It almost pains me to see alot of these first time voters, voting for someone who has “convinced” them he’s the better person. The young voters aren’t aware that these candidates will say anything, do anything to get elected.

Truth of the matter is, none of the candidates are what the people wanted. It’s going to to come down to the lesser of two evils.

The problem is, just like the young voters who don’t really have a clue other than playing follow the leader, Obama is young and green. He has no leadership experience. No foreign relations experience. He has to rely on his advisors for everything. And we cannot have a candidate who thinks that diplomacy is the answer to all things evil.

Obama has likened himself to JFK. The problem with that, is that unlike JFK who’s biggest issue was communism and nuclear war, today’s issue is religious extremism. Political ideology issues have a far greater chance of an outcome than religious extremism. The last time I checked, communist hardliners didn’t strap bombs to themselves and walk into a crowded market to make a point.

Education about the past goes a long way. Sadly, today’s youth has relegated themselves to the Spark Note’s version of history. And that’s sad.

This is the media and this is university system in this country. Instead of actually researching the issues and finding their own voice, they listen to the voices of their professors and the talking-heads in the media. They listen to their friends, instead of figuring it out for themselves.

I grew up as a Republican, but now I’m an independent. And this has happened because I learned to educate myself by myself. I haven’t allowed Professor X, Classmate Y or news person Z to tell me who is the better candidate.

I voted for Hillary today because I feel she’s lesser evil. And she’s got something Obama doesn’t: experience. The presidency isn’t a job that provides on-the-job-training.

Barack’s policy positions are weak, he has been running around with some shady people and hasn’t done anything of any consequence in his political career. He really is a weak and deeply flawed candidate but his branding has been spectacular so we are forced to face the reality that the most liberal politician in any US presidential election has a real shot at winning. That’s pretty scary but it is also a sad commentary on how easily it is to package something as something it’s not and sell it to the masses.