by Ted Sherman

Created on: August 20, 2008

I haven't made up my mind yet about which candidate to support in the November Presidential election. Sometimes I believe neither is a good prospect, and then feel one is far better than the other. In fact, there are moments when I just want to go into the booth and check off: neither of the above. Hey, where's the Ralph Nader box on my voter card?

At a recent California fundraiser, Barack Obama came right out and bragged to the hyserically-cheering audience, "I will win. Don't worry about that." At the same love-in, Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, gushed that Obama is "a leader that God has blessed us with at this time." That's the same vacationing Mrs. Pelosi who sent Congress home last week for five weeks of goofing off without voting on a desperately necessary oil drilling bill.

Come on, people. This guy may be the best thing to come along in American politics since JFK's publicity squad and his dad's limitless bank account, but Obama's actually just a hyped-up Chicago social worker who's had a mere 18 months of Senate experience. I just can't see this skinny, posturing braggart as Commander in Chief of our Armed Forces.

On the other hand, there's John McCain, who seems to age a year every time a camera catches him trying to read his cue card. Maybe the guy could have served as a better President than the current one, if the Bush family's crooked money hadn't aced McCain out in 2000. Come to think of it, Gary Coleman could have served as a better President.

As Ronald Reagan's mind slowed down in his second term as President, McCain is just too obviously heading for serious senility to serve in 2009 and in the following years. I ought to know, because I'm ten years older and served in two wars in the same Navy.

I can certainly sympathize about the horrible damage his combat and POW years did to his body and mind. However, heroism and sacrifice, as genuinely noble as they are, cannot qualify a sick, confused old guy to serve as President of the United States. Today, more than ever, we need a strong President.

On the other hand in my confusion as to who will be my candidate in November, the recent Russian invasion of Georgia brings back all the worries of the Cold War. The Russians did acted, obviously, because they know the U.S. is totally mired down in an endless war in Iraq and Afghanistan, and can't do a damn thing about their invasion except make political speeches.

Despite their phony promises of pulling out, the real scenario could be that this is just

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