Delmar DustPan

For all our government interference, in real life, people will break into groups based on what I like to call the “Just-like-me” (JLM) theory. People exhibit “natural Tribal-like” tendency to group into clusters or groups that are Just-Like-Them. The groupings tend to be based on economics, racial, ethnic, religion, gender, age, and “values”. People will live in neighborhoods that exhibit the Just-Like-Me, they even work in companies that come close to Just-Like-Me. At sport games you see the audience split into their clusters. When you raise your children you want for them to be Just-Like-Me, only richer and smarter. One of the fears in raising our kids was sending them to public school as the school systems has no “values” and it is a along way from Just-Like-Me. There is an entire marketing philosophy called cluster marketing that addresses the Just-Like-Me idea.

Before in elections, I was home free because all the candidates were Just-Like Me - old white guys. This year is an entirely different story; we have a black guy, a white woman, and an old white guy running. I hear more and more people saying I am going to vote for so and so because he is black, like me, or they are voting for the woman because she is like me or I am going to vote for the old white guy because he is Just-Like-Me.

Let me say I am not happy with any of the candiates. None address adequately the economic situation in America which is the number one problem. I feel none are going to change anything. All have been in government long enough to do something and they haven’t.

To me Senator Obama is like a cheap pie, all crust and no filling. But the Media is so backing this guy they just shove him down our throats every chance they get. No other candidate can run against him because the Media runs them down. He gets tons of free publicity on the TV stations and he is not asked hard questions, no one is publishing his background. It is a media set up. For those reasons and the Just-Like-Me theory it says I am not going to vote for him.

Senator Clinton - you have to be kidding, but I will give her big credit for busting ass in this campaign and fighting on even when the media is knocking her down, but again the Just-Like-Me comes into play - plus I don’t think she has any idea about the economy.

Senator McClain is not Just-Like-Me. Old, white and a man, yes, but I don’t agree with all of his views and frankly he puts you to sleep listening to him.

The only logical choice is to write in OutRaged Richard or vote for Ron Paul for president.