My political rantings

If this offends anyone, I'm sorry but I must get it off my chest.

This is for all you Republicans that believe voting Democratic is a horrendous sin & God will immediately smite you dead with a random bolt of lightening. For all of you that are so die-hard right wing you would vote for Hilter if he ran as a Repbublican: Get over it!! Stop listening to that shit spewing out of Fox News & actually make your own unbiased opinion!! Read some newspapers, watch some debates, research online, whatever! Don't just vote for the Republican candidate "because it's the Christian thing to do". That's bull. And another thing, I've heard too many friends of mine regurgiate what they hear from Fox News, chain emails, or (the most reliable of all sources) Myspace bulletins and COMPLETELY believe it. It blows my mind that people are so naive! It's shit like: "OMG! Obama is a muslim ROBOT created by Sudam Hussein & sent to DESTROY America & TAKE OVER THE WORLD!!!" or "Obama wasn't born in the US! He won't even put his hand over his heart for the national anthem!" or "OMG! It's all a big conspiracy! Biden's going to step down & put Hillary as VP then together they're going to KILL Obama & make Hillary the first Hippie woman president so she can make it legal for you to marry your dog!!". Ummm...no, not quite.

Let me help you out a bit: Obama is NOT a muslim & there really is no conspiracy. Seriously, do you REALLY believe he could fool the government, but some 12-yr-old kid with Myspace could figure it out? And then, this genius child decides the best plan of action wouldn't be to tip off the government; nope, he tells all his Myspace friends with a big scary bulletin! Thank God for Myspace!! Now everyone with internet is smarter then the American government!

But of course, if you still don't believe me, you can always go to this website: http://www.factcheck.org/faq & see that maybe, just maybe the rumors aren't quite so true.... ((This is a party-neutral website that will either confirm or deny any rumors about both presidential candidates...with proof! Just click on any short answer for the full answer.))

You see, maybe it would clarify things for you if you started off looking at it this way: Obama & McCain are both just decent American men, trying to become president & who just happen to have different opinions on what would be best for America. I'm not 100% obsessed w/my party & would rather just pick whichever candidate would be best for America, so that's the perspective I chose to have. Well, at least, that's what I started with, but to be honest, I'm not sure if I feel right calling McCain a "decent" man anymore, not with the level he has stooped down to...Why would I say that?

Well, this little article explains it all: http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/04/palin.obama/index.html.
A senior Republican operative says "We're going to get a little tougher. We've got to question this guy's associations. Very soon. There's no question we have to change the subject here." aka...."let's distract the American public away from the crap we're trying to tell them because we're obviously not going to win so instead let's try & make up lies about our opponent because our only hope is if we can make the public hate him more then us." So, next thing you know, Palin is essentially accusing Obama of being a terrorist by claiming that "he's palling around w/terrorists who would target their own country". Yea, real decent... They'd rather badmouth their opponent then discuss their policies. And to clarify, no, Obama is not a terrorist....it was just a lie trying to be used as a scare tactic.

So what's so bad about their policies that even the candidates know they're not good enough to make them win? Well, where do I start???? First off, here's a link to the issue statement from each presidential candidate so you can read it in their words.
McCain's: http://projects.washingtonpost.com/2008-presidential-candidates/issues/candidates/john-mccain/
Obama's: http://projects.washingtonpost.com/2008-presidential-candidates/issues/candidates/barack-obama/

Well let me start with some of the issues brought up in the VP debate last week. For example, their health care plan. Okay...McCain/Palin say: let's take a $12,000/yr plan that's the average right now for people covered through medical benefits & replace it w/a $5,000 budget. Really? It's obvious that the rest is coming from the employee's pocket or you're looking at a major drop in coverage...It's simple math. 20 million people under McCain's plan would be dropped from medical benefits through their employer & be left w/a $5,000 check. How exactly is this good for the average Joe-Shmoe who just realized that he now has to pay 7,000 dollars a year for something his boss used to pay for him?! Yea, getting rid of medical benefits from jobs and making people buy their own medical insurance...that's a GREAT way to boost the American economy *rolls eyes*. But of course McCain & Palin think it's a great idea because it's separating the government from the businesses & won't cost the government anything. While that might be true, I still don't see it as such a novel idea.

Just so you know I'm not making it up & to hear a better argument, here's Palin's explanation & Biden's response during the VP debate: Palin: "He's proposing a $5,000 tax credit for families so that they can get out there and they can purchase their own health care coverage. That's a smart thing to do. That's budget neutral. That doesn't cost the government anything as opposed to Barack Obama's plan to mandate health care coverage and have universal government run program and unless you're pleased with the way the federal government has been running anything lately, I don't think that it's going to be real pleasing for Americans to consider health care being taken over by the feds. But a $5,000 health care credit through our income tax that's budget neutral. That's going to help. And he also wants to erase those artificial lines between states so that through competition, we can cross state lines and if there's a better plan offered somewhere else, we would be able to purchase that. So affordability and accessibility will be the keys there with that $5,000 tax credit also being offered."

Biden: "Now, with regard to the -- to the health care plan, you know, it's with one hand you giveth, the other you take it. You know how Barack Obama -- excuse me, do you know how John McCain pays for his $5,000 tax credit you're going to get, a family will get?He taxes as income every one of you out there, every one of you listening who has a health care plan through your employer. That's how he raises $3.6 trillion, on your -- taxing your health care benefit to give you a $5,000 plan, which his Web site points out will go straight to the insurance company.And then you're going to have to replace a $12,000 -- that's the average cost of the plan you get through your employer -- it costs $12,000. You're going to have to pay -- replace a $12,000 plan, because 20 million of you are going to be dropped. Twenty million of you will be dropped.So you're going to have to place -- replace a $12,000 plan with a $5,000 check you just give to the insurance company. I call that the 'Ultimate Bridge to Nowhere.'"

I definitely agree on that "Ultimate Bridge to Nowhere" remark... Personally, I prefer Obama's decision to aim for universal coverage & require that all children be covered for health insurance...Sounds better for my life.

Or, hey, let's talk about how McCain & Palin want us to invest all our money & resources into drilling for oil in Alaska. As Palin says (a million times during her debate w/Biden...I swear it's all she knows how to say) "Alaska is an energy-producing state" and it would be great to become energy-independent. So let's "Drill, baby, drill" and don't spend any money on anything else. Now, I agree with some parts...I do believe it would be a HUGE boost for our economy if we were to invest in becoming energy-independent. I'd love it if we didn't need to get our oil from oversees. But at the same time, like Biden pointed out when she said it the 4545421218899 time, if you invest EVERYTHING into drilling, we'd be screwed for the next 10 years until we actually see something come of it. No matter how much we put into drilling, gas flow is 10 years away. So I'm sorry, but I think that approach has flaws. We need to save some money to get us through until we actually start seeing some results of the drilling...

I love how McCain thinks that "the fundamentals of our economy are stable" or his assertion that "anyone who makes under 5 million dollars a year is middle class". If some billionaire making 4.5 million/yr is middle class, then what am I with my 25,000/yr income?!? I must be lower then low! And this man really thinks he's going to help my financial situation?

Wow, this is getting too long, but I'll try to sum it all in one sentence
(in my good friend Reed's word): McCain, a rich white asshole, is all for the other rich white assholes and big oil while fucking over the average, poor citizens. Yea, not my kind of candidate....but of course, that's just my opinion. =P