everyone live according to the rules and religion that you have accepted in disgusting. Oh, it's stupid too.

Women's rights. Ok. I am not advocating abortion here. I don't really like it either. Frankly, I feel that it has gotten out of hand and is being used as a form of Birth Control FAR TOO OFTEN. However, it is not my place as a woman to tell other women what to do with their bodies. It is not Congress' place either. Again, you don't have to like it. You can be against it because of your religion, that is okay. But you CAN'T say that women can't choose because you think it will make God angry. People make mistakes and poor choices. God knows that. He made us that way. He isn't an idiot. I am sure he can figure out what to do about it. I wouldn't worry, I doubt it'll be a plague of locusts. It may be a melting planet though. Maybe you should pay attention.

The War in Iraq. We never should have gone in. I do support our troops. I want them home. There is no reason for them to be in Iraq.

Health Care. I have a job that provides health care to me for $50 a month. I am one of the lucky few. Up until this point I wasn't covered. If I got sick, I had to take extra Vitamin C and pray that I didn't have something serious. I had to go to work when I should have stayed home and rested up because I could not afford to take the time off. I wasn't on the Single Payer plan I am on now. It was more like a Single Prayer Plan. Please God, don't let me get sick. Children are dying from diseases we can prevent. Women are dying of Breast Cancer, a disease with an over 98% survival rate if caught early enough, because they can't afford the treatment they need to survive.

You may ask where I'm going with this. If you recall, I supported Hillary Clinton. I felt she was the best chance we had of defeating the Republicans and actually fixing the problems in Washington that are getting in the way of this country being as great as some people think it is.

However, Hillary didn't run as great a campaign as Obama did and he won the nomination. I feel he made a HUGE mistake asking Biden to be his VP and not Clinton. However, I still know that Obama/Biden is better than McCain/Palin.

Please, don't hurt this country further by voting Republican. They are bad for this country. They are behind the times. They do not understand the hardships that so many people in this country are facing.

On Election Day, go out and vote DEMOCRAT. It is our only chance of fixing the mess that George W. Bush and his lying, scheming, war-hungry cronies created.

VOTE DEMOCRAT OR DON'T VOTE.

I'm Patti Azzara and I approve this message.