The following video captures in part just how wacky and at times truly crazy the American 2008 presidential campaign has been.

I should add that largely due to John McCain and his neo con friends it has also been the dirtiest low road campaign, probably in American history. With America falling into hard times after eight long years of corrupt, incompetent misrule the stakes as to the outcome of this election are high. The same folks who brought us Bush and his misrule are trying everything in their power to place their man, McCain, into the Whitehouse.

I am writing this on the day before the election. The polls appear to show that the majority of the American people have learned not to be taken in by the politics of fear. This is an important election for America. Four more years of what we have experienced in the past eight years will reduce us to a second rate nation in an increasingly competitive world.

America has great challenges in front of it. We need intelligent, thoughtful, insightful leadership if we are to stand any chance of restoring the American Dream to its former position as the envy of the world.

Should an anti intellectual, corrupt, self serving pair like Palin/McCain be elected American influence and prestige in the world would plummet to new lows. An Obama victory would overnight give the US an immediate much needed boost around the world in prestige and support.

The world has changed greatly over the last ten years or so. While still a super power America no longer dominates the world in many categories, including manufacturing output and innovative new products and ideas. American needs an enlightened leader who is aware of these changes and who will implement balanced policies of cooperation in a world that needs leadership that works to peacefully find ways to resolve conflicts.

That leader is not an old fighter jock whose every instinct is to attack and fight everyone and every thing that dares oppose him. And Palin? I don’t think I have to say much about McCain’s judgement with his VP selection. She shows her limited grasp of real issues every time she speaks.

Senator Obama may not be perfect but he is an intelligent, thoughtful man who is talented at pulling together people of diverse backgrounds to work together for a common mutually beneficial purpose. Let’s hope that Obama can usher in a new era of effective government that lives up to the promise of the American Constitution. An Obama landslide would be a fitting end to one of the craziest and dirtiest campaigns ever.

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