So, the wife of a friend of mine wrote an entry on Facebook that prompted a lengthy response from me. The opening of her note:
"There are mountains of crabby patties walking around, shaking their heads at the other side and wondering how on earth they could be so ignorant as to like [insert candidate's name here]. So rather than rally around one candidate's message of change and another candidate's more-of-the-same bit, here's where I am right now. Open for debate. I'd LOVE to hear some of my intelligent friends' positions on this election outside of the bitter and foreboding blather via status messages about which candidate they don't want elected.
She went on to state various issues and why she wasn't a fan of Obama. She addressed each of the following issues: Health Care, Taxes & Economy, Foreign Policy, Energy, Leadership, Commander-in-Chief, VP picks, Faith, and Pro-Life/Pro-Choice.
Below is my response - thought I'd share it with the Dkos community:
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