remember Michael Dukakis ...?

Dear friends, Speaking of politics, which I am loathe to do as it seems even more divisive these days than religion, remember Michael Dukakis? He is Greek Orthodox. If one voted for a candidate because of his faith, that would have been a reason for me to have voted for him in 1988, which I did not. At the time, I knew less about Greek Orthodoxy, but it is a wonder if an Orthodox Christian could ever be elected U.S. President. Doesn\'t Orthodoxy generally stay out of political controversy? Anyway, someone just recently posted a poll, a political poll, with a big U.S.A. flag. And the only choice they gave us was Barack Obama or Ron Paul. Just to vote against Ron Paul, who I have little respect for, (though I don\'t hate anyone), I would not vote for Obama, either. I would vote for a Democrat, but the only Democrat who even seems moderate enough to me is Joe Biden. I wonder if any candidate can get us out of the mess in Iraq. I don\'t blame George W. Bush for the Iraq situation; I think Rumsfeld was more at fault in that situation, in any case. Bush has poor advisors. He trusted the wrong people. The intelligence about Iraq was faulty, everybody knows that now. But Saddam Hussein should not have stayed in power, however he was removed from office. Perhaps it would have been better if the Iraqi people could have removed him from power. Anyway, in good conscience, I can not tell any one of you about voting. If you disagree with me, that\'s okay. Politics does not matter that much. If I had my preference, I may not vote at all, if my favorite candidate is not nominated. The local priest here in Erie said to me he doesn\'t vote, and I can not find fault with that sentiment. The whole candidate situation here in the USA for US President is frightening. I don\'t like Hillary, but I guess in His providence, God can get us through anything, even if Hillary Clinton or Mitt Romney were elected. These two I have misgivings and fears about, somehow, though I am not given to fear. ISTM they are disingenuine, and Romney surely doesn\'t seem to believe in anything I can support. He seems too pragmatic, and lacks principles. Hillary seems to politically correct, and though she seems to believe in something more than Romney does, I feel she would hurt rather than help this country. We do not need anything but a man in the White House in these days when our enemies exploit women even worse than they are exploited in a free America. Islam is at war with America, even though many free Muslims in America do not hate our country. We need a strong military leader, but I am afraid to say, I don\'t know who can do the job, any of the candidates, Republican or Democrat. You can probably guess that I prefer one of the Republican candidates, but if it came down to Clinton versus Romney, I would even feel more comfortable with Mrs. Clinton that I would feel with Mr. Romney. And I will not vote for Mrs. Clinton. Her husband nearly ruined this country with his lies, and his sell out to Red China, and his bombing of Serbian Christians on Easter day, while he stopped bombing in the Balkans on the Muslim holidays. He had (has) more respect for Islam than he does (did) for Orthodox Christianity. Go figure. Clinton\'s bombing Kosovo is the greatest war crime of the United States ever. We don\'t need another Clinton in the White House. I guess Michael Dukakis would make a much better candidate than Mrs. Clinton, now that I think of it. He is quite a nice fellow. Take care. Excuse me if I upset anyone\'s political feelings; they all have little to do with whether we agree with Orthodox theology, which is a much more important thing: we need Jesus, not votes for our favorite U.S. President candidate. We need mercy from God, beyond all political opinions. Always, Scott