I try to stay out of political debates, because arguing about it is roughly equivalent to talking to the wall. But this post begs for commentary:
I will not vote for McCain because:
1) He chose palin, who clearly is not qualified to be the president. She has no international experience, depth in knowledge about economy, health-care and international politics. I think I know more than her.
2) He is too war happy. If he becomes president and decides to go to war with the Middle East. Our country will be in more danger, then during 9/11.
3) He is not that smart. He was 'C" student in college. He cant pronounce countrys names correctly. He is brave but dumb, which can be very dangerous.
4) Attacks his party has made towards Obama calling him a terrorist and Muslim are incorrect.
1. Palin actually does have international experience, successfully negotiating pipeline deals with the Canadian government. Not exactly bringing peace to the Middle east, I admit. But it's
still more than Obama has ever done. I agree that no one is ever going to confuse Palin for a Northeastern academic type, but to say she's stupid is a gross overgeneralization. Perhaps you need to quit depending on SNL for your news coverage.
2. In what way is McCain too war happy? And how exactly would he go to war with the entire Middle East?
3. He certainly didn't have a stellar Naval Academy record, by his own admission. But he's been smart enough to serve as a Senator for 24 years, etc. Any honest observer can easily tell you that he's is intelligent, even if you disagree mightily with his policies.
4. The so-called attacks on his Muslim heritage have
never been anything more than the ravings of the kook fringe. And FWIW, there were similar rumblings coming from the
Democratic base during the primaries. Still want to try and paint a picture of a political party by it's fringe elements? In any case, it's more revealing of you that you'd imply that the Republicans are racists and fearmongers.
In short, your objections to the McCain campaign are not based in a a substantive disagreement with his policies, but rather your impressions about who is dumb and who is not. You should pat yourself on the back for being such an informed voter (your sarcasm detector should be going crazy right now).
I will vote for Obama because:
1) He is smart, he has a law degree, went to a good college, and earned good grades.
2) He comes from a middle-class family, worked his way up. And since majority of Americans are middle class, it makes him a better fit.
3) He made a good decision by picking Joe Biden, who has enough experience to be the president.
4) He relates to white people, brown people, black people, single parent, minorities etc better than McCain
5) He talks about the issues in hand especially the economy and health care. He gives realistic impression of issues and his ideas to deal with them.
Okay enough being politically correct lets talk about race and religion
America is a land for everyone yet there has neverbeen a black and/or native american president, even though these two groups were here since the beginning of our country. How can we say we are the best country in the world when our most important actions are outdated.
It about time we give a colored person a chance to be the leader of our country. I dont if most american have been looking around but people from international countries like China, Japan and India are pretty smart and gifted as well.
Now lets about religion. What is so wrong with being a muslim, jew, hindu, buddhist and being in poltics. When studying these religion it is clear and dry, that their core believe is to be good to each other regardless of background. Hitler, proclaimed himself to be a christian, yet was also clearly a murderer. We dont associate murder with christianity, do we?. I believe any person from any religion that works hard and holds good values can run this country.
No one chooses their skin color and many dont even choose their religion. So these two issues should never define a person.
I can go on with ideas but there is another time and place for that.😉
1. I agree that Obabma seems intelligent. Harvard Law is certainly nothing to sneeze at. However, it's interesting that Obama still refuses to release his college transcripts. He also was the president of the Harvard Law Review, but interestingly enough, he never contributed any work once he was president. A foreshadow of things to come?
2. Palin also came from a middle class background. It's not exclusive to Obama. In any case, if Obama were so in-tune with the middle class, why does he lie to them about not increasing their taxes? He doesn't support the Bush 2001 tax decreases, and when they expire next year the middle classes taxes will go back up. It's true that he won't raise them himself, but he's misleading the public about what will happen to their taxes during his four years as President.
3. Joe Biden has a lot of experience, yes. And in Joe Biden's view, Barack Obama does not have enough experience to be president. He explicitly said so during the Democratic primary. And he implied such this weekend when he said that the world will test Obama soon, and Barack will "need help".
4. It's highly presumptuous of you to suggest that a single candidate resonates better to a group that contains millions of opinions, has different circumstances, etc. Those people will speak for themselves while voting.
5. I have no problem with a minority being president, so long as they are qualified. For example, I have my eye hopefully on Louisiana's governor Bobby Jindal, a Native American. The prerequisite however, is that they are the best candidate. I have no assurance, to myself at least, that Obama is that person. And I have a
huge problem with the idea that the time id due for a minority president. The job of POTUS is way too important to play affirmative action games.
6. I agree (and so does the Constitution) that a religious test for president is a bad idea. Vote for the candidate and the policies, not the religion.
To summarize, if I were to boil down your reasons to vote for Obama it looks like this:
1. You think McCain/Palin are dumb
2. You think Republicans are racists
3. You think Obama is smart
4. You think a minority is due the chance to be president
Looking at your reasons, I would like to remind you that the election is still two weeks away, and you still have time to become an educated voter. Please use the time wisely.
