I am voting for Barack Obama because I have hope that he "gets it".  I know that he is more centrist in his economic beliefs than I am, but I believe that he is the person who will make needed changes to the status quo of trickle down economics that was begun with the policies of Reagan in the 1980's.

I am voting for Barack because six years ago, Paul Wellstone and other Progressives in his family and employment lost their lives in a plane crash in Minnesota.  May they rest in peace.

I am voting for Barack because of the nastiness of John McCain, Sarah Palin, and the various Republican groups who are spouting hate in their tv ads as I write this.

I am voting for Barack because he is not a member of the Republican Party; the Republicans continue to take actions that destroy the lives of people and the habitats of non-human organisms.  George Bush is rolling back existing environmental protections by executive order as I write this and John McCain is not opposing this action one bit.

I am voting for Barack because he will stop the Conservatives from more privatization and from cutting the social functions of government that help people who truly need it; if John McCain gets into office, he will fulfill the goal of all Conservatives by cutting Medicare, Medicaid, and countless other programs that I believe are necessary parts of our government responsibilities.

I am voting for Barack because the alternative is too horrible to contemplate.  It is because of this that I have been going door to door, even in Miami-Dade County where right wingers label him and me by extension a Communist.

Please vote for Barack Obama for the futuer of us all!