So, being a complete political junkie I started looking at the issues of different candidates trying to choose a favorite.  Being that 2008 will be my first voting experience I wanted to make it wonderful and be as informed as possible.  However, as I browsed from site to site I became more and more confused.  Each candidate had a blurb about each issue but didn't necessarily take a stance.  This slightly offended me but what offended me more was the candidates who took a stance saying they supported this or that but gave no explanation as to how they would complete their objective.  Both Barack and Clinton promised to strengthen american families... how exactly are they going to strengthen families? Alien abduction? Brainwashing? Drugs? Ron Paul, my favorite Republican, said that he was against the Iraq War and hadn't voted for it.  Thats all very well and good but how does he intend to get us out of it.  These are supposed to be the smartest people in America, the ones who make decisions that will affect all of us and they seem incapable of coming up with solutions.  I guess I already  knew this was true.  I just had been pinning it on the Bush administration for the past few years.  I am finally coming to realize that my derision may have been misdirected.  Now I find all politicians somewhat repulsive.  

In the words of a close friend, I offer the candidates running for the presidency some advice: grow a pair.