Looking for "evidence"

I’ve gotten a few comments and emails wondering about my last post...

Why don’t I try to sway political opinion? 

(I will correct misconceptions and fact check the “interesting” emails, and answer attacks, but I will not send emails of my own and will only lecture when provoked.)

It's because I really believe in the right to choose your own, no matter how flawed I feel your logic is.

I also hold back because, at this point, it’s futile.

I am in no way saying that the next three weeks don't matter.  I absolutely think they do.  I absolutely think that the most vital thing to do right now is to continue to be vigilant. It's crucial to make sure that everyone gets to vote, that they register in time, then actually pull the lever or put their ballot in the mail.  

But as in swaying?  Right now, no matter what the polls say, there are only about three undecided American voters left. 

I know one of them. She’s been asking questions that I've been answering for her---using and quoting unbiased sources of information.  

And Husband, who also knows her well, is making a chart of each side’s position on the four main questions she has, the ones that really affect her life.

Everyone else? They’ve made their decisions.

For the most part, the Obama supporters just wait to cringe at another “ya’ know,” unintelligent inexperience, ethical misjudgment and the possibility of four more years of exactly the same.

And the McCain supporters just wait for more “evidence” that Obama is a terrorist, a Muslim extremist or worse--- black ---and the possibility of a freewheeling liberal country veering toward socialism.

But everyone is worried about the state of the country, the economy and maintaining or hopefully improving the state of their lives.

Right now, it’s getting tough and worrisome for almost everyone I know, and it’s touching us, too.

Really, it’s disappointing. 

And frankly, if Obama wins, the Republicans should be psyched. Sure they’ll have to deal with four years, but he’s going to be left with such a GIANT mess that soon people will not remember how this all happened.

And I worry that will be it…

And that will be the biggest shame. 

Obama has the potential to be great, not just a good man who will be a welcome contrast, but great.

I really hope he has the chance to try.

So vote.