Funny thing is that I was actually rereading comments to remember your points against Obama. Actually have a journalistic paper due soon so wanted to see what your cases against him were again. So yes i reread but not for that reason. The whole line you had about how we won't be in a depression when now everyone isn't sure to be scared and your line about McCain's medical records being released were just some stuff I caught while rereading that felt out of place in conversation now but I still feel is important.
I don't question McCain's best interest but this isn't a man I trust to follow through on his positions. Only because I have met McCain supporters who expect two very different men for him to be. If you can tell me which McCain would be President maybe then I would be a little less weary. Until then its fun to listen him and Palin frantically try to remember what lines they're being fed.
Obama is an pet project for America, and his supporters aren't denying that they mostly have no idea what to expect. We just expect change and hope it turns out alright but what more can you ask from a politician.
we won't be in a depression, because the only thing that it will affect immediately are those who heavily invested in the subprime mortgage business, a majority of which are banks, and which also means that it will subsequently affect those who rely on "credit".
If you're one of those people who can survive without having to borrow money (i.e. credit card), then you'll be fine.
It will hurt all of us, in varying levels/degree, depends on "who" (like I said, it's those bankers, those Wall Street speculators, etc.)
a lot of people lost money, that's the bottom line, and those screaming and begging for a bailout tends to be those losing this kind of money.
you know what? screw them. That's my opinion.
The reason why the market is crashing as never before, is because we've never had an economy as inflated as it is today, particularly in the housing market.
I won't go into the details since I'm no economics expert. But we still have positive growth in the economy, albeit not very much. We might even expect to go on the negative....very likely.
Lots of people will lose jobs, all of this can be true.
My larger point, that you seem not to get, is that the people in leadership positions, such as Pelosi, Reid, Obama, McCain, or Bush...they're job is not to add fuel to an otherwise flammable situation as it is. In times of panic, leaders are to make us calm, offer possible solutions.....anything but to add more panic.
The only reason why Pelosi and Reid and Obama have blown things out of proportion in recent months, is because it's politically expedient of them to ascribe all the blame on the party in power, which happens to be the GOP, and Pres. Bush.
Keep in mind, these people want to be re-elected (and I believe the Senate and House will be doing that soon).
As to the health records thing....I forgot where I read the article from, and I'm too lazy to dig it up....but I believe they have in fact released it, while McCain is already campaigning for President. Which, if you want to stretch it, is since 2007. Still quite recent.
But you can double check, like I said, it's a non-issue for me.
The case against Barack Obama, in my opinion?
it's simple. Foreign policy.
His idea of foreign policy is so different from mines, just as the gap between pro-choice and pro-lifers.
I believe that world conflict is like a chess game. The goal is to check-mate with as minimum a move as possible.
You usually win from a position of strength.
Obama wants to win from a position of weakness.......because he'll tell you that America is such a bully.
He will grant UN more power than it already has.....have you heard about the World Poverty Act, a legislation he helped write?
He promises to act in a multilateral fashion.
You see, part of the reason why we ignore the Darfur genocide and we don't do anything about it, is because China, Russia, and all these countries in the UN with "veto" power, opposes intervention in Darfur....why? because China, for instance, has a vested interest there. They are selling arms, and have an oil contract in Sudan.
The same was true when they opposed our intervention in Iraq in 2003.....Saddam Hussein all owed Germany, Russia, China and France, a lot of money from weapons sales funded during the Gulf War.
the UN has granted countries like Sudan, seats in "Human Rights Commision"....for crying out loud, a country blatantly guilty of genocide, and you'll give that country a seat in a human rights commision? give me a break!
and so when the UN denounces human rights abuses happening elsewhere in the world, don't be surprised if they skip Sudan.
Obama either does not have a clue, or wants it to happen....to make America subject to the demands of the UN aka world community.
Sorry, but my foreign policy's emphasis is whatever advances our national interest, so long as we do it under international rules as necessary.
Placating the world community is only secondary to my priorities.
; Yeah, sure, like I'd trust anything you say on the topic.