^^a couple of reasons godfather...the main one being that I'm a realist. I know that a true democracy doesn't work either. If this country were a true democracy we would still be segregated. I would not have been able to marry my beautiful wife and my 3 beautiful children wouldn't be here. I wouldn't have been able to play professional football, etc., etc! Mob rule doesn't work. I'll be the 1st to admit, YES I'M VOTING FOR BARACK PARTLY BECAUSE HE'S BLACK! All my life I've heard the negative stereotypes about black men being too lazy, too dumb, or not driven enough to lead. I never thought I would see this in my lifetime. This election shows my sons how truly great this country is. Even at ages 12 and 14, my sons have asked why there has never been a black president. Why there hasn't been a president that looks like them. They heard the stories from my father and his father and grandfather how they fought to liberate others even though we weren't truly liberated ourselves. So call me shallow and we all know we shouldn't vote for anyone SOLELY based on race. But I agree with his stance on making good healthcare AFFORDABLE AND AVAILABLE for everyone. The right has misconstrued Barack's position on this. He's not trying to force healthcare on anyone, he wants to make it AVAILABLE to everyone. Medicade is only available to the poor and most private insurance is expensive and not affordable enough for people everywhere. If people don't believe that they are foolish. I believe, like Obama, everyone should be able to attend college. But again not everyone can or even want to but it should be available. My daughter is on her way off to Stanford nxt year and just about every dollar I saved from being a measely special teams/practice squad player for 4 yrs is going to her education. After that, I'm hoping/praying my boys are better athletes than I am so they could get scholarships. Because after my daughter, there isn't much left. And because I'm extremely middle class, I'm too successful for grants and such but not successful enough to pay for 2 other children to go to the colleges they want to attend (Michigan and Penn State). We are falling behind in terms of education to countries who subsidize higher education to their citizens.

Now there are things (like the 2nd amendment issues and immigration) that I don't agree with Obama on. But, again, I agree with him far more than I agree with McCain. And although the Libertarian party has a lot of interesting stands, they do not have the power to effect the change I feel my children need. Those are the reasons why I'm supporting Obama. Does it make me dumb? No! Its my choice! And I would gladly compare brain pans to anyone on this forum (not directed at you godfather or blome).