93crawler

McCain has got quite the easy ride, and Obama has just crossed the finish line of an incredibly drawn out, and bloody Democratic primary. I really could care less about his church shit, I know he's not a racist, or elitist, or anything else the right tries to throw at him--I think he's truly the best Democratic candidate to come about in a very long time.

McCain used to be the so called "Maverick," but that persona of McCain's has long since been tossed out the window in favor of something more appeasing to the evangelicals that the Republican candidate must always pander to. He's switched his stances on virtually everything, from taxes, to torture--somewhat ironic considering his personal situation in the past, and several other issues. McCain from eight years ago, wouldn't even know the McCain from today. The phrase, "a third Bush term" is quite accurate, as his stances all mirror what Bush is currently trying to do, or has done.

If by "Obama WILL raise taxes" I feel important by using ALL CAPS like that, yep he most certainly will repeal the tax cuts for the wealthiest 1% of Americans, and the tax code will probably more closely resemble the tax code of the 90's--which you remember, was a very prosperous time.

I have to disagree with the the cutting of the military, because of the current status of the world, and the tension between us and the Iranians, Russians, North Koreans, and other countries as well as the clusterfuck that is Iraq. I'm pretty sure that Obama wouldn't cut military funding, or the actual numbers of the military in any sense, but he would start to draw down our presence in Iraq. I did say draw down just now right, so don't jump all over my response, and say immediate withdrawl--which I, nor Obama is calling for. He will however, allow our National Guard to be the weekend warriors, and disaster responders that they were meant to be, and not young men who were never really intended to serve such extended tours of duty.

There was a poll just release within the last few days that shows that Obama is leading in every significant voting block, with the exception of working class white men. The disparities of some of the sections of the voting block were tremendous, obviously Obama is leading heavily amoung blacks, by over 80%--but he leads in every other category by at least 5%. Now I don't really care about polls, but they do offer some indication of what might be expected. The poll was taken only moments after the Democratic primary had ended. The situation is only going to get better for Obama, and worse for McCain. The Republican party in general is in serious trouble, having lost key Congressional seats in Mississippi, and two other seats.
It's expected that they will probably lose another 4 or more seats in the Senate, and have the potential to have an unbeatable majority there, which would be sixty seats. They stand to pick up even more in the House, where they already have a sizable majority.

I'll sum it up by saying that even if you disagree with what Obama wants to do, or stands for--he will be the better President for our country, and for the world, in every aspect.