In just a few days, Americans will choose between the failed policies of the last eight years and the real change this country needs.

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Barack Obama is offering Americans a clear choice between real change and more of the same policies that are failing our country.

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Image by Getty Images via Daylife Why I am so interested in writing about politics right now is beyond me. I mean it frustrates me to no end. Everything about the race and the campaigns is just painful. I am, of course, an Obama supporter. Proudly. And since Sarah Palin entered the picture I feel even more passionately about all of it.

She is a drama queen. She is praying on the news of her daughter being pregnant as if it is some ploy to keep her in the media. She tells many half truths and she uses the negative of tactical approaches to try and lift herself up. Bleck.

Palin recently said that the war in Iraq is "God's task." She's even admitted she hasn't thought about the war much—just last year she was quoted saying, "I've been so focused on state government, I haven't really focused much on the war in Iraq."

Palin doesn't believe that humans contribute to global warming. Speaking about climate change, she said, "I'm not one though who would attribute it to being manmade."

She DID support the Bridge to Nowhere (before she opposed it). Palin claimed that she said "thanks, but no thanks" to the infamous Bridge to Nowhere. But in 2006, Palin supported the project repeatedly, saying that Alaska should take advantage of earmarks "while our congressional delegation is in a strong position to assist."

Need I say more? Because I could. Errrrr! She burns me up!

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10 things you should know about John McCain (but probably don't):

1. John McCain voted against establishing a national holiday in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Now he says his position has "evolved," yet he's continued to oppose key civil rights laws.

2. According to Bloomberg News, McCain is more hawkish than Bush on Iraq, Russia and China. Conservative columnist Pat Buchanan says McCain "will make Cheney look like Gandhi."

3. His reputation is built on his opposition to torture, but McCain voted against a bill to ban waterboarding, and then applauded President Bush for vetoing that ban.

4. McCain opposes a woman's right to choose. He said, "I do not support Roe versus Wade. It should be overturned."

5. The Children's Defense Fund rated McCain as the worst senator in Congress for children. He voted against the children's health care bill last year, then defended Bush's veto of the bill.

6. He's one of the richest people in a Senate filled with millionaires. The Associated Press reports he and his wife own at least eight homes! Yet McCain says the solution to the housing crisis is for people facing foreclosure to get a "second job" and skip their vacations.

7. Many of McCain's fellow Republican senators say he's too reckless to be commander in chief. One Republican senator said: "The thought of his being president sends a cold chill down my spine. He's erratic. He's hotheaded. He loses his temper and he worries me."

8. McCain talks a lot about taking on special interests, but his campaign manager and top advisers are actually lobbyists. The government watchdog group Public Citizen says McCain has 59 lobbyists raising money for his campaign, more than any of the other presidential candidates.

9. McCain has sought closer ties to the extreme religious right in recent years. The pastor McCain calls his "spiritual guide," Rod Parsley, believes America's founding mission is to destroy Islam, which he calls a "false religion." McCain sought the political support of right-wing preacher John Hagee, who believes Hurricane Katrina was God's punishment for gay rights and called the Catholic Church "the Antichrist" and a "false cult."

10. He positions himself as pro-environment, but he scored a 0—yes, zero—from the League of Conservation Voters last year.

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McCain and his lobbyist ties and now the Pentagon speaking up against Obama. (Let's seem him charm his way out of this one). Of course we can't forget Clinton making them suspend an anchorman because he made a quip about her daughter. Oh dear. Oh dear.

And it's great because it gives more creative fuel to comedians. Hehe. It is sad to say but the candidates who wish to be president are all jokes as far as I'm concerned. Though if I had to vote right now I'd vote for Clinton. At least she has Bill in her pocket and he didn't do such a bad job. And in all honesty she does a lot for children and health care which are my weak spots.

More political cartoons to come.

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A New York Times article suggested that John McCain had a sexual relationship with a female lobbyist. An indignant McCain responded, "I did not have sexual relations with that woman... Okay, let me rephrase that."

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There really isn't a place to post about political issues on my site. This is for a very good reason and mostly it is because it would only ever spark arguments and controvery.

Some things get me all riled up ya know. I get passionate about topics and being feisty is alright (hence the scrappy+tink=scrink), but I don't like when I get mean.

Regardless, there is a topic in international news that has me riled up and I do want to write about it, so I'm going to.

Timor Leste President Jose Ramos-Horta was shot and wounded Monday in the stomach by rebel gunmen in a predawn raid on his home in the capital Dili, but his wounds were classified as not "life threatening."

I get upset when anyone is hurt. It further upsets me in this story, because he was attacked at his home. How brazen are people getting if they become comfortable enough to attempt assassinations at the residence of a president?

The home of Timor-Leste Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao and his motorcade came under fire in apparently coordinated attacks.

To have two incidents planned like this I would imagine a leak somewhere. Now I hate being a conspiracy theorist and as much as I should be less gullible I don't often feel paranoid about things. I usually find the silver lining to everything. Here I don't. I have bad feelings about this and I don't think we have heard the end of this situation.

Not only do I think there is a leak, but I also think these events are happening for more than one reason. Somebody is helping someone else and they each have their own motives. Even if this means the happening in Australia are a decoy for things happening elsewhere, nearby, perhaps in China.

But what do I know.

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The Associated Press reported today, President Bush called for about $145 billion worth of tax relief to stimulate a sagging economy and fend off a possible recession.

During his presidency he has called for tax rebates before, but now seven years later, the economy is in an even a bigger slump.

Bloomberg reported the stats on unemployment: "The U.S. unemployment rate in December climbed to 5 percent, the highest in two years, from 4.7 percent the previous month. Employment growth in the U.S. was 1.33 million last year, down from 2.26 million jobs a year earlier."

And in all his ridiculous vagueness President Bush stated the following: "Yesterday I spoke to members of the congressional leadership from both political parties," Bush said. "I was encouraged by those discussions, and I believe there is enough broad consensus that we can come up with a package that can be approved with bipartisan support."

In other words he is saying he sees a problem, he went to Congress for advice, they told him what he should have already known but due to their far superb vocabulary we will need to wait until he looks up all the words in his dictionary. Once he pronounces all of the words over two syllables he will come back to the public and actually tell us what he plans on doing. Because his statement didn't verify a damn thing.

In reading reports across the web it seems the general consensus is the president seems likely to offer a plan that will include $800 rebates for individuals and $1,600 for households. So we'll see what happens.

You can watch a video below:

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