US Election

UPDATE: just to let you know, I’ll be at an election night party tomorrow evening, so won’t be doing live blog this time. I will, however be posting new posts via mobile throughout the night. I’ll also be posting my thoughts regularly via twitter.

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Fear not, I’m talking about America, not Britain!

Tomorrow, US citizens go to the polls to select who they want to run their country for the next four years. The US Presidential election is a topic I have not blogged on until now. I feel that firstly I don’t really have much more to add to the debate, but more importantly, I don’t think (taking into consideration the high percentage of US readers of this blog) it is right for me to interfere with with a country I have nothing to do with directly.

That said, I have for a long time been a supporter of John McCain and the Republicans in general. I did quite like Huckerby, however McCain was the best once Huckerby was out of contention.

In John McCain we have a man of incredible intelligence and experience. A man who comes across as sensible and rational. A man who doesn’t worry about the media 24 hours a day and a man who is an incredibly skilled politician.

I can’t say the same for Obama. One only has to turn on the TV and see the sorts of people turning out at his rallies to know that he is a fashion fad and not a serious presidential candidate. I always get concerned when most the media mass around one particular candidate, not because I like to support the underdog, but because I hate following a crowd.

I’m not so sure that the issues the president will have to deal with over the next few years will be dealt with in the best way possible if Obama wins tomorrow. Issues such as Iran, Russia, Iraq, the economy and radical religion will be the big topics where big decisions will have to be made. Obama does not come across as a man who will think through things properly, McCain does.

No matter how many advisors the president has around him, he still has to make the decisions. With McCain tough decisions will be taken that might be unpopular, but will be in the national interest. With Obama, we will have decisions taken not in the national interest, but in the media’s interest.

This could have catastrophic effects on America and therefore , a risk that should not be taken.

Having said all that, I don’t think McCain will win, mainly due to some major errors in his campaign. Sarah Palin was designed to improve the image of the campaign but seems to have done more harm than good.

On the other hand, Obama’s campaign has been tightly controlled with no leaks, very few noticeable gaffes and a generally polished performance. This is what the media like and it’s what the short sighted members of the US citizenship like too. It’s not good for the US or the world, but sometimes things have to happen that aren’t good so that people can see how bad it is. I fear tomorrow may be the start of a new age of immaturity in American politics - a truly dangerous age is about to begin.