McCain for the GOP, Obama for the Democrats!

This blog has not really delved too much into politics, because lately I have not been satisfied with the direction the nomination process has been going. Too much handicapping based on fundraising and national polls, too much interest in what the media talking heads think, and we are going to end up having to choose again between the cleanest of our dirtiest shirts.

If the media are to be believed, the front runners for their parties nomination would be Rudy Giuliani, the supposed hero of 9/11, and Hillary Clinton, whose husband's infidelities earned her a seat on the U.S. Senate. I find neither of these candidates acceptable to a country that needs to be unified and requires a leader who can rise above the politics of the moment to lead us out of the 9/11 mindset and into a progressive 9/12 mindset. We need a leader who half the country won't hate and the other half won't just defend out of blind loyalty to the party. Clinton v. Giuliani would simply be more of the same...a clash of the baby boomers...a divided country. As I once heard them described..."Nixon in a pant suit" and "a small man looking for a balcony."

So, I am going to pray and advocate to my Republican and Democratic friends that they vote and support the following candidates for their parties nomination: John McCain for the GOP, and Barack Obama for the Democratic Party.

A McCain-Obama face off would guarantee a few things: 1) we would not have a baby-boomer in the White House; 2) we would have a president who has proven he can work across party lines to get results and would have a better chance at unifying the country; and 3) we would have a president who would be able to restore this country's credibility in the world by undoing the current U.S. policies (secretly made and implemented) on the use of torture in the gathering of intelligence. And although McCain supported the war (with many caveats) and Obama opposed the war (but is not afraid to both engage our enemies or take the fight to them), the debate about the war would be vibrant and honest and would give Americans a real choice.

So, in Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and the states that follow, let us pray the country gets what it deserves and has a contest between McCain and Obama, and no matter who wins, this country won't lose.