Kronomy – Share your life

Carrie Widder / Staff Writer / The USD Vista

I decided to approach this week’s column with a relevant theme, can you guess what it is?

If you guessed politics, congratulations! Though I did run into a bit of a snafu, however, when I realized that this column will be printed well after the polls close and, when you’re reading The Vista in La Paloma, looking like the ultimate collegiate, you will already know who will be leading our country for the next four years. What is a columnist to do?

I then discovered a random and incredibly informative and interactive website that depicts a literal showdown between McCain and Obama. I decided to debut it for this week because it gives a lot of background information on each candidate, one of which will be our next president. And while I hope that the candidate that I vote for wins, if he loses, then I’m stuck with a president I know very little about. Hence, I will be hitting up kronomy.com/index.php?a=27. I know it’s not the easiest site to type into your browser, but bear with me, because it’s worth it in order to get the full scoop on our president, whether it be Obama or McCain.

If McCain should pull out the victory on Nov. 4, then click on Camp McCain. There, you will find videos of speeches he has given over the course of his campaign, articles about the senator and pictures of him throughout his life. There are also random photos of his daughter being born if you’re into that kind of thing. There is also information on his well-known running mate, Sarah Palin, and a link to her own timeline. You can also see pictures of her and read about the Tina Fey doppelganger. Read what other people have to say about “The Maverick” and check out the fun facts. Did you know McCain has 22 pets at home? Whether you like him or not, if he ends up winning, you should get up to speed and know your president a little better.

On the flip side, there is Camp Obama. His page also includes videos, articles and pictures. You can read about his early childhood in Hawaii and how he got started in politics. Both camps include a visual of who has more support. Surprisingly, in the time it took to write this column McCain moved up one percent, so it will be interesting to see how it all turns out come Tuesday evening.

I hope everyone exercised their right to vote this year. As much as I hate the recent celebrity public service announcement, “Don’t Vote,” they did make a good point. No matter if you’re Democrat or Republican, or even if you didn’t agree with the mainstream candidates, voting is an important part of being an American citizen. So whoever wins, check out this website and learn a little bit about our new president and who he is because he’ll be in the white house for the next four years. Everyone should know at least something about him.