It's gettin' hot in here!

Well, well, well. The presidential race has decided to heat up considerably over the weekend. What did this weekends' debate do for me? It sort of made me wonder if i want to vote for either Barak or Hilary to tell you the truth. I am leaning very, very heavily toward Barak. I just don't trust the Clintons. I heard a few not so good "urban legends" about their time in Arkansas. My real concern (though it would not keep me from voting for him in the end) is that if Barak wins, that the "good ole boys" would do an excellent job of making him look stupid, foolish, incompetent and ignorant at every step of the job. I think they would want to convince this country and the world that the U.S. should never allow another black person in the office of president ever again.
Politics has never been something that i liked to delve into. It is very interesting to me, but very uncompromising at the same time. If you're Republican, you have to be pro-life or the party thinks you're crazy. If you're democrat, you have to be pro-choice or the party thinks you're crazy. These are just a few of the examples where politics makes you choose a side. I have chosen to go green http://www.epa.gov/earthday/. Apparently, that makes me a tree hugging environmentalist (D). I believe that rapists should serve life without parole terms(R). While i don't believe i could go through with an abortion(R), i don't believe i have the right to tell someone else not to(D). Furthermore, i don't believe that old white men should be the ones deciding such things for women(D). I believe we should leave "under God" in the pledge(R), but i don't believe in being forced to say the pledge of allegiance(D) (i've been boycotting the pledge and the national anthem since the 7th grade), and don't even get me started on the 4th of July.....
Anyway, off topic.
After having lived through a few Presidents, I find it funny....; the stuff they're arguing about won't matter a hill of beans for whomever gets into office. I want to know the issues. Frankly, I don't care that Hilary served on the Wal-Mart board. I don't care that Barak represented a slum lord. Where do these things fall now? How do they feel about the fact that teenage pregnancy was up last year for the first time in a decade? How do they feel about the fact that most of generation X will never see their social security? How can they assure that we won't be attacked again? Can they do anything about how one-sided t.v. has become? Everything pure has been deemed of the "christian right". Now we can see Holly Hunters butt on t.v. but can't mention Christ or God without it being in a curse context.
Yes, things are heating up. It will be an interesting 6 months.