Alright, somehow McCain got the nod from his party and selected an unknown governor from the least populated (albeit, largest) state, as his running mate. I didn’t get it either but that’s the way it is. Regardless who they put up, there are a couple of real problems I have with Obama/Biden I’m having a hard time getting past.
My number one sticking point is that, as a state senator, he didn’t support the Born Alive Infant Protection Act and blocked a number of votes on this bill to protect children who survive failed abortions. When a similar bill was presented to the U.S. Congress, even NARAL supported its passage, and only 15 representatives voted against it. I have a real hard time supporting someone who wouldn't act to protect those children. Obama attempted to address this during the third debate, but ‘there was a bill already in place’ doesn’t fly with me. We do repeat ourselves a lot in this country.
Second, the candidate for change doesn't seem to be very representative of change. I haven't been able to find any track record of changing anything. He hasn't sponsored or written any meaningful bills in either Illinois or the US Senate. I interpret his actions as quite the opposite. What’s worse is that in the US Senate, he didn’t even vote. (See www.obama.senate.gov/votes.) His lack of involvement bothers me, but when he does vote, he votes with his party 97% of the time. Finally, he surrounds himself by the establishment. His running mate has been in the Congress since 1972. What change?
I’ve taken a couple of “tests” to see where I stand on issues in comparison to the candidates. According to the results of a poll I took on www.barackobamatest.com, I disagree with Obama on 92% of the issues. www.myspace.com/mydebates suggested that I would agree with Obama on two of 14 issues.
I like the idea of balance. No party should ever control both the legislative and executive branches of government. The conversation becomes too one sided and our nation swings in that direction of the pendulum. Never-the-less, I still don’t like McCain but need a smoking gun to eliminate McCain as the option. Anyone?
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As a quick note - I went and checked out the Barack Obama test... and that is quite possibly one of the most heavily slatned survey's i've looked at or taken in some time (Admitadly, I don't look at many).
Alot of what you say is how you say it, and alot of politics is in the details. This survey ignores both of those factors. Anyways - just my two cents.
Sarah Palin may be an unknown governor from the least popluated state however......I really like her. It's a state with a lot of money floating around and she doesn't seem to have done an awful job of managing it. Is she qualified to be President? I don't know but then I don't know if a Senator is more qualified than a Governor. Would her qualifications be in questions if she were a he?
Of course its slanted, they're trying to sell an anti-Obama book!!! Never-the-less, the myspace test is less spun, and the fact is that after spending three-times as much as McCain, Obama is still with in one-percent and has resorted to attaching the RNC's supplying Palin with clothing to do her job. You ever work a job where your employer provided you a uniform? Is that what this has come down to? 'We raised almost as much money as Washington just approved to bail out the financial sector, but you bought your candidate a suit.' How weak, how pathetic does his campaign have to be to start grasping at that.
By the way, the clothes are going to charity in two weeks.
I have a different slant. I tend to vote democrat for economic reasons. However, I am a little more on the conservative side morally than most would think for a democrat. This is why: In a global economy I do not agree with trickle down economics and I strongly disagree with the way that the US has handled foreign affairs in the recent presidency. BUT if you want to change the way that Americans live, change it in your family, change it in your community, change it in your church. If the majority of Americans disagreed with the way things are done, then they would change at the state level and then the federal level. Change like that starts at home, in your own house. I can't stand it when the Oregon government makes a change to the state laws after the people have clearly spoken that they want something different. If we want it different, then we need to change it at our level; don't hold the politicians responsible for the choices that each Oregon family makes every day. The politicians’ job is to represent the people, not their own opinions.
I referenced two on-line surveys that offer to assist the curious identify which Presidential candidate they most agree with. ElectricShade was disenchanted that a survey set up by an author selling an anti-Obama book would have slanted questions. The bigger curiosity is that ES didn’t seem to make any concession for the intellectual responsibility of potential respondents to this survey. I for one disagree that this was one of the most heavily slanted surveys although I will concede and repeat that it was set up by someone trying to sell an anti-Obama book. Will wonders never cease? I wonder why this person didn’t say anything about the questionnaire that leans more towards Obama; the MySpace page where I sided with Obama on a whopping two of 15 issues.
Although there are inherent flaws in these types of “surveys”, someone who’s being intellectually honest as a respondent takes it with a grain of salt and says ‘well, how ‘bout that.’ However, in an effort to ensure that I am not being duped, I thought I’d go ahead and make the case for Obama. That’s right, the case for Obama. And just for fun, the case for McCain, add in my opinion on the topic, and a prediction of what will happen and what the moderate term outcome will be, and why, but it turns out someone already did it for me though. Many people in fact have added their “analysis” of the two campaigns leading to a surge of Life Under a [fill in your candidates name] Presidency. The world doesn’t need one more, but I did take the chance to look even harder at him as a candidate and decide that there’s no way this guy should be president.
No way. No how. NObama.
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