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Barack Obama vs. John McCain
optom3:
--- Quote from: Sheriff Roland on May 16, 2008, 08:53:35 am ---Still don't know who talked about 'stupid states'. Was it the media? And if so, why should that matter? Why "will and should affect votes." Who's it going to hurt? The Dems. Sounds to me like it's the Republican Media that's likely responsible for the comment & they are the ones that should be taken to task for the comment. Like any Rush pronoucement, it's a comment that needs to be taken with a grain of salt.
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I can't vote as I am here on a Visa.
It strikes me that much as in the next election in England,you will end up having the pick of a bad bunch.It always scares me when you wind up voting for the least " bad" candidate,rather than a good one.
It is a bit like, who will damage the country,its economy, etc least.
jstephens9:
--- Quote from: optom3 on May 20, 2008, 12:21:45 pm ---I can't vote as I am here on a Visa.
It strikes me that much as in the next election in England,you will end up having the pick of a bad bunch.It always scares me when you wind up voting for the least " bad" candidate,rather than a good one.
It is a bit like, who will damage the country,its economy, etc least.
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Unfortunately that is usually the case. You have to vote for the least "bad" candidate or just not bother to vote. Although many would disagree with me the only candidate that has run in my lifetime who I would refer to as a "good" candidate was Bill Clinton. The others have been all about who is worse. I am always thinking "could they not have found someone better to run for president out of all the people in the United States than these people?" As I have said before I am in no way in love with Hillary. I just find her to be the least scary and possibly a much better president than these other two. However, the media and the Democrats chose to destroy her from the beginning. My choice this year appears to be either to not vote or vote for McCain. I would not vote for Obama if I were dead. He is by far the scariest candidate that has ever run during my lifetime. Voting for McCain would only be a vote against Obama and it may be worth it. I sure am not for the war and that is my real problem with McCain. However, I hate to even think what would happen if Obama did get elected. I seriously doubt that will happen, but if it did........yeah that is SCARY!!!
Brown Eyes:
I don't understand what you find so 'scary' about Obama.
My reaction is exactly the reverse of yours. While I don't think McCain is the scariest candidate to ever run... I think he's significantly more scary than Obama.
Lynne:
Yes, Jack. I am interested too in what you find scary about Obama. So far, I find him energetic and intelligent, which is a refreshing change of pace from the status quo.
Shasta542:
Can't speak for Jack (I read back, and he gives reasons for feeling that way about Senator Obama, tho.), but I think a lot of people feel like America is at a crisis point in several ways, and maybe Senator Obama's lack of experience at running a city, state, much less a country -- is a little scary.
IMO--he seems to be disdainful toward patriotism. I really like patriots.
He also seems pretty full of himself, but that can be said for most politicians. I don't see a lot of humility--could have missed that. Haven't watched the campaigns much lately.
I checked Snopes for the downlow on the quotes from his book that are pretty racist-sounding, and it says that they are still investigating. So I don't know about that yet.
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