PookyNMR wrote on Sat, 18 October 2008 14:38 |
RSettee wrote on Sat, 18 October 2008 12:44 | Photos like this are evidence that the US is on the right track.
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No. It's just that there are plenty of folks who are choosing the lesser of two evils.
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To me, a win is a win, however you slice it. A backhanded compliment vote to keep another person out is still a vote in the right direction. I don't doubt that there's equally, if not better qualified non-running candidates. I also don't doubt that there's some that are reluctantly voting for Obama--hence the racist people who are actually going to vote for him because they believe he has the best policies, and Republican supporters voting for him just because the Republican party has turned into a shambles.
But i'd like to know who you think would do a better job, if this were as they say a "ideal scenario". It could be that Obama looks so good, just because McCain (especially, moreso, Palin) look
that bad. I wish that we had more of a choice--in any election, more choices are better for the public--but I do really like Obama, and think that he'd look great against any other choices. He seems more proactive than reactive....McCain/ Palin's slant has largely been reactive, they're on the defensive--and rightly so, after the Republicans' dismantlement of the American economy and trust--but I still don't like what they've had to say. If you could sum up McCain/ Palin's main ideals and cut through the yadda yadda, you'd hear this, ultimately:
"well folks, we're running for 4 more years of the same!" (add Palin's lilting "mom gone mad 'wake up, it's time for school!' " upper register shriek to rally the unconverted).