I’m still pretty new when it comes to voting in elections. This is only the second Presidential race since I proudly became a U.S. citizen in December of 2000. So you’ll have to pardon me if I’m still a bit overwhelmed by the process.

When I mailed in my absentee ballot last week, I  was challenged by what appeared to this political novice as a choice between an arrogant novice who is a brilliant communicator and a faltering old man with a foul temper and a worse mouth who seems incapable of stringing two sentences together.

I don’t fully understand all the implications of the economic programs they hawk daily at campaign stops, nor do I know why they both think it’s a good move to throw more money the country doesn’t have into making us more financially sound.

I think I have grasped their takes on Iraq, but I still have the feeling that there’s a lot more to that war than the biased viewpoint we are handed out by the media.

They’re both going to give us money, but I’m not sure who gets what and who actually provides the cash they’re going to dole out. Sounds a bit like trying to buy votes to me, but as I’ve said, this is all new to me.

So what did I do with my “X”?

I ignored personalities, rhetoric and promises that probably won’t be kept anyway and here’s what I did -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwLY_HRt-AM

I VOTED MY VALUES – NOT A BAD BOTTOM LINE REALLY … I THINK!