I managed to sleep in bed all night and not get up to look at the election returns (which would have kept me awake) but I'm just a bit too involved in all this. I've spent 2 hours on wikipedia reading bios of all these folks that we might have for a choice of President. I recommend it.
John Mc Cain has a very checkered past. His 5 years as a prisoner of war tamed him just a bit. I think the driving thing in his life is to live up to his father and grandfather despite his personality. His father was the commander of forces in the Pacific during the time McCain served in Vietnam.
Being the son of the commander probably got him through his youth, and while serving as a POW they would released him ahead of the other prisoners because of his father. He refused. I applaud him for that. It was the first really noble thing he did in his life.
He's just not at all perfect. He's had multiple affairs which he admits to and has learned from. He probably got where he is because of the McCain name and his second wife's family. But then his wife did a really noble thing and adopted one of Mother Teresa's orphans. People are such a mixture of good and bad.
Mitt Romney on the other hand has a perfect record of moral rectitude. He's a descendent of Parley P. Pratt, excelled at Stanford, BYU and Harvard, served a mission, and served as Bishop and Stake Pres. He's done miracles in managing money.
Actually, there is nothing to criticize except some versions of his record in Massachusetts. And there is a quote about some worker in the midwest that was disgruntled about a layoff when he took over a company. That's it. (He's just not newsworthy enough!)
But the biggest surprise was
Mike Huckabee. Did you know that his wife's maiden name is McCain????? And, he attended Southwestern Baptist in Ft. Worth, TX - the exact same school that our local anti-Mormon Baptist preacher went to???? He dropped out. I wonder why?
He has lots of good points except for the above.
Barak Obama has a smoking addiction and still chomps on Nicorette to overcome it. He lived in Hawaii and Jakarta Indonesia as a child. He was raised by white grandparents. He plays basketball and poker. He's not perfect, but he inspires people. He will be part of the political landscape for years to come. (I secretly admire him a lot.)
Haven't read about Hillary yet. That will be interesting!!
In fact, they had a whole basement full of cool furniture for sale, so I also bought this ottoman, and the next day took Jon back and we brought home a sectional couch.
#3 Tucked into the couch L.
