I’ve been pretty silent this year on the election, at least on my blog I’ve written almost nothing about it (compared to the last presidential election where I ranted quite a bit on the blog, and about 10,000 times more to people in real life). Partially it’s because living in Japan I have very little opportunity to talk about politics in a situation where people can understand a) my English, and b) what I mean.

However, the little talking I’ve done has been as passionate as ever, and I still get butterflies in my stomach from thinking about the risks this time around — and, particularly, from the ignorance I see in such a large percentage of Americans. (And before you go off on me for being flametastic there, try to understand what I mean — it will be explained in the link below.)

I feel a little guilty for not taking the time to put my political beliefs (as well as many other things) into writing on my blog this year, but my friend Dave sent me a link that pretty much covers my hopes and fears from this election. I hope you’ll take the time to read it:

http://radar.oreilly.com/2008/10/why-i-support-barack-obama.html

If you haven’t thought about those issues yet, please do. As I’ve said many times (though not on this blog yet), this election isn’t about Obama vs McCain, or Democrats vs Republicans, it’s about changing the culture of the United States, and what kind of people do we want to be, and what kind of world do we want to live in? Obama and McCain would both be competant leaders — and infinitely better than Bush — but they represent two very different cultures; two different futures. The future that is better for the US should be obvious.