I wrote back in August how this year’s election would be determined by the VP nominee of Obama and McCain.   Despite John McCain’s warm heart and good will, he is simply not fit to run this country.  The financial crisis of 2008 only serves to strengthen the need for a true economic leader in office, and McCain simply does not qualify.  He may have earned my vote with a more competent running mate, but his choice of Sarah Palin is nothing more than an insult to the American people. Obama is clearly the more qualified choice of the two major parties.  He and running mate Joe Biden will likely win in November and be an adequate pair to run the country for the next four years.  But I stop short of endorsing Obama.  My endorsement for president requires fiscal conservatism, something the Democrats and Republicans alike severely lack.


Both Obama and McCain are supporters of the huge government bailout packages supporting incompetent financial institutions.  Obama takes it a step further, calling for foreclosure moratorium’s to keep unqualified “homeowners” with unpaid mortgages in their houses at taxpayer expense.  But the real solution to a family struggling with a $4,000 mortgage payment is for them to move into a $1,000 rental apartment and immediately reap the rewards of the additional $3,000 monthly cashflow.  Unfortunatley, neither McCain nor Obama understand basic economics, and would rather disrupt the natural law of supply and demand then to allow market forces to adjust housing prices to stable and affordable levels.

So who will I vote for in November?  It’s a tough choice for a qualified candidate, but my search will certainly include the other choices that main stream media conveniently ignores. Watch and listen as these ignored candidates discuss the 2008 bailout.

Bob Barr & Wayne A Root- Libertarian party

Ralph Nader and Matt Gonzalez - Peace party

Cynthia McKinney and Rosa Clemente - Pacific Green party