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Friday, February 29, 2008

About that voting situation...

I'm still not happy. I probably won't be happy when conventions are over, and I don't know how I could be happy when elections are done. That's what's wrong with truly supporting a candidate who doesn't win, I guess.
Anyway, my alternative is Ralph Nader, who recently declared his candidacy. "What?" you say in confusion; "Who are you, and why are you on this blog?"
Here's the story, as briefly as I can tell it in the 1.5 minutes I have to do so. About a year ago, I read a book by Ralph Nader that changed many of my opinions about him. I would never assume a person could be a good president because he wrote an interesting book (think about what camp that might put me in...). But I liked what he had to say about life in general, and about his upbringing, and what the U.S. once was and still can be, if the majority want the same key elements (which isn't true in the U.S. today).
So, regardless of politics or his campaign, I recommend "The Seventeen Traditions" by Ralph Nader. Add a few essential gospel-based traditions, and you will have an excellent blueprint for family and community life.
I guess the bottom line here is this: politics are simply not going to make me unhappy for very long...

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