Is it any surprise that both "choices" the powers that be in the United States have paraded before us two lousy candidates for the highest office in the land? McCain's supporters tout his experience, expect us to ignore his senile gaffes, yet offer nothing in the way of explaining how he will fix the problems our country faces--very serious problems--except that he "is not Obama". Obama's supporters tout his youth and energy, expect us to ignore his freshman naivete, and also offer nothing in the way of explaining the problems our country faces--still very serious problems--except that he "is not McCain."

You know what? They both suck. McCain will continue the same failed policies of George Bush in the Middle East, ensure that we have a nuclear exchange with either Russia or China by 2020 (McCain will be dead, so why should he care?) Obama's utter lack of executive experience will require that he surround himself with advisors that will pull the country in the same direction that McCain would, only following a slightly different path.

McCain, born in the Panama Canal Zone, has dubious legal grounds to be president. Obama, born in Hawaii Kenya, is on the same legal thin ice. Obama has been married to the same woman while McCain is on his second marriage, having dated his current wife while still married to his first wife. Nice. Obama is a Chicago political machine insider, linked to anti-American Jeremiah Wright, whose church Barack and Michelle attended for years.

Both Obama and McCain got their "3 a.m. phone call" on the eve of the Olympics with the situation in South Ossetia. Both would have received less-than-passing grades as president, although McCain's stated position would have us fighting the Russian Bear over Georgia.

McCain has voted over 90% in alignment with George Bush since 2001, which make his campaigning on change laughable. We have two decades worth of voting record to know where McCain is going with his policies, regardless of the sound bites that pop out of his mouth when George Bush moves the levers, but we cannot say the same thing about Obama. He is a first-term senator without any real experience. Since the incoming president is going to have to "hit the ground running" in January, do we want someone who is going to hem and haw while deciding what to do?

While Obama does have youth and health going for him, McCain's advanced age is troubling. McCain has 6 of 10 warning signs for Alzheimer's and, if elected, will be most of the way to 73 years old by the time he is inaugurated. Is this the person we want calling the shots during a war? He doesn't belong in the White House. He belongs in a Home.

While we don't know who McCain tapped to be Veep, Obama's choice as Vice President should explain that he is only paying lip service to "change". Joe Biden has been a Washington insider longer than McCain, which makes him part of the problem not the solution.

Either way we vote in November, should we choose to participate in the farce known as ballot voting, we are screwed. In states where write-ins are accepted, we should write in Ron Paul or Dennis Kucinich. Failing that, we should just not vote for President. Period. To vote for John McCain or Barack Obama is to participate in dooming this country to repeat its mistakes because--regardless of who the Electoral College votes to put in the White House--the same rectal apertures are going to be pulling the levers behind the curtain and all that's really going to change is the name on the White House stationery.

Argue all you want about who is better or worse, they both suck.