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Fri, 05 Sep 2008 @ 14:16 || Election Thoughts || Politics

This time we have two pretty good choices and one crappy choice. Every other presidential election I recall, you'd hear folks complaining about "The better of two evils". I don't think thats valid this time.

McCain

I really like McCain. I don't agree with the following points.

• He's the same as Bush
I don't buy this, he's not the same. The 90% voting record is misleading. I don't see McCain being pushed around like Bush was by the religious right or whatever Cheney (the devil?) or Rove is.
• He's 4 more years of the last 8
I don't think so. I do think he'll close down the Iraq war a lot slower, and more calculated than Obama, but I find it hard to believe he's going to rush us into any conflict.

I do agree with these points

• He's old
He really should have been on the presidential ticket in 2000 and 1996. He would have had a better chance against Clinton than Dole.

Because of his age, and his VP choice, I doubt I'll vote for him. While I trust McCain not to be bullied by the religious right, I don't trust Palin. I have a large (healthy) mistrust for organized religion, and not letting them get closer to the White house almost trumps all other issues.

Obama

Points I don't agree with

• Inexperienced
He's experienced enough. The constitution lists the requirements for President as 35 years old and born in the USA. It doesn't say anything else.
• No plan
People who say this apparently can't read or didn't listen to anything he's been saying since the campaign began.
• Raising Taxes
I've seen no proof that he's going to raise my taxes. In fact he's claimed he'll lower taxes on all but the top 10%.
• Flip Flopper
Come on.. When did it become bad leadership to be able to re-evaluate and make changes based on that. By this reasoning the scientic method is flip flopping.
• He's a Profit or Holier than tho
This is just a way for the idiot racists to call him uppity without being seen as racist.

Barr

Haven't seen or heard of anyone bashing Bob Barr yet. I'm not voting for him. He's not a true enough libertarian for me. He's petty. He was one of the main drivers behind Clinton's impeachment, which as a libertarian I saw as a huge waste of time and money.

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