Obama, McCain, Or "None Of The Above"

I know it's been a long time since my last post in which I was considering writing in "None of the above" on my ballot. Some may be wondering, now that the election is nearing, if I still feel the same way. My response: not a chance.

I'm still not crazy about the choices we have, but the issues facing our country are too important and the choices we are presented with are too crystal clear for me to waste my vote this year.

I ran across this blog post today, and it's the best argument I've seen yet for voting for the lesser of two bad choices. This article wasn't the deciding factor in my decision (I'd made my mind up many months ago), but it very articulately sums up the way I've been feeling.

The only thing I would add to the aforementioned blog post is that one of the candidates has, in the past, opposed a law that would require doctors to give life-saving treatment to a baby that is "accidentally" born as the result of a botched abortion. His reasoning: to call in another doctor to administer life-saving treatment to the baby would go against the original intention of the mother and doctor who attempted the abortion (which was to kill the baby). To put it another way: he supports infanticide. For me, that tells me everything I need to know about this candidate as a potential president.