The Atheist Blogger

I haven’t blogged about the upcoming US Presidential election for various reasons, mainly because I’m in no way involved with it (being English and all), and because I really don’t know enough about American politics to say anything of value. However, I have been watching perhaps more closely than most people in England, because the outcome of this election will affect me personally in the future.

It has always been my plan to emigrate to the USA once I finish my degree, and when I look forward 10 years, I really can’t see myself living anywhere else. Despite the differences in cultures (religion being the big example), I like the idea of certain freedoms being instilled into a constitution. Over here, “freedom of speech” is a very loose term, and there are certain articles that suit my sense of humour that could easily find me prosecuted under incitement to racial or religious hatred.

So the question that is important to me in this election is, “Do I want to live in Obama’s America, or McCain’s?”. Thus I started watching debates, speeches, reading up on the candidates, and tried to approach the question from an open-minded view. It is clear that John McCain had more “experience” time-wise, but Obama is so calm and collected, and I can see the obvious similarities between him and JFK, both being young revolutionary people.

Of course, slowly McCain’s campaign has deteriorated, starting of course with his vice presidential nominee, and for me ending with his complete turn-around on Obama, saying that we should “be respectful” and “not be scared” of an Obama presidency. I don’t think much of the world has any doubts about who will win this election, and Obama is clearly the right man for the job.