A Martian votes on Tuesday

[midcan5]

A Martian is asked who the better candidate for America would be in 2008. The Martian, we'll call X, is quite smart and seeks first to understand the 'values' and 'visions' that underlie the American democratic republic.

Since each candidate's platform and issues are outlined and fundamentally controlled by the party platform, X reviews both recent and past history to see which party better aligns its values with the core values of America.

X lists as key or core values of Americans: individual rights, individual responsibility, economic well being, respect for nature, freedom from religion interference, free association, charitable impulses, and always a better life for their children. X notes the visions Americans share that this is a free country and a land of opportunity where dreams can come true for everyone.

Next X looks at the past several years and the actual statistics that prove whether the values are being upheld and by whom. While X doesn't know what pudding is, he realizes it is what happens that matters and not what you say happened or will happen. X does not engage in speculative hope nor negativity, a trait common among partisans.

X discovers that if you are wealthy the republicans would be the best choice as they support corporate bailouts, excuse corporate crime as business as usual, and support tax structures that allow the wealthiest to reward themselves more of the bounty that is created by America's social infrastructure and knowledge.

If the American is middle class, working class, or working poor, the democrats are a better choice as they support healthcare, education, societal safety nets, and regulatory reforms that support all people. X notes that wages for working people have remained stagnant and opportunities have decreased due to corporations that seek out cheap labor in America or abroad.

X closely examines views towards governance, tolerance, diversity, and the right of the individual to lead their life without governmental or religious constraints and has decided that Obama / Biden provide the most American conception of values and independence as well as a recognition that government is for more than just protection of wealth and privilege. If X could, they'd vote OBAMA/BIDEN.


America's brilliant vision has been lost, time for change.

[angrypuppy]

X Has A Blood Test And Finds The Carbon Monoxide Levels 100 Times Normal, Causing Hallucinations. X Communicates Back To The Home Planet That CO2 Levels Are Too High To Sustain Martian Life, And To Call Off The Invasion Of Earth.

X Quietly Reflects On The Time And Money Wasted On The Credit Card Scams Fueling Obama's War Chest. Broadcast Confirmed Obama Plan To Weaken Earths Defenses Against Martian Invasion Futile, Abort Invasion Abort. We Need At Least 8 More Years To Lower CO2 Levels On Earth Before We Can Habitate Planet.

[midcan5]

Leave it to those martians to have such good sense.

Bravo America a job well done, now if the nattering nabobs of negativity (Rush et al) would stop their complaining (what else do they do) and wait till they have some thing to complain about that would be decent too.

[angrypuppy]

Yeah, All the states responsible for McCain getting the nomination in the first place secure the victory for Obama. Now all he has to do is get through the courts on that born in Kenya thing, and he's in the home stretch. Should he get snagged, I think it goes to Biden.

Lets all take from the examples of Keith Oberman, Anderson Cooper, Rachel Maddow, Chris Matthews, Rather than Dan, The View Girls, and show the new administration, the same kind of consideration they showed the current.