I have voted Republican for all my voting life. I believe in conservative values. BUT, and you just knew that was coming, I may vote for Obama in the coming election. The Republican party (and the Bush administration) has at the very least (and being as kind as possible) stood by and watched egregious fiduciary malfeasance of a magnitude that may cause more financial and personal ruin than 9/11. Spare me all the “Harumph, Harumph” of “3000 died, have you no concern for that”, etc. We will probably never know how many Americans die or suffer because of the damage done to their financial future.

It is not enough to be a good, skilled warrior to be a leader. You must be an honorable and trustworthy person in all things. I do not believe that the current administration has adhered to that standard. GWB has done much to be honored for. He has not deserved the “death of a thousand cuts” that he has recieved in the press. But the Republican party, of which he is the titular head has participated in a “hog feed” of monumental proportions. It is time for a change. McCain is not that change. Many people are not big enough for a particular job when it is thrust upon them. They grow into that job. Let us hope that Barack Obama is one such. For better or worse, he appears to be the next president of the United States. May God bless America.