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Get used to it.
McCain just couldn't hang. Obama was smooth, polite, professional, and impenetrable to McCain's weak attacks. Obama held his composure while McCain's impersonation of a rabid dog nipping at the heals of America's next boss, was less than convincing. Any other candidate could have done a better job than McCain. His little smirks, goofy smile, and stuttering comebacks were distracting and disheartening. Obama owned McCain, now he owns the presidency.
Also, the same is true with the VP pics. Beiden is a professional politician while Palin is a fresh, but unfortunately shallow, showcase. If asked honestly who I would want to become president if something were to happen to POTUS in an assault on America, whom would I choose? Well, Beiden would be my answer. That really hurts to say. The same argument could be made about the VP debates as well. Being a politician for SO long, Beiden knows what to say and how to act to be liked by the American people. I think Beiden owned Palin due to his slickness and better political composure.
The Democratic candidates are better. Period.
But the messages that define them definitely are not.
I have a list of things that disturb me greatly about the Democratic platform (like every MORAL issue on the table) that I have mentioned on this blog in the past, so I won't delve too deeply in this post, but something was made very clear to me last night by McCain: Obama fosters mediocrity. He wants to give something for nothing. He wants to simply 'redistribute wealth'. He wants give money to many for not earning it. He wants to create more of a socialistic society by taking over health care and taxing more big business and just giving it to those 'less fortunate.'
Now before you go crazy in talking about the poor and billion dollar surpluses for big business, it is the ideology about which I am concerned.
America is built upon capitalism. It is this concept that has made us successful. Capitalism, through business, fosters growth, success, jobs, AND taxes that pay 98% of our bills. When a President wishes to stunt our economical growth by punishing the entities that are moving this country forward, then our growth suffers and our economy becomes stagnant.
Obama's 'spread the wealth' approach encourages laziness, stunts economic growth, is the first step towards Socialism and even further down the road, Communism. Let's get government out of our pockets and let Capitalism work.
I'm afraid we're going to have to wait 8 years before we can clean up the mess.
Well technically 4 years the Republicans will get another shot. Who knows, maybe your fears will be seen by the rest of the nation and he might not win in 4 years. What I think will be intersting is who will control the House and the Senate. Even though I am a Democrat I would not like to see a one-party control of the government. I frankly hope this does not happen.
I think your wrong.. McCain did not do what he needed too.. but he did put some doubt in the American People.. and Joe the Plumber?? could not have been more perfect..
People are beginning to see that this concept of "spreading the wealth"
is just one big Welfare Program..
Plus I have faith that the people wont vote for a great debater.. they will vote for the person they trust.
and that is not Obama.
Indeed McCain stuttered, and flubbed a bunch of lines.. but you watch.. these polls are tainted, and McCain will win..
Matt,
I'm also afraid there will be something we won't be able to clean up, that is the real issue. Obama will change some major social issues that will not be able to be reversed.
(see my blog)
and we must see these things and fight them, so do not give up my friend.. we must continue Blogging to the world!!! and let them know how we feel! and yes tell the five people that read these things to tell five other people and maybe we'll get 20 people out to vote.. oh that is bleak.. forget it!
we're dooooomed!
wait! not we're not! we need to fight and win!!!
sorry for the rant.
I like that you're thinking about it, even if I don't agree. (Did you really say there is a concern of communism? Ninja, please.) And you're right about Powell, I just couldn't believe that horrid video your friend posted. Anyway, I didn't mean to be a bully, I just miss ya, that's all. :)