Politics

Egad... Yes, I'm making one of THOSE posts. A bit different than most, though. This isn't about the policies or the issues, except to the degree that they came up in the books. This is part book review(s), part psych profile, part me talking out my ass. You get to decide to what degree each is present. :) I suppose this can be a debate, if someone wants to debate it, but I'm not really putting up debate points. I'm just offering my educated opinion, and throwing it out there with all the other drivel that's out there supposedly helping you to be an informed voter.

First, the bibliography of this post:

John McCain/Mark Salter - Faith of My Fathers

John McCain/Mark Salter - Worth the Fighting For

Barack Obama - Dreams from My Father

Barack Obama - The Audacity of Hope

Kaylene Johnson - Sarah

Joe Biden - Promises to Keep

Core Energetics

I added the Core Energetics site as part of the bibliography, because it affects my thinking in a profound way. If you want any insight on the vocabulary I use ("psychopathy" in Core doesn't mean what it means to the rest of the world, for instance), you can check some of my entries in the core_energetics group.

Also... with the exception of Sarah Palin, who hasn't written any books that I could find, I specifically chose autobiographies. This, of course, gives the author (or authors, in McCain's case) the opportunity to paint themselves in the most glowing of lights. I allow for that. But getting things in their own words (with the caveats noted) gives me more of an insight into their personality. What they put in, how they discuss how it affects them... these were the sorts of things I was looking for. So, you're getting my bias on their biases. Caveat Emptor and all that.

( Cut to Spare Your Bleeding Eyeballs )

Anyway, there's my 2 cents. I might make another post someday about my thoughts on certain issues, but I really wanted to get this perspective out there. Whether "character counts" for you or not, you might find it interesting. *shrug*