My Op-ed on the Election

Most of the primaries are over now, so maybe this is a little late, but it seemed like a good time to give my little spiel on the candidates. It's not looking good, so I think I better go ahead and write before I get so fed up that I don't want to think about it any more.
Democrats:
Hillary: Strong appeal among women? Not with this woman! I'd like to think of something good to say, but I simply can't think of anything, unless you count changing her rhetoric to match the way the wind blows as a virtue. On every single issue of importance, I find my convictions in total opposition to her stand.
Obama: See above, except that he dosen't seem to reverse his position as much. I'm not sure if that makes him better or worse. The muslim connection, though I know he does not follow it, is disquieting, and the rather unbalanced, liberal, pro-black-propaganda (for lack of a better term) pushing church he is now connected with doesn't quite give me the warm fuzzies either. Where is he supposed to be getting the proper conceptual vision for the country from? His muslim schooling? Better not be! His church, whose identity is based on racial separatism and an obsession with real or imagined class oppression? Not good either.

Mc Cain, Guliani: These guys just depress me. Squishy, can't-figure-out-if-you-said-anything politicians of the same old mold. Pro- choice, more or less pro-war, financially socialists. I'm just left wondering how they decided which party to join. Maybe they just flipped a coin, because they could just as easily pass for fairly conservative democrats.

Romney: Ok, he's a bit conservative, but he also subscribes to a religious system based on a book believed on the testimony of one na'er do well to have been translated with the help of magic glasses from golden tablets, both artifacts then conveniently being taken back to heaven. This system proclaims the existence of entire civilizations never supported by archeology, disproved by DNA testing, and entirely without any outside support. Over the last hundred or so years, the LDS has publicly supported, and then reversed it's position on many major doctrines, even editing the book of Morman to do so. And I'm supposed to trust a man who holds to such a fabulous concoction as this to steer a straight course in the world of politics? Not unless I'm really out of options.

Mike Huckabee: a good guy. I like his style on simplifying taxes, fixing infrastructure, closing the border, life, and education. He's pretty bold and believable about his faith, and that's good too. I'm a bit worried about his financial sense though. He's no radical, and is as tax and spend happy as any of them. His governorship cut taxes, but left the state further in the hole than ever. There are a few minor ethics shadows too, but that's probably true of anyone, true or not. I guess you can't have everything- at least everybody will arrive at bankruptcy alive.

Ron Paul: My personal fav. The only one of the bunch who might seriously reverse the slide. This child of the depression is a chip off the old block- the really old block. Even though I know he'll never get elected, and would probably spend the entire term fighting congress if he did, I can't help but wish. It would be so much fun to turn a real, old school, states-rights, constitutionalist loose on Washington! He's got a long and colorful history of putting his money where his mouth is, a reputation for honesty, and an exceptionally good personal life. My only reservation is with life issues. He seems a tiny bit soft, but I think that stems from the fact that he believes that to be the states' issue. It's still a large step in the right direction, and might have the added advantage of being possible to get through.