Why not decide on Obama or McCain based on issues?
Am I the only one who is sick of the infantile bashing going on here and in the media? They harp on Obama for supposedly being an anti-American pro-muslim and rip him for an obvious common sense idea like keeping your tires properly inflated, and on the other side they’re calling McCain McSame and ripping him because he doesn’t know how many houses he and his wife own. Why can’t anyone address the issue of who should be our next President based on the issues?
Try this on for size:
EXPERIENCE
Amount of time served in the U.S. Senate
OBAMA: 173 days
McCAIN: 22 years
Served in the U.S. Armed Forces
OBAMA: No
McCAIN: Yes
ISSUES
Development and extraction of U.S. oil sources (ANWR, Bakken Formation, and off-shore drilling)
OBAMA: Opposes
McCAIN: Supports
Federal Government-controlled nationalized universal health care
OBAMA: Supports
McCAIN: Opposes
Gun ownership rights of U.S. citizens:
OBAMA: Opposes
McCAIN: Supports
Homosexual marriage
OBAMA: Supports
McCAIN: Opposes
Establishing English as the official language of the U.S.
OBAMA: Opposes
McCAIN: Supports
Social security benefits for illegal immigrants
OBAMA: Supports
McCAIN: Opposes
Removal of all U.S. forces in Iraq immediately upon assuming office
OBAMA: Supports
McCAIN: Opposes
Capital Gains Tax on Sale of Homes:
OBAMA: 28% tax on profit of all home sales
McCAIN: 0% tax on home sales up to $500,000.00 for couples, no change in existing taxes
Capital Gains Tax on Stocks, IRAs, Mutual Funds, College Funds, Life Insurance, and other investments that pay or reinvest dividends:
OBAMA: 39.6%
McCAIN: 15% (no change)
Inheritance Tax
OBAMA: Reinstate inheritance tax to 38% starting tax rate for estates valued over $600,000.00, and the tax rate goes up as the value of the estate goes up
McCAIN: 0% (no change, inheritance tax repealed by George W. Bush)
Income Tax:
OBAMA: Reversion to pre-Bush tax cuts, typical married couple making $60,000.00 a year would have to pay $16,800.00 in Federal taxes
McCAIN: No change, typical married couple making $60,000.00 a year would have to pay $9,000.00 in Federal taxes
New taxes proposed
OBAMA: New taxes on homes that are more than 2,400 square feet, Windfall Profits Tax on oil companies, new gasoline taxes, new taxes on natural resources consumption (heating gas, water, electricity) new taxes on retirement accounts, new taxes for Federal Government-controlled nationalized universal health care.
McCAIN: None.
You can verify the above at the following web sites:
http://money.cnn.com/news/specials/election2008/index.html
http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/issues/issues.taxes.html
http://elections.foxnews.com/?s=proposed+taxes
http://bulletin.aarp.org/yourworld/politics/articles/mccain_obama_offer_different_visions_on_taxes_html
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/fact-checker/candidates/barack_obama/
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/fact-checker/candidates/john_mccain/
December 1st, 2008 at 5:27 pm
Copy and paste much?
December 4th, 2008 at 12:31 pm
Because uneducated people do not understand the issues, you can talk til you are blue in the face and all they hear is “YES WE CAN” reverberating through their empty skulls
December 7th, 2008 at 12:53 pm
Because deciding based on the issues would lead most rational individuals to conclude that McCain is better than Obama…
December 7th, 2008 at 4:31 pm
Democrats want equal benefits while Republicans want equal opportunity.
December 9th, 2008 at 4:35 am
I decided on issues and that is why I am voting for McCain. Also no matter who gets in office there will be no pulling out the troops immediately when they are in office.
December 11th, 2008 at 8:30 pm
Most people don’t pay attention to issues until it affects them personally. Instead, they usually vote for the person they “like” the best.
While I agree that there is enough information in just the issues to pick the better candidate in this election, I also believe that “character” plays a huge role in whom I think is a better candidate for ANY elected office. Character, Integrity, Leadership, and Judgment are not always easily quantified through quotes and facts, but instead require a closer examination of personal life and history.
December 12th, 2008 at 3:41 pm
Who the hell do you think you are?? As any reading of this board attests to,we don’t need intelligent,educated,thinking people like you here for most are blissful just wollowing in their ignorance,intolerance,holier-than-thouness and using GOD ,Christ and Patriotism to justify everything they do like waging an illegal war of choice all based upon a pack of filthy lies that has resulted in the slaughter of over 600,000 of God’s children in Iraq.
What we need are voters who will use important candidate characteristics such as looks,dress and how many houses they own to decide who deserves to be the next President.
What we need are voters who will vote against a candidate not on the issues but on their *** or sexual orientation or their colour or their height or whether or not they go to Church every Sunday (Going to a Mosque will get you 0 votes) for the going to Church shows clearly that a person has a sound Judeo/Christian moral/ethical code just like the Fundamentalist Bush who in the opinion of many US and International jurists is quilty of crimes against humanity .
Blessed are the War Mongers etc etc etc .
The most important aspect of democracy which I love,is that voters get EXACTLY what they deserve .
Notwithstanding the substantial horrors visited upon the US itself and the world because of voter choices in the last two elections,I can only conclude that the vast majority of US voters are insane for they keep making the same mistakes over and over and expect to get different results which many believe is as good a definition of insanity as any.
Good Luck.
PS Just read the replies to date and most meet that definition of insanity and of course as all insane people,they will be the first to ***** and complain .
December 14th, 2008 at 1:19 pm
Oh SARGE!!! Don’t confuse the little libbies with the FACTS!!! They’re perfectly happy in their self-delusional “feel-good” world. So let’s not rattle their cages and wake them up! They’ll be angry if you do! Heck, they’re angry, period!
Have a right-wing day.
December 16th, 2008 at 8:12 am
Your assessment is very good. And it shows precisely why I will never vote for Obama.. I couldn’t not care about the man’s color..
McCain has a record of fiscal conservatism. Obama “intent” is just the opposite, the largest hike in taxation and government spending ever.
Based on pure fiscal issue Obama would be a disaster.
I have my problems with McCain, but not near what I have for any of the DNC hopeful..
The “mainstream” press glorifies Obama as the new messiah, when in fact he is nothing more the a pure tax and spend liberal with the marxism mantra of take from the rich and redistribute the wealth (generally into the political coffers of the liberal politicians. )