One of my friends wrote this in a note on facebook... It is really well written and I figured I would share it with yall.
For most of the people who are calling Obama a socialist, you should really look up the term socialism. (Even McCain has recently said Obama isn't a socialist, it just depends which McCain you're talking to). But for all the people saying Obama supporters are supporting the anti-christ, the American people appear to have finally woken up. We won't be scared into voting for someone anymore. It worked in 2004, but with the results it got us, we figured it out.
Democracy is about having different ideas. It's about being able to express those ideas without fear of anything. Some of the worst politics this country has ever seen is when Dick Cheney said that American's had a choice in 2004, and if they made the wrong choice we might be attacked again. How dare we allow someone to tell us, vote for us or we'll get attacked again.
I happen to believe that whoever is elected tomorrow will do what they think best for the country, to protect the country. McCain had a real opportunity to win my vote this year, and he lost it a lot faster than Obama won it. Part of the reason everyone is so unhappy with the way things are in Washington is there is no sense of compromise in Washington anymore. Everything has become so partisan and so divisive that no one can get anything done.
McCain used to be a maverick. He used to be an exception to that rule. I would have voted for him in a heartbeat in 2000, but fear politics cost him the Republican nomination. And now, in his effort to earn the presidency, he is using the very tactics he used to repudiate. I won't be scared into voting for anyone, so please, don't tell me Obama is a terrorist/Muslim/anti-Christ/socialist/ etc.
Obama was selected by the voters of Illinois and has done nothing but represent his state well since then. He was then selected by the voters of the democratic party to be their nominee. The McCain of 2000 has been seen once in this campaign, when a crazy lady at a McCain rally was talking about how everyone should fear Obama and he was an Arab, and McCain took the microphone away from her and said we shouldn't fear Obama and that he was a Christian family man. That's the McCain I would have voted for, but that's the only time I've seen him for the past few years. He talks about Obama "saying anything to get elected" but McCain is the one who repudiated "robo-calls" in 2000, but uses them today.
He said the country couldn't afford the Bush tax cuts (and we've seen that he was right), but now he wants to make them permanent. He said that we shouldn't allow offshore drilling, but now he says "Drill here drill now". He complained about the "Rovian" tactics of Bush, but now he employs many of Karl Rove's best students.
Obama has been more forth coming in this campaign. Obama has said what he wants to do, and released his plans to do so. He has proposed spending more money, but he has proposed a spending cut to pay for all of it. McCain wants to give the oil companies continued tax breaks, while they post the largest profit in human history. And please, if you make more than $250,000.00 a year, don't whine to me about your taxes. For the record, it's not "redistribution", it's called a progressive tax rate. And don't say that by it being easier for people to get an education, my education will be devalued. I wish EVERYONE could get an education, and I don't think Obama can be called an elitist when McCain supporters don't want people to get educated because it "devalues" their education. The more educated our country is, the better off we all are. College should be affordable for everyone.
McCain had a good argument against Obama for this election. Experience. Questioning Obama's experience is something that is justified. McCain has a lot of experience, and a lot of it good. There are a lot of positive things to be said for McCain, and if I could look at his record, minus his most recent history, there's a good chance he'd get my vote.
But he lost his argument of experience the moment he selected Sarah Palin. He picked Sarah Palin, and gave up his one good argument, and instead chose to play the fear Obama card. The McCain of 2000 would have stuck to the issues, and not played the fear card. That's the McCain that we needed this year, and that's the McCain that I would like to see back in the senate next year.
McCain is pro-life, Obama is pro-choice. They both have large followings in the country. They both realize we'll probably never agree on the issue. Obama has said since the country won't ever agree on the issue, why not reduce the number of abortions? It seems to be a good idea to start with. Reducing the number of unwanted pregnancies, reduces the number of abortions. It's more of a start in either direction than we've seen in a long time.
Everything is so divided that we can't see past the differences to see what we agree on. Reducing the number of abortions does not go far enough for some people, but it is better than where we are now. It's progress in a direction that everyone can agree with. It's a compromise, which used to be what this country was about, and it's what I hope this country is about again.
I'm tired of the divisive language, I'm tired of being told to be afraid of the other candidate, I'm tired of seeing friends not be able to afford health insurance, and knowing that after I graduate and get off of my dad's insurance that I won't be able to afford it either. I'm tired of seeing social security head towards bankruptcy. I'm tired of seeing people's retirements be squandered away while CEO's get millions of dollars to bankrupt their companies.
For the past 8 years we've watched our status around the world be diminished. After 9/11 we had more good will from the world than we've ever seen. We squandered it. We were the "City Upon a hill" for so long, and now the world looks on us with disdain. Reagan said, after a debate with Jimmy Carter in 1980, ask yourself, "Are you better off than you were 4 years ago? Is it easier for you to go and buy things in the store than it was 4 years ago? Is there more or less unemployment in the country than there was 4 years ago? Is America as respected throughout the world as it was? Ask yourself, Are you as safe? Is America as strong as we were 4 years ago? And if you answered all of those questions yes, well then, I think your choice is very obvious as to who you will vote for. If you don't agree, if you don't think that this course that we've been on for the past 4 years is what you would like to see us follow for the next 4, then I could suggest another choice that you have." - Ronald Reagan.
McCain himself has said he agreed with George W. Bush "over 90% of the time". I'm not willing to watch this country take the same course we've been on for the past 8 years, or even stay on 90% of it.
It's time for change. It's time that our leaders begin to put their country, not their party first. It's time that if something is good for America, Congress votes for it, regardless of which party proposed it. We need fundamental change in the way this country is run, and not just a new president. We need John McCain of 2000 to help (hopefully) President Obama to change the way things are run in Washington. It's time we stop letting our "leaders" scare us into supporting them. It's time we stop allowing them to treat us like we're idiots. It's time that we demand change; that we demand our leaders put US first, and not their special interests groups. It's time to put the American's first, and not whoever is going to pay for your next campaign.
This is not a republican or a democratic issue, this is an American issue. We should be able to voice our opinions without fear of being labeled by the opposing party as some extremist or another. This country needs new and different ideas to work, and we shouldn't allow the "old" leadership of Washington to stifle new and innovative thoughts. It's time that "Country First" became more than just a campaign slogan; it needs to be a way of governing from ALL of our leaders.
For most of the people who are calling Obama a socialist, you should really look up the term socialism. (Even McCain has recently said Obama isn't a socialist, it just depends which McCain you're talking to). But for all the people saying Obama supporters are supporting the anti-christ, the American people appear to have finally woken up. We won't be scared into voting for someone anymore. It worked in 2004, but with the results it got us, we figured it out.
Democracy is about having different ideas. It's about being able to express those ideas without fear of anything. Some of the worst politics this country has ever seen is when Dick Cheney said that American's had a choice in 2004, and if they made the wrong choice we might be attacked again. How dare we allow someone to tell us, vote for us or we'll get attacked again.
I happen to believe that whoever is elected tomorrow will do what they think best for the country, to protect the country. McCain had a real opportunity to win my vote this year, and he lost it a lot faster than Obama won it. Part of the reason everyone is so unhappy with the way things are in Washington is there is no sense of compromise in Washington anymore. Everything has become so partisan and so divisive that no one can get anything done.
McCain used to be a maverick. He used to be an exception to that rule. I would have voted for him in a heartbeat in 2000, but fear politics cost him the Republican nomination. And now, in his effort to earn the presidency, he is using the very tactics he used to repudiate. I won't be scared into voting for anyone, so please, don't tell me Obama is a terrorist/Muslim/anti-Christ/socialist/ etc.
Obama was selected by the voters of Illinois and has done nothing but represent his state well since then. He was then selected by the voters of the democratic party to be their nominee. The McCain of 2000 has been seen once in this campaign, when a crazy lady at a McCain rally was talking about how everyone should fear Obama and he was an Arab, and McCain took the microphone away from her and said we shouldn't fear Obama and that he was a Christian family man. That's the McCain I would have voted for, but that's the only time I've seen him for the past few years. He talks about Obama "saying anything to get elected" but McCain is the one who repudiated "robo-calls" in 2000, but uses them today.
He said the country couldn't afford the Bush tax cuts (and we've seen that he was right), but now he wants to make them permanent. He said that we shouldn't allow offshore drilling, but now he says "Drill here drill now". He complained about the "Rovian" tactics of Bush, but now he employs many of Karl Rove's best students.
Obama has been more forth coming in this campaign. Obama has said what he wants to do, and released his plans to do so. He has proposed spending more money, but he has proposed a spending cut to pay for all of it. McCain wants to give the oil companies continued tax breaks, while they post the largest profit in human history. And please, if you make more than $250,000.00 a year, don't whine to me about your taxes. For the record, it's not "redistribution", it's called a progressive tax rate. And don't say that by it being easier for people to get an education, my education will be devalued. I wish EVERYONE could get an education, and I don't think Obama can be called an elitist when McCain supporters don't want people to get educated because it "devalues" their education. The more educated our country is, the better off we all are. College should be affordable for everyone.
McCain had a good argument against Obama for this election. Experience. Questioning Obama's experience is something that is justified. McCain has a lot of experience, and a lot of it good. There are a lot of positive things to be said for McCain, and if I could look at his record, minus his most recent history, there's a good chance he'd get my vote.
But he lost his argument of experience the moment he selected Sarah Palin. He picked Sarah Palin, and gave up his one good argument, and instead chose to play the fear Obama card. The McCain of 2000 would have stuck to the issues, and not played the fear card. That's the McCain that we needed this year, and that's the McCain that I would like to see back in the senate next year.
McCain is pro-life, Obama is pro-choice. They both have large followings in the country. They both realize we'll probably never agree on the issue. Obama has said since the country won't ever agree on the issue, why not reduce the number of abortions? It seems to be a good idea to start with. Reducing the number of unwanted pregnancies, reduces the number of abortions. It's more of a start in either direction than we've seen in a long time.
Everything is so divided that we can't see past the differences to see what we agree on. Reducing the number of abortions does not go far enough for some people, but it is better than where we are now. It's progress in a direction that everyone can agree with. It's a compromise, which used to be what this country was about, and it's what I hope this country is about again.
I'm tired of the divisive language, I'm tired of being told to be afraid of the other candidate, I'm tired of seeing friends not be able to afford health insurance, and knowing that after I graduate and get off of my dad's insurance that I won't be able to afford it either. I'm tired of seeing social security head towards bankruptcy. I'm tired of seeing people's retirements be squandered away while CEO's get millions of dollars to bankrupt their companies.
For the past 8 years we've watched our status around the world be diminished. After 9/11 we had more good will from the world than we've ever seen. We squandered it. We were the "City Upon a hill" for so long, and now the world looks on us with disdain. Reagan said, after a debate with Jimmy Carter in 1980, ask yourself, "Are you better off than you were 4 years ago? Is it easier for you to go and buy things in the store than it was 4 years ago? Is there more or less unemployment in the country than there was 4 years ago? Is America as respected throughout the world as it was? Ask yourself, Are you as safe? Is America as strong as we were 4 years ago? And if you answered all of those questions yes, well then, I think your choice is very obvious as to who you will vote for. If you don't agree, if you don't think that this course that we've been on for the past 4 years is what you would like to see us follow for the next 4, then I could suggest another choice that you have." - Ronald Reagan.
McCain himself has said he agreed with George W. Bush "over 90% of the time". I'm not willing to watch this country take the same course we've been on for the past 8 years, or even stay on 90% of it.
It's time for change. It's time that our leaders begin to put their country, not their party first. It's time that if something is good for America, Congress votes for it, regardless of which party proposed it. We need fundamental change in the way this country is run, and not just a new president. We need John McCain of 2000 to help (hopefully) President Obama to change the way things are run in Washington. It's time we stop letting our "leaders" scare us into supporting them. It's time we stop allowing them to treat us like we're idiots. It's time that we demand change; that we demand our leaders put US first, and not their special interests groups. It's time to put the American's first, and not whoever is going to pay for your next campaign.
This is not a republican or a democratic issue, this is an American issue. We should be able to voice our opinions without fear of being labeled by the opposing party as some extremist or another. This country needs new and different ideas to work, and we shouldn't allow the "old" leadership of Washington to stifle new and innovative thoughts. It's time that "Country First" became more than just a campaign slogan; it needs to be a way of governing from ALL of our leaders.
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