If you're here in the United States, today is the day to get out and vote. Do your civic duty and help to shape the direction of our ever changing country.

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On my recent trip overseas I had a few people ask me who I was voting for, and they were shocked when I said John McCain. I'm a republican through and through, the son of a Colonel in the United States Air Force I've always been and will most likely always be a Republican. While I don't always follow the party line on some of the most controversial topics I will believe the Republican party is the best choice for the long term success of this Nation.

Get out and vote for John McCain!

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AFAIK understand US politics, even Obama's views (which are considered left-wing inside the USA) are still pretty much to the right in most European countries (at least in The Netherlands). Also.. . Europeans don't have to pay the extra taxes Obama is planning for ;)

In the end, I'd settle for a president that has at least a few more brain cells than the current one... either candidate seems to fit that bill.

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Chris - I hope your "party" does well for you. I vote for a person rather than a party. And I won't be voting for either of the corporate owned party candidates.

Stuart - Don't know why Steve Martin titled Terre Haute what he did when Gary clearly owns that position for the state (and for the nation for many years). But many Ohio cities have overtaken Gary for that title in the nation. The Miliken Institute just ranked Gary two spots ahead of Dayton in economic potential. Not surprising, considering what's going on in Dayton right now - makes the old wild west look like child's play. Pretty sad for the city that still owns more patents than any other city in the nation.

I too, while traveling in Europe, was surprised at how interested the people were in our elections and government processes in general. I just hope that the folks in other nations understand that a large portion of American people don't agree with all of the "sticking our noses in other people's business" that our government partakes in.

Greg