Barack McCain and John Obama

Obama won. McCain lost.

That's what happens when you select someone as shallow as Palin as your running mate. No right-minded citizen would let a 72 year old man who is - hopefully not - inches away from the death bed become president knowing that his second in command is the female equivalent to George Bush Jr.

Another reason why McCain lost was because his campaign used too many dirty tactics that the American people took as negative. McCain's campaign accused Obama of palling with terrorists. They accused him of being anti-Semitic. They accused him of being a racist. In one of the town hall meetings that the McCain campaign was holding, one of McCain's supporters even accused Obama of being an Arab. Haha.

What I found more amusing was the fact that there are actually so many people who believed that the allegations that the McCain campaign were throwing at Obama were true. Seriously, come on. Does anyone even really believe that Obama is a Marxist? Just because he wants to give a tax break to people who earn 200,000 usd and below, they accuse him of spreading the wealth. Heck, you can accuse him of being a Marxist all you want folks, just make sure that I get that tax break while your at it.

Because the presidential path to the white house is based on electoral votes (people who are in more educated, wealthier places are given more leverage) and not popular votes (individual votes), Obama had the job application in the bag.

What sucks is that a great American hero like John McCain had to be collateral damage for Obama to be president.