A christian vote...should be consistently pro-life.

"Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost." - John Quincy Adams

So many commentators and reporters brush off the idea of an eventual, viable, Third Party Candidate by saying it's not realistic or feasible. I thought Ralph Nader's response was so true:

"It's not feasible, when people keep saying its not feasible." -Ralph Nader

I didn't vote for Nader but the brilliance of the above video is that it shows the truth that your choice for either is more and more becoming a choice for both. The bold and visionary stance for an alternative to the present two party only system is in my view far more advantageous for the future generations than more of the same.

I love how Howard Zinn said earlier in the campaign "Vote against McCain, vote for Obama. Even though Obama does not represent any fundamental change, he creates an opening for a possibility of change. Obama will not fulfill that potential for change, unless he is enveloped by a social movement, which is angry enough, powerful enough, insistent enough, that he fills his abstract phrases about change with some content. We need direct action, because only that kind of indignation is going to have some affect on the people in Washington....Yeah. Well, you know, I'm very skeptical about the American political process, which only gives voters a very limited multiple choice test. You know, A or B? Or A and A-prime? The Republicans or the Democrats? And almost always the Republicans and the Democrats are so close to one another in policy, I mean, not identical, but fairly close in policy, so that the person who wants bold changes in the way our society is going is not going to find them represented by either the Democratic or Republican candidates, and that's still true with Obama and McCain...We've gone through an insufferable eight years with the Bush administration, probably the worst administration in history, and, I mean, two wars in one presidency, and a total disregard of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, and a shattering of the economy. And in this situation, we are desperate for change. So even though Obama doesn't represent any fundamental change, he creates an opening for the possibility of change. That's why I'm voting for him; that's why I suggest to people that they vote for him. But I also suggest that Obama will not fulfill that potential for change unless he is enveloped by a social movement which is angry enough, powerful enough, insistent enough that he fill his abstract phrases about change, fill them with some real, solid content."

Zinn has recently revealed that he changed his mind and voted for Nader. But his insight is still extremely valid for the long haul.

My frustration with so much of the political discussion among Christians be it the Obama or Mcain supporters is the ambivilance or the rolling over in regards to major issues they hold as matters of conscience.

I couldn't do that...for me, I had to vote consistent with my values, faith and political commitment to Founding Father ideals and present day realities. Some of the loudest religious voices against Obama are for Mcain? Christians who adhere to the One who preached the sermon on the mount; have no problem with killing as long as its not in the womb, economic injustice, corporate coddling, the profound gap between the CEO's and the Workers, Wall Street bailouts, Trillions of dollars being spent on a National war machine that has 700 military bases in over 130 nations of the world...all of this belies the profundity of their supposed political positions.

I couldn't support Obama in the end because of the extent of his pro-abortion voting record which in my opinion undercut his public persona and attempts as presenting himself as one who would aim to "reduce the numbers of abortions"...the fact of his record and words trump these hazy campaigning emanations. This video exposes that, even though again...in my opinion, Mcain isnt the savior of the pro-life voter...He voted for two of the present Supreme Court judges that stand in the way of overturning RoeVWade.