There...I said it.
I am Christian and pro-life, but I don't think Roe vs. Wade will ever be overturned, and that, coupled with the terrible treatment of the middle class and underprivileged, I am happily and confidently casting my vote for Obama come Election Day. Even though I know in TN, this vote will be basically meaningless. It means a lot to me. I am making my vote on principle and have put much thought into it. To me that makes it mean more, at least philosophically, than someone who cast their vote without research or delving further into the topics that come across their desks in e-mail forwards, usually tantamount to urban legend, pure fabrication. Same goes for the mud-slinging ads, and as far as that goes, I am disappointed in both candidates.
Anyway...here in Tennessee, its electoral votes will undoubtedly go to McCain. Especially in West TN, where I live. Funny family history trivia is relevant here. My great-great-great-great-great-great grandfather, Captain Asa Nelson "Black Hawk" Hays, who served in the Civil War, pro-Union, was once said to be such a devout Republican that he ordered his children to never vote Democrat, or else they'd be outcast from the family.
Sorry Grandpa Asa, I think the world is vastly different. Please don't disown me. ;)
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