Oh…well…alrighty then. LOL
I campaigned for Ron Paul all last summer, and a lot of people here seem to like him, so before I post, I’d just like to say if you REALLY aren’t happy with either candidate, and you REALLY think we need a new government then you should put your money where your mouth is and help get some people into Congress that can help Ron before he retires. Today is a money bomb for BJ Lawson - http://www.lawsonforcongress.com/ who Ron handpicked to get him some support in the House. I gave $10, and it’s probably the best investment for my conscience I’ve made this year.
Anyway though, reasons why I like Obama over McCain:
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He’s an inspiring speaker. This is important to me. Presidents can’t do half the things they elude to on the campaign trail because this isn’t a monarchy. A president needs to motivate people, inspire people, and represent American ideals around the world. A president needs to get public support behind his/her ideas, and so they have to be able to convey them clearly. This. is. what. a. president. does. Barack does it better than McCain.
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I like Obama’s foreign policy better. I think we should be avoiding foreign entanglements. I think we should be scaling back our empire, and I believe in negotiation before war. I think we’ve spent too much overseas already, and I don’t trust McCain to scale back on it. I think he feels Iran is such a threat that he would pre-emptive nuclear strike them if he thought he could. There are more countries with a greater interest in what goes on with Iran than the US, namely the countries on the same continent like China, Israel, India, Egypt, Britain, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Czech Republic etc. I also don’t think McCain’s foreign policies can keep us both safe AND free and I’m not willing to trade one for the other.
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I like that Obama comes into the office clean. He beat Hillary straight up in the election and paid his dues for it et al. PUMA. His money came from individual donors and he’s not shaking any hands. On the other hand McCain is selling his soul for this presidency. He’s hired the same goons that smeared him in 2000, and he had to grease a lot of wheels politically to garner support from a base that didn’t like him. If he gets elected, I’m afraid he’ll just be a puppet like GWB while he fills his advisor spots and cabinet positions with GoP loyalists. When the Obama campaign says McCain is just another 8 years of Bush policies, they are exactly right because Bush and McCain have the same people on payroll.
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I think Obama understands economics, where McCain just recites whatever rhetoric can get him through a debate. Obama’s economic advisors are mostly centrists. Volker endorsed him, and Greenspan has all but come out for him. I’m not a huge fan that Obama thinks more government can often help people, but I’ll take someone that actually understands a financial statement, over someone who comes off as pretty illiterate to them.
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I think Obama is more open to criticism and opposing ideas whereas McCain will be just like Bush and surround himself with only loyalists. Therefore I trust Obama’s decision making more than I do McCain’s.
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Finally, I think Obama is in it for the right reasons. I don’t buy the fear mongering and character assassinations. I’ve read his history. His biggest fault is that he actually thinks government can help people. I’m not so sure about that. I am sure though, that this is why Obama is running. He thinks he can help people. I think McCain is running because he thinks he deserves it. I think he wants the highest office in the land as some personal achievement, to prove he could do it. I’ll take the former.
OK, who are we going to write-in? Ron Paul would be my first choice. I simply couldn’t believe that in tonight’s debate McCain proposed spending $300 Billion to write off the principal of people who are upside down on their mortgages. Let’s face the unpleasant truth - McCain is a socialist! I can’t vote for a socialist!
Mike
heh that was funny… I guess he figured what the heck, lets make it an even trillion
I thought so… absent in this analysis are Obama’s qualifications to be POTUS…
Putting his oratory skills to the side, all you have left is his record, which is?.. how does it qualify him for the office? If all there was is the ability to inspire (which is an important trait, mind you), without a track-record, the glow of such skill wears off and what is left? Let’s define it, what are Obama’s qualifications to be POTUS?
ANYONE can put out positions that sound popular(ist), but without a track record of actually achieving results resembling these positions, it’s just party-line talk. And then the bait and switch comes… You can love his talk on positions (I don’t), but if he can’t follow-through, what’s the point?
For example, when he ran for Senate in Illinios, he promised a middle class tax cut. Not only did it no materialize, he never even brought it up for consideration! He didn’t even dispute that in tonights boring debate. Amazing! What makes you think he will follow through on his “95%” middle class tax-cut? Based on what?
We, as a people, have a much greater responsibility our country and our kids to flesh this out… It certainly is not being done by the press…
P.S. - I never thought in my lifetime I would ever be in the position to say that I “feel” Hillary Clinton’s pain!..
yeah but if that was relevant, then why Palin? why not someone experienced?
Palin IS experienced. In her time as Mayor and Governor she has made some very bold moves and taken on some very tough challenges. Obama has ZERO executive experience. He has less than 5 months actual time in the Senate. So where is the experience we keep hearing so much about? Obama is so much smoke and mirrors with absolutely no substance.
And consider that you’re comparing McCain’s VP to Obama himself. It’s sad to say but true nonetheless – the bottom of the Republican ticket is more experienced and battle proven than the top of the Democrat ticket. So the choices are (1) vote for a ticket with a semi-inexperienced but already proven VP or (2) vote for a ticket with a totally inexperienced President with the most liberal voting record in the Senate, terrorist friends, racist preacher, etc. There really is no comparison; McCain is a better choice all around.
At least Obama has the liberal majority media in his pocket to cover his inexperience…
Mike,
You were right all this time. Just look at this:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27122742/?GT1=43001
I wish I was rich enough to be a democrat. : :cool
Good Subtle point you make here…