I have decided to re-activate this blog after years of no posts as the 2012 election nears.
Back then I was 100%, no 110% for Barack Obama. Well...what a difference 3 years makes!
Obama sucks! Obama can't seem to fix our problems! And what the heck was with all the bowing to other world leaders!?!
Maybe a bow to Asian leaders I can understand (so long as the other leader bowed as well) since it's the tradition there. And I can see why you might want to bow to the leader of a nation whom you owe 2 Trillion. But bowing (low) to the Japanese Emperor? America fought hard over 200 yrs ago to throw the yoke of monarchy from its neck and establish a Republic. And now what? A president that bows to foreign monarchs!
Don't even get me started about the undeserved Nobel Peace Prize: Guantanamo - still open for business; Iraq - we are still there; Afghanistan - still there with more troops; Pakistan - tons more drone attacks that Bush. Nobel Peace Prize...what the heck were the Nobel folks thinking giving him an advanced peace prize for?
Jobs -- where they heck have they gone?! Massive unemployment every state. The economy is stuck in a rut. Yes, yes, he inherited a gigantic mess from Dubya. But really...he's had 3 years to start fixing things and what? Trillions of dollars in bailout money and what are the results? Nothing much! And the jobless rate -- the highest it's ever been since 1983! Yes that's right, more people are out of work now than during the horrible reigns of Bush I and Bush II.
There are tons more things I don't like that President Obama has done, screwed up, or failed to do, but I don't have time to list them all now, I will address them in later posts.
However, as much as I hate how my once favorite candidate in 2008 turned out, I must reluctantly--very reluctantly--support him for 2012.
Short of some other--better--Democrat candidate challenging him during the primaries, the opposition candidates don't really inspire much confidence in me, save one.
And that one person is Ron Paul. He's a breath of fresh air. He's got fresh ideas. He's not a regular politician, but a genuine statesman. Unfortunately, it's unlikely he will win the Republican Primaries. This is because the primaries are run by politicians, for politicians. And Ron Paul is not a regular politician. The media is biased against him and his party doesn't seem to support him. I wish he would just run as an independent and skip the primaries altogether.
So because of above, I reluctantly have to support the lesser evil. This is what American elections have become. A choice between the least evil. It's a joke, and we're screwed. But you might as well pick the guy who will screw you less. So, short of Ron Paul winning the Republican Primaries, or running as a viable independent candidate, I hereby (very reluctantly) support President Barack Obama for a second term in the 2012 Presidential elections.
Should he win, I hope that he sucks less and accomplishes more, and makes good on his promises on his 2nd term.
At the same time, I will hope and pray that America gives Ron Paul a chance.
11/05/2008
McCain Gracious in Defeat
The old John McCain was back yesterday night. Gone was the angry, desperate, mud-slinging McCain of the general election campaign. Gone was the pretend-to-be-ultra-conservative-to-please-the-base McCain. The McCain of 2000 was back. Perhaps defeat had finally sunk in the lesson that pretending to be what you are not, and mud-slinging negative attacks at your opponent no longer work this time around. It was as if a giant burden was lifted off McCain's shoulders. He can be himself again. He can be a moderate again. He does not have to pretend to support positions he doesn't believe in. And so this newly reborn "old McCain" can afford to be gracious in defeat. He pledged to work WITH Obama to fix the nation's problems. Below is the text of McCain's concession speech.
Text of McCain's Concession Speech:
Thank you. Thank you, my friends. Thank you for coming here on this beautiful Arizona evening.
Text of McCain's Concession Speech:
Thank you. Thank you, my friends. Thank you for coming here on this beautiful Arizona evening.
[APPLAUSE]
My friends, we have -- we have come to the end of a long journey. The American people have spoken, and they have spoken clearly.
A little while ago, I had the honor of calling Senator Barack Obama to congratulate him. [BOOING]
Please. To congratulate him on being elected the next president of the country that we both love.
In a contest as long and difficult as this campaign has been, his success alone commands my respect for his ability and perseverance. But that he managed to do so by inspiring the hopes of so many millions of Americans who had once wrongly believed that they had little at stake or little influence in the election of an American president is something I deeply admire and commend him for achieving.
This is an historic election, and I recognize the special significance it has for African Americans and for the special pride that must be theirs tonight.
I've always believed that America offers opportunities to all who have the industry and will to seize it. Sen. Obama believes that, too.
But we both recognize that, though we have come a long way from the old injustices that once stained our nation's reputation and denied some Americans the full blessings of American citizenship, the memory of them still had the power to wound.
A century ago, President Theodore Roosevelt's invitation of Booker T. Washington to dine....
... at the White House was taken as an outrage in many quarters.
America today is a world away from the cruel and frightful bigotry of that time. There is no better evidence of this than the election of an African-American to the presidency of the United States.
Let there be no reason now...[APPLAUSE]
Let there be no reason now for any American to fail to cherish their citizenship in this, the greatest nation on Earth. [APPLAUSE]
Sen. Obama has achieved a great thing for himself and for his country. I applaud him for it, and offer him my sincere sympathy that his beloved grandmother did not live to see this day. Though our faith assures us she is at rest in the presence of her creator and so very proud of the good man she helped raise.
Sen. Obama and I have had and argued our differences, and he has prevailed. No doubt many of those differences remain.
These are difficult times for our country. And I pledge to him tonight to do all in my power to help him lead us through the many challenges we face.
I urge all Americans...[APPLAUSE]
I urge all Americans who supported me to join me in not just congratulating him, but offering our next president our good will and earnest effort to find ways to come together to find the necessary compromises to bridge our differences and help restore our prosperity, defend our security in a dangerous world, and leave our children and grandchildren a stronger, better country than we inherited.
Whatever our differences, we are fellow Americans. And please believe me when I say no association has ever meant more to me than that. [APPLAUSE]
It is natural. It's natural, tonight, to feel some disappointment. But tomorrow, we must move beyond it and work together to get our country moving again.
We fought -- we fought as hard as we could. And though we feel short, the failure is mine, not yours.
[AUDIENCE: No!]
I am so...
I am so deeply grateful to all of you for the great honor of your support and for all you have done for me. I wish the outcome had been different, my friends.
[AUDIENCE MEMBER, OFF-MIKE: We do, too]
The road was a difficult one from the outset, but your support and friendship never wavered. I cannot adequately express how deeply indebted I am to you.
I'm especially grateful to my wife, Cindy, my children, my dear mother... [APPLAUSE]
... my dear mother and all my family, and to the many old and dear friends who have stood by my side through the many ups and downs of this long campaign.
I have always been a fortunate man, and never more so for the love and encouragement you have given me.
You know, campaigns are often harder on a candidate's family than on the candidate, and that's been true in this campaign.
All I can offer in compensation is my love and gratitude and the promise of more peaceful years ahead.
I am also -- I am also, of course, very thankful to Governor Sarah Palin, one of the best campaigners I've ever seen...[APPLAUSE]
... one of the best campaigners I have ever seen, and an impressive new voice in our party for reform and the principles that have always been our greatest strength... [APPLAUSE]
... her husband Todd and their five beautiful children... [APPLAUSE]
... for their tireless dedication to our cause, and the courage and grace they showed in the rough and tumble of a presidential campaign.
We can all look forward with great interest to her future service to Alaska, the Republican Party and our country. [APPLAUSE]
To all my campaign comrades, from Rick Davis and Steve Schmidt and Mark Salter, to every last volunteer who fought so hard and valiantly, month after month, in what at times seemed to be the most challenged campaign in modern times, thank you so much. A lost election will never mean more to me than the privilege of your faith and friendship.
I don't know -- I don't know what more we could have done to try to win this election. I'll leave that to others to determine. Every candidate makes mistakes, and I'm sure I made my share of them. But I won't spend a moment of the future regretting what might have been.
This campaign was and will remain the great honor of my life, and my heart is filled with nothing but gratitude for the experience and to the American people for giving me a fair hearing before deciding that Sen. Obama and my old friend Sen. Joe Biden should have the honor of leading us for the next four years.
[BOOING] Please. Please.
I would not -- I would not be an American worthy of the name should I regret a fate that has allowed me the extraordinary privilege of serving this country for a half a century.
Today, I was a candidate for the highest office in the country I love so much. And tonight, I remain her servant. That is blessing enough for anyone, and I thank the people of Arizona for it.
[APPLAUSE]
[AUDIENCE: USA. USA. USA. USA.]
Tonight -- tonight, more than any night, I hold in my heart nothing but love for this country and for all its citizens, whether they supported me or Se. Obama -- whether they supported me or Sen. Obama.
I wish godspeed to the man who was my former opponent and will be my president. And I call on all Americans, as I have often in this campaign, to not despair of our present difficulties, but to believe, always, in the promise and greatness of America, because nothing is inevitable here.
Americans never quit. We never surrender. [APPLAUSE]
We never hide from history. We make history.
Thank you, and God bless you, and God bless America. Thank you all very much.
YES WE CAN! CHANGE IS COMING!
TEXT OF PRESIDENT-ELECT BARACK OBAMA'S VICTORY SPEECH:
If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible; who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time; who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer.
It's the answer told by lines that stretched around schools and churches in numbers this nation has never seen; by people who waited three hours and four hours, many for the very first time in their lives, because they believed that this time must be different; that their voice could be that difference.
It's the answer spoken by young and old, rich and poor, Democrat and Republican, black, white, Latino, Asian, Native American, gay, straight, disabled and not disabled - Americans who sent a message to the world that we have never been a collection of Red States and Blue States: we are, and always will be, the United States of America.
It's the answer that led those who have been told for so long by so many to be cynical, and fearful, and doubtful of what we can achieve to put their hands on the arc of history and bend it once more toward the hope of a better day.
It's been a long time coming, but tonight, because of what we did on this day, in this election, at this defining moment, change has come to America.
I just received a very gracious call from Senator McCain. He fought long and hard in this campaign, and he's fought even longer and harder for the country he loves. He has endured sacrifices for America that most of us cannot begin to imagine, and we are better off for the service rendered by this brave and selfless leader. I congratulate him and Governor Palin for all they have achieved, and I look forward to working with them to renew this nation's promise in the months ahead.
I want to thank my partner in this journey, a man who campaigned from his heart and spoke for the men and women he grew up with on the streets of Scranton and rode with on that train home to Delaware, the Vice President-elect of the United States, Joe Biden.
I would not be standing here tonight without the unyielding support of my best friend for the last sixteen years, the rock of our family and the love of my life, our nation's next First Lady, Michelle Obama. Sasha and Malia, I love you both so much, and you have earned the new puppy that's coming with us to the White House. And while she's no longer with us, I know my grandmother is watching, along with the family that made me who I am. I miss them tonight, and know that my debt to them is beyond measure.
To my campaign manager David Plouffe, my chief strategist David Axelrod, and the best campaign team ever assembled in the history of politics - you made this happen, and I am forever grateful for what you've sacrificed to get it done.
But above all, I will never forget who this victory truly belongs to - it belongs to you.
I was never the likeliest candidate for this office. We didn't start with much money or many endorsements. Our campaign was not hatched in the halls of Washington - it began in the backyards of Des Moines and the living rooms of Concord and the front porches of Charleston.
It was built by working men and women who dug into what little savings they had to give five dollars and ten dollars and twenty dollars to this cause. It grew strength from the young people who rejected the myth of their generation's apathy; who left their homes and their families for jobs that offered little pay and less sleep; from the not-so-young people who braved the bitter cold and scorching heat to knock on the doors of perfect strangers; from the millions of Americans who volunteered, and organized, and proved that more than two centuries later, a government of the people, by the people and for the people has not perished from this Earth. This is your victory.
I know you didn't do this just to win an election and I know you didn't do it for me. You did it because you understand the enormity of the task that lies ahead. For even as we celebrate tonight, we know the challenges that tomorrow will bring are the greatest of our lifetime - two wars, a planet in peril, the worst financial crisis in a century. Even as we stand here tonight, we know there are brave Americans waking up in the deserts of Iraq and the mountains of Afghanistan to risk their lives for us. There are mothers and fathers who will lie awake after their children fall asleep and wonder how they'll make the mortgage, or pay their doctor's bills, or save enough for college. There is new energy to harness and new jobs to be created; new schools to build and threats to meet and alliances to repair.
The road ahead will be long. Our climb will be steep. We may not get there in one year or even one term, but America - I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there. I promise you - we as a people will get there.
There will be setbacks and false starts. There are many who won't agree with every decision or policy I make as President, and we know that government can't solve every problem. But I will always be honest with you about the challenges we face. I will listen to you, especially when we disagree. And above all, I will ask you join in the work of remaking this nation the only way it's been done in America for two-hundred and twenty-one years - block by block, brick by brick, calloused hand by calloused hand.
What began twenty-one months ago in the depths of winter must not end on this autumn night. This victory alone is not the change we seek - it is only the chance for us to make that change. And that cannot happen if we go back to the way things were. It cannot happen without you.
So let us summon a new spirit of patriotism; of service and responsibility where each of us resolves to pitch in and work harder and look after not only ourselves, but each other. Let us remember that if this financial crisis taught us anything, it's that we cannot have a thriving Wall Street while Main Street suffers - in this country, we rise or fall as one nation; as one people.
Let us resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship and pettiness and immaturity that has poisoned our politics for so long. Let us remember that it was a man from this state who first carried the banner of the Republican Party to the White House - a party founded on the values of self-reliance, individual liberty, and national unity. Those are values we all share, and while the Democratic Party has won a great victory tonight, we do so with a measure of humility and determination to heal the divides that have held back our progress. As Lincoln said to a nation far more divided than ours, "We are not enemies, but friends...though passion may have strained it must not break our bonds of affection." And to those Americans whose support I have yet to earn - I may not have won your vote, but I hear your voices, I need your help, and I will be your President too.
And to all those watching tonight from beyond our shores, from parliaments and palaces to those who are huddled around radios in the forgotten corners of our world - our stories are singular, but our destiny is shared, and a new dawn of American leadership is at hand. To those who would tear this world down - we will defeat you. To those who seek peace and security - we support you. And to all those who have wondered if America's beacon still burns as bright - tonight we proved once more that the true strength of our nation comes not from our the might of our arms or the scale of our wealth, but from the enduring power of our ideals: democracy, liberty, opportunity, and unyielding hope.
For that is the true genius of America - that America can change. Our union can be perfected. And what we have already achieved gives us hope for what we can and must achieve tomorrow.
This election had many firsts and many stories that will be told for generations. But one that's on my mind tonight is about a woman who cast her ballot in Atlanta. She's a lot like the millions of others who stood in line to make their voice heard in this election except for one thing - Ann Nixon Cooper is 106 years old.
She was born just a generation past slavery; a time when there were no cars on the road or planes in the sky; when someone like her couldn't vote for two reasons - because she was a woman and because of the color of her skin.
And tonight, I think about all that she's seen throughout her century in America - the heartache and the hope; the struggle and the progress; the times we were told that we can't, and the people who pressed on with that American creed: Yes we can.
At a time when women's voices were silenced and their hopes dismissed, she lived to see them stand up and speak out and reach for the ballot. Yes we can.
When there was despair in the dust bowl and depression across the land, she saw a nation conquer fear itself with a New Deal, new jobs and a new sense of common purpose. Yes we can.
When the bombs fell on our harbor and tyranny threatened the world, she was there to witness a generation rise to greatness and a democracy was saved. Yes we can.
She was there for the buses in Montgomery, the hoses in Birmingham, a bridge in Selma, and a preacher from Atlanta who told a people that "We Shall Overcome." Yes we can.
A man touched down on the moon, a wall came down in Berlin, a world was connected by our own science and imagination. And this year, in this election, she touched her finger to a screen, and cast her vote, because after 106 years in America, through the best of times and the darkest of hours, she knows how America can change. Yes we can.
America, we have come so far. We have seen so much. But there is so much more to do. So tonight, let us ask ourselves - if our children should live to see the next century; if my daughters should be so lucky to live as long as Ann Nixon Cooper, what change will they see? What progress will we have made?
This is our chance to answer that call. This is our moment. This is our time - to put our people back to work and open doors of opportunity for our kids; to restore prosperity and promote the cause of peace; to reclaim the American Dream and reaffirm that fundamental truth - that out of many, we are one; that while we breathe, we hope, and where we are met with cynicism, and doubt, and those who tell us that we can't, we will respond with that timeless creed that sums up the spirit of a people:
Yes We Can. Thank you, God bless you, and may God Bless the United States of America.
If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible; who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time; who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer.
It's the answer told by lines that stretched around schools and churches in numbers this nation has never seen; by people who waited three hours and four hours, many for the very first time in their lives, because they believed that this time must be different; that their voice could be that difference.
It's the answer spoken by young and old, rich and poor, Democrat and Republican, black, white, Latino, Asian, Native American, gay, straight, disabled and not disabled - Americans who sent a message to the world that we have never been a collection of Red States and Blue States: we are, and always will be, the United States of America.
It's the answer that led those who have been told for so long by so many to be cynical, and fearful, and doubtful of what we can achieve to put their hands on the arc of history and bend it once more toward the hope of a better day.
It's been a long time coming, but tonight, because of what we did on this day, in this election, at this defining moment, change has come to America.
I just received a very gracious call from Senator McCain. He fought long and hard in this campaign, and he's fought even longer and harder for the country he loves. He has endured sacrifices for America that most of us cannot begin to imagine, and we are better off for the service rendered by this brave and selfless leader. I congratulate him and Governor Palin for all they have achieved, and I look forward to working with them to renew this nation's promise in the months ahead.
I want to thank my partner in this journey, a man who campaigned from his heart and spoke for the men and women he grew up with on the streets of Scranton and rode with on that train home to Delaware, the Vice President-elect of the United States, Joe Biden.
I would not be standing here tonight without the unyielding support of my best friend for the last sixteen years, the rock of our family and the love of my life, our nation's next First Lady, Michelle Obama. Sasha and Malia, I love you both so much, and you have earned the new puppy that's coming with us to the White House. And while she's no longer with us, I know my grandmother is watching, along with the family that made me who I am. I miss them tonight, and know that my debt to them is beyond measure.
To my campaign manager David Plouffe, my chief strategist David Axelrod, and the best campaign team ever assembled in the history of politics - you made this happen, and I am forever grateful for what you've sacrificed to get it done.
But above all, I will never forget who this victory truly belongs to - it belongs to you.
I was never the likeliest candidate for this office. We didn't start with much money or many endorsements. Our campaign was not hatched in the halls of Washington - it began in the backyards of Des Moines and the living rooms of Concord and the front porches of Charleston.
It was built by working men and women who dug into what little savings they had to give five dollars and ten dollars and twenty dollars to this cause. It grew strength from the young people who rejected the myth of their generation's apathy; who left their homes and their families for jobs that offered little pay and less sleep; from the not-so-young people who braved the bitter cold and scorching heat to knock on the doors of perfect strangers; from the millions of Americans who volunteered, and organized, and proved that more than two centuries later, a government of the people, by the people and for the people has not perished from this Earth. This is your victory.
I know you didn't do this just to win an election and I know you didn't do it for me. You did it because you understand the enormity of the task that lies ahead. For even as we celebrate tonight, we know the challenges that tomorrow will bring are the greatest of our lifetime - two wars, a planet in peril, the worst financial crisis in a century. Even as we stand here tonight, we know there are brave Americans waking up in the deserts of Iraq and the mountains of Afghanistan to risk their lives for us. There are mothers and fathers who will lie awake after their children fall asleep and wonder how they'll make the mortgage, or pay their doctor's bills, or save enough for college. There is new energy to harness and new jobs to be created; new schools to build and threats to meet and alliances to repair.
The road ahead will be long. Our climb will be steep. We may not get there in one year or even one term, but America - I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there. I promise you - we as a people will get there.
There will be setbacks and false starts. There are many who won't agree with every decision or policy I make as President, and we know that government can't solve every problem. But I will always be honest with you about the challenges we face. I will listen to you, especially when we disagree. And above all, I will ask you join in the work of remaking this nation the only way it's been done in America for two-hundred and twenty-one years - block by block, brick by brick, calloused hand by calloused hand.
What began twenty-one months ago in the depths of winter must not end on this autumn night. This victory alone is not the change we seek - it is only the chance for us to make that change. And that cannot happen if we go back to the way things were. It cannot happen without you.
So let us summon a new spirit of patriotism; of service and responsibility where each of us resolves to pitch in and work harder and look after not only ourselves, but each other. Let us remember that if this financial crisis taught us anything, it's that we cannot have a thriving Wall Street while Main Street suffers - in this country, we rise or fall as one nation; as one people.
Let us resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship and pettiness and immaturity that has poisoned our politics for so long. Let us remember that it was a man from this state who first carried the banner of the Republican Party to the White House - a party founded on the values of self-reliance, individual liberty, and national unity. Those are values we all share, and while the Democratic Party has won a great victory tonight, we do so with a measure of humility and determination to heal the divides that have held back our progress. As Lincoln said to a nation far more divided than ours, "We are not enemies, but friends...though passion may have strained it must not break our bonds of affection." And to those Americans whose support I have yet to earn - I may not have won your vote, but I hear your voices, I need your help, and I will be your President too.
And to all those watching tonight from beyond our shores, from parliaments and palaces to those who are huddled around radios in the forgotten corners of our world - our stories are singular, but our destiny is shared, and a new dawn of American leadership is at hand. To those who would tear this world down - we will defeat you. To those who seek peace and security - we support you. And to all those who have wondered if America's beacon still burns as bright - tonight we proved once more that the true strength of our nation comes not from our the might of our arms or the scale of our wealth, but from the enduring power of our ideals: democracy, liberty, opportunity, and unyielding hope.
For that is the true genius of America - that America can change. Our union can be perfected. And what we have already achieved gives us hope for what we can and must achieve tomorrow.
This election had many firsts and many stories that will be told for generations. But one that's on my mind tonight is about a woman who cast her ballot in Atlanta. She's a lot like the millions of others who stood in line to make their voice heard in this election except for one thing - Ann Nixon Cooper is 106 years old.
She was born just a generation past slavery; a time when there were no cars on the road or planes in the sky; when someone like her couldn't vote for two reasons - because she was a woman and because of the color of her skin.
And tonight, I think about all that she's seen throughout her century in America - the heartache and the hope; the struggle and the progress; the times we were told that we can't, and the people who pressed on with that American creed: Yes we can.
At a time when women's voices were silenced and their hopes dismissed, she lived to see them stand up and speak out and reach for the ballot. Yes we can.
When there was despair in the dust bowl and depression across the land, she saw a nation conquer fear itself with a New Deal, new jobs and a new sense of common purpose. Yes we can.
When the bombs fell on our harbor and tyranny threatened the world, she was there to witness a generation rise to greatness and a democracy was saved. Yes we can.
She was there for the buses in Montgomery, the hoses in Birmingham, a bridge in Selma, and a preacher from Atlanta who told a people that "We Shall Overcome." Yes we can.
A man touched down on the moon, a wall came down in Berlin, a world was connected by our own science and imagination. And this year, in this election, she touched her finger to a screen, and cast her vote, because after 106 years in America, through the best of times and the darkest of hours, she knows how America can change. Yes we can.
America, we have come so far. We have seen so much. But there is so much more to do. So tonight, let us ask ourselves - if our children should live to see the next century; if my daughters should be so lucky to live as long as Ann Nixon Cooper, what change will they see? What progress will we have made?
This is our chance to answer that call. This is our moment. This is our time - to put our people back to work and open doors of opportunity for our kids; to restore prosperity and promote the cause of peace; to reclaim the American Dream and reaffirm that fundamental truth - that out of many, we are one; that while we breathe, we hope, and where we are met with cynicism, and doubt, and those who tell us that we can't, we will respond with that timeless creed that sums up the spirit of a people:
Yes We Can. Thank you, God bless you, and may God Bless the United States of America.
11/03/2008
IT'S TIME TO MAKE UP YOUR MIND!
This is it people! You now have less than 24 hours to make up your mind WHO to VOTE for.
Are you going to vote for the PAST...or are you going to vote for the FUTURE?
Do you want a man who's mind is stuck in COLD WAR MODE to lead this nation...or do you want a man who's in touch with TODAY's generation, and has a VISION for a GREAT FUTURE.
Do you want someone who DOES NOT UNDERSTAND THE ECONOMY,owns SEVEN HOUSES, over a DOZEN CARS, and was born with SILVER SPOON IN HIS MOUTH...or do you want a man who was raised in a MIDDLE CLASS FAMILY like most of you were, a man who worked hard to rise where he is, and a man who OWNS ONE HOUSE, AND ONE CAR...just like most of you do?
Do you want a man who wants to stay 100 years in Iraq, and possible launch wars against more countries...or do you want a man who will END the QUAGMIRE in IRAQ and BRING THE TROOPS HOME?
ARE YOU BETTER OFF NOW THAN FOUR YEARS AGO? Do you think you will BE BETTER OFF IF YOU ELECTED A MAN FROM THE SAME PARTY that GOT US into this BIG MESS NOW in the first place? Or do you want a man from a party that UNDERSTANDS what makes the ECONOMY TICK, UNDERSTANDS the NEEDS of the POOR and the MIDDLE CLASS, UNDERSTANDS HOW TO TURN DEFICITS INTO SURPLUSES?
The choice is a no brainer. McCain will DRAG America into an EVEN DEEPER HOLE than the already DEEP HOLE but BUSH has DUG THIS COUNTRY INTO.
Obama is our way OUT OF THIS HOLE. Obama will put this nation back into the RIGHT TRACK. Obama understands the needs of the poor and the middle class. Obama wants to REVERSE the disastrous TRICKLE DOWN ECONOMICS that takes from the poor and middle class and gives to the RICH. Obama's tax plan will increase taxes ONLY on those who make OVER $250,000.00 a year. Raise your hand if you make that much. Did you raise your hand? I didn't think so. Very very few people make that much a year. 90% of Americans WILL get LOWER taxes under Obama's plan.
And lastly...if the way a man runs his campaign is any indication of how he will govern as PRESIDENT...then you only need to look at both campaigns. Obama has generally avoided negative attacks. Obama stays cool, calm under pressure. Obama does not react rashly to any situtation. He tries to understand things first BEFORE reacting. He is not the kind of man who "shoots first and asks questions later".
On the other hand...McCain's campaign has been extremely negative, ANGRY, DESPERATE, and willing to do ANYTHING or SAY ANYTHING to smear Obama just to score political points. McCain also chose the worst possible VP for plainly politican purposes. Palin is clearly clueless when it comes to many NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL issues. No wonder they hid her from the press! She cannot even answer basic questions. McCain's choice of Palin is one MAIN REASON why several PROMINENT REPUBLICANS--for example RETIRED GENERAL COLIN POWELL--as to why they chose to ENDORSE AND SUPPORT OBAMA.
So, if want a BETTER FUTURE...VOTE BARACK OBAMA / JOE BIDEN! If you want same-old same-old and if you want America to be dragged into an even DEEPER HOLE that what it now finds itself in...vote McCain / Palin!
OBAMA / BIDEN 2008!
VOTE BARACK OBAMA FOR PRESIDENT!
Are you going to vote for the PAST...or are you going to vote for the FUTURE?
Do you want a man who's mind is stuck in COLD WAR MODE to lead this nation...or do you want a man who's in touch with TODAY's generation, and has a VISION for a GREAT FUTURE.
Do you want someone who DOES NOT UNDERSTAND THE ECONOMY,owns SEVEN HOUSES, over a DOZEN CARS, and was born with SILVER SPOON IN HIS MOUTH...or do you want a man who was raised in a MIDDLE CLASS FAMILY like most of you were, a man who worked hard to rise where he is, and a man who OWNS ONE HOUSE, AND ONE CAR...just like most of you do?
Do you want a man who wants to stay 100 years in Iraq, and possible launch wars against more countries...or do you want a man who will END the QUAGMIRE in IRAQ and BRING THE TROOPS HOME?
ARE YOU BETTER OFF NOW THAN FOUR YEARS AGO? Do you think you will BE BETTER OFF IF YOU ELECTED A MAN FROM THE SAME PARTY that GOT US into this BIG MESS NOW in the first place? Or do you want a man from a party that UNDERSTANDS what makes the ECONOMY TICK, UNDERSTANDS the NEEDS of the POOR and the MIDDLE CLASS, UNDERSTANDS HOW TO TURN DEFICITS INTO SURPLUSES?
The choice is a no brainer. McCain will DRAG America into an EVEN DEEPER HOLE than the already DEEP HOLE but BUSH has DUG THIS COUNTRY INTO.
Obama is our way OUT OF THIS HOLE. Obama will put this nation back into the RIGHT TRACK. Obama understands the needs of the poor and the middle class. Obama wants to REVERSE the disastrous TRICKLE DOWN ECONOMICS that takes from the poor and middle class and gives to the RICH. Obama's tax plan will increase taxes ONLY on those who make OVER $250,000.00 a year. Raise your hand if you make that much. Did you raise your hand? I didn't think so. Very very few people make that much a year. 90% of Americans WILL get LOWER taxes under Obama's plan.
And lastly...if the way a man runs his campaign is any indication of how he will govern as PRESIDENT...then you only need to look at both campaigns. Obama has generally avoided negative attacks. Obama stays cool, calm under pressure. Obama does not react rashly to any situtation. He tries to understand things first BEFORE reacting. He is not the kind of man who "shoots first and asks questions later".
On the other hand...McCain's campaign has been extremely negative, ANGRY, DESPERATE, and willing to do ANYTHING or SAY ANYTHING to smear Obama just to score political points. McCain also chose the worst possible VP for plainly politican purposes. Palin is clearly clueless when it comes to many NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL issues. No wonder they hid her from the press! She cannot even answer basic questions. McCain's choice of Palin is one MAIN REASON why several PROMINENT REPUBLICANS--for example RETIRED GENERAL COLIN POWELL--as to why they chose to ENDORSE AND SUPPORT OBAMA.
So, if want a BETTER FUTURE...VOTE BARACK OBAMA / JOE BIDEN! If you want same-old same-old and if you want America to be dragged into an even DEEPER HOLE that what it now finds itself in...vote McCain / Palin!
OBAMA / BIDEN 2008!
VOTE BARACK OBAMA FOR PRESIDENT!
10/31/2008
The Scariest Thing In The World
It's Halloween folks. And guess what scares me during this Halloween?
Not witches, ghouls or goblins! True those creatures would be scary if they exist.
But what's really truly scary is the possibility (a small one, but still a possibility) of a President McCain and VP Palin. Now that IS scary.
Can you imagine 4 more years of Republican rule? (shudder!)
Can you imagine 4 more years of Bush-style policies and shoot-first-ask-questions-later approach to well...mostly anything.
Can you imagine a man who's mind is stuck in the Cold War and whose running mate thinks the Iraq War is "God's Will" in command of the nation's military and with their finger on the nuclear button?
IS THAT SCARY OR WHAT?!
McCain / Palin could very well start World War III. That freaks me out!
Right after 9/11, McCain was calling for war against 4 countries at the same time! He wanted to go to war against Iraq, Iran, Syria and Afghanistan all at once! Even though only Afghanistan had any connection to 9/11! Imagine what would have happened if McCain got his way? Well...if...nightmare of all nightmares...he manages to win this election...he just might do that!
Withdraw from Iraq? NEVER! NOT McCain...he'll stay there 100 years! He'll probably go right ahead and launch more wars agains more countries.
That's scary! And Palin...don't even get me started there. She's far more trigger happy than McCain. Who knows what she'll do if she ever became president?!
The very thought of a President Palin ought to scare the sh*t out of anyone!
So like Obama said...don't slack off just coz he's leading in the polls. Make sure you go out and vote on Nov. 4 if you haven't already done early voting! Don't be overconfident!
Obama told his staffers to work like they are 10 points behind! A good strategy! A true winner doesn't slow down just because he's ahead...he keeps running as hard and as fast as he can! So let us make sure that there WILL BE NO President McCain AND VP Palin. Let us make sure that this election GOOD triumphs over EVIL. Let us make sure to elect HOPE and CRUSH the politics of FEAR. Let us VOTE FOR, AND ELECT OBAMA!
OBAMA / BIDEN 2008!
VOTE BARACK OBAMA FOR PRESIDENT!
Not witches, ghouls or goblins! True those creatures would be scary if they exist.
But what's really truly scary is the possibility (a small one, but still a possibility) of a President McCain and VP Palin. Now that IS scary.
Can you imagine 4 more years of Republican rule? (shudder!)
Can you imagine 4 more years of Bush-style policies and shoot-first-ask-questions-later approach to well...mostly anything.
Can you imagine a man who's mind is stuck in the Cold War and whose running mate thinks the Iraq War is "God's Will" in command of the nation's military and with their finger on the nuclear button?
IS THAT SCARY OR WHAT?!
McCain / Palin could very well start World War III. That freaks me out!
Right after 9/11, McCain was calling for war against 4 countries at the same time! He wanted to go to war against Iraq, Iran, Syria and Afghanistan all at once! Even though only Afghanistan had any connection to 9/11! Imagine what would have happened if McCain got his way? Well...if...nightmare of all nightmares...he manages to win this election...he just might do that!
Withdraw from Iraq? NEVER! NOT McCain...he'll stay there 100 years! He'll probably go right ahead and launch more wars agains more countries.
That's scary! And Palin...don't even get me started there. She's far more trigger happy than McCain. Who knows what she'll do if she ever became president?!
The very thought of a President Palin ought to scare the sh*t out of anyone!
So like Obama said...don't slack off just coz he's leading in the polls. Make sure you go out and vote on Nov. 4 if you haven't already done early voting! Don't be overconfident!
Obama told his staffers to work like they are 10 points behind! A good strategy! A true winner doesn't slow down just because he's ahead...he keeps running as hard and as fast as he can! So let us make sure that there WILL BE NO President McCain AND VP Palin. Let us make sure that this election GOOD triumphs over EVIL. Let us make sure to elect HOPE and CRUSH the politics of FEAR. Let us VOTE FOR, AND ELECT OBAMA!
OBAMA / BIDEN 2008!
VOTE BARACK OBAMA FOR PRESIDENT!
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