You mistake being able to read the general alignment of this site with following the democrat party line. As it turns out I'm a registered republican, but I have a distinct lack of interest in politics, or the viewpoints of any of the major parties.

Charles, quite being so diplomatic and just come out and say the French!

OK, the French. Now, back to more important things.

While I won't say politics should be something everyone should know about regardless, considering how important politics are to our very survival, i would think people would have a decent amount of interest in something that has a major influence and effect in our lifestyles. It's one thing not to be interested in debating politics with someone, it's another thing to understand why you vote the way you vote, who you vote for and remembering that your vote not only affects you but also everyone around you and those who are not even born yet.

To be honest, I don't quite understand you comment. You seem to be under the impression that I post about Obama because I am a Republican or because he's a Democrat. I post about Obama because I don't agree with his policies, plain and simple. The fact that he happens to be a Democrat is just frosting on the cake. Had he been a Republican, I would have complained about his policies all the same. Bush was an idiot for providing the first "stimulus" crapage, Obama simply 1-uped him with a second one making him ever more idiotic.

That's all fine and good I suppose, but I think the post-9/11 world requires a bit more stick a little less carrot. 

A little bit.  Here:  I'm a professional late twenty something from Chicago who proudly leans right on most issues foreign and economic.  Social issues - I tend to spin  left.  Picking a 72 year old man from Arizona wasn't exactly going to energize me.  I've really never liked anything about him.    Naming Sarah Palin as a running mate made it all a bit easier, as I think she's an assclown of the highest order.   I'm nobody's cheerleader; the GOP made it clear they weren't interested in my vote.  So I took the other guy. 

Now granted, had the mix been different I might have done different.  I wasn't going to put billary as the president again.  Or had it been Rudy Giuliani or ----dare I say it --- Mitt Romney I probably would have made a different decision.  But, you can only vote for who's on the ballot. 

Amen to that.  But I held my nose & voted John.  Hard for me to imagine things could be this bad, let alone any worse, had he won.

True enough.  But I'm bad at altruism. A Chicagoan in the white house is a good thing for Chicagoans:)

So why comment at all then?

It doesn't even seem good for Chicago let alone the White House.

Bob Barr was on the ballot.  At least in my state.  Sometimes not voting for the top 2 is the only alternative, as I do not see not voting as an alternative.

But you make good points.  Obama won because of many like you.  Forget Palin as she was not running for president, but your comments on McCain are very true and why I did not vote for him as well.  Some would say that by not voting McCain, I actually voted for Obama, but that is a lie.  I did expect Obama to win, but that does not mean I have ever or will ever support him.  As a candidate, he at least appeared to be competent.  As a president, he appears to be anything but.