The Neither Nors

An attempt to dissect the Obama voter, not literally, of course, only to understand the mindset and motivation of those who cast the votes that might ultimately destroy our nation: Some voted entirely out of racial preference or just as idiotically, to prove to themselves they were not racists. Some who love the dole voted to feather their own nests. Some like the class envy and redistribution game. A friend with the elevated title educator who earned high degrees at the University of Podunk or in this case Podunk State University and who is so liberated that he says he feels no need to defend his liberal bona fides discussed with me his intended vote way back before the 2008 election. He said he was casting with Obama because of his "fresh ideas" which I characterized as warmed over spread the wealth socialism. He claimed McCain was as withered and old as his selfish Republican ideas while Obama was "young and telegenic". I retorted, "Self-interest is not selfishness" and that 'young and telegenic' meant he might as well be voting for Lindsay Lohan. Well, my erudite buddy and his candidate won, but few would disagree now that America lost- big time.