The Eternal Question: Santorini or my values?

I took a much longer hiatus from proverbial blog than intended, but all that matters is that I'm back, with more witticisms than ever.

What I'm going to blog about today is the economy. I work at a boutique in Newton Centre, and I seldom close a sale, hence why I am blogging at this very moment. One could say that's a testament to my sales ability (or really the clothing the store sells), however I'm more inclined to blame it on the economy. The worst part of this crisis is that there is nothing you, or I or my Dad or your dad or our grandfather's best friend's sister's lawyer's mom can do. You just have to wait it out, while discreetly praying that the decline in flights won't ruin your potential twentieth birthday trip to Greece.

In the meantime, I've been trying to ease my nerves with different articles by people who are smart. I've always thought of Thomas Friedman as being just a really generic democrat who has too many opinions for his own good, but his article in today's New York Times made me feel more in control of this financial crisis. Here's the link: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/29/opinion/29friedman.html?em&ex=1214884800&en=e0277bc788f8f54b&ei=5087%0A

In short, he essentially reduces the necessary involvement by people like me to consist of simply voting for the candidate who I feel will focus on America rather than Iraq. According to Friedman, the next election should center primarily on the American economy, forcing candidates to shift the Iraq debacle out of the picture for at least the short-term. This change of subject could as much as lead Obama and McCain to choose a financial strategist at their running mate, at which point it would just become a test of whose VP seems ready to kick more ass. That's where we're supposed to deliberate and carefully consider the options for the sake of consideration.

My initial response was, that's it... that's all I gotta do... just vote? But, then I reviewed this once again, and realized he's asking me to CONSIDER voting for McCain --instead of just blindly voting for Obama like I was planning-- if it were to potentially warrant a brighter financial future for America. By the transitive property, he's asking me to compromise my integrity and morals! (I know- what morals?!) So what do I do: preserve my integrity, or ex-nay the Acropolis? It's too painful to think about.