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Your Text: Insert Slimies » Insert UBB Code » Close Last Tag \| All Tags UBB Help	I've never really been uncomfortable being in the minority on many of the subjects that come up around here. I guess I find it a good challenge to try to explain my views to folks that don't just disagree but simply cannot fathom why I support the things I do. So you know what's coming next. I'm supporting McCain and I'm thrilled at his choice for VP. I agree she's pretty inexperienced and that does give me some pause. The reason I'm not too upset about it is because I agree with her ideals as she seems like a pretty solid conservative. I think she's genuine, heart-felt, charming and intelligent. She has some serious charisma and political sense and I think she has the potential to be a very effective conservative figure in the coming years. Here's the thing that just kills me though about anyone who supports Obama and complains about Palin's lack of experience, she's running for VP and Obama is running for president. He has no executive experience and she's actually run a state. I have much more confidence in her experience than his. So how any Democrat can complain about a lack of experience on her part can only be described as a double standard, IMO. Note that this criticism is directed toward Obama supporters and not the usual folks here who never like anyone that runs for public office. Anyways, let me lay this out real simple to explain why McCain is the only possible choice for me. The issues I care the most about are: taxes, foreign policy, federal spending, abortion and supreme court appointments. [b]Taxes:[/b] I believe Obama's tax proposals are based on spreading the wealth and "fairness". A good deal of Obama's "tax cuts" are actually hand outs, that is people who don't pay taxes will actually get checks from the government. He wants to raise taxes on small businesses and corporations. I believe McCain's tax policies are intended to support long term economic growth. He wants to cut taxes for small businesses and corporations. I think long term economic growth is by far more beneficial to all Americans than anything else we can do. [b]Foreign policy:[/b] Obama has said he would sit down with the president of Iran with zero to few preconditions, he said he would attack Pakistan and hastily remove troops from Iraq only to send them to Afghanistan, he wants to unilaterally renegotiate the NAFTA, when Russia invaded Georgia he showed an appalling lack of leadership and shifted his reaction over a couple of days. McCain has been around the block when it comes to foreign policy and his war experience really speaks for itself. He was right on top of the Georgia crisis the moment it happened and he articulated a clear position that he stuck to. He says he'll deal strongly with the regimes in Iran and N. Korea. He supports Colombia and denounces Venezuela's leader. He supports free trade. He says he'll continue to work with Pakistan and after supporting the surge in Iraq I believe he's better suited to bring about better results in Afghanistan. [b]Federal spending:[/b] Obama proposes to spend [i]more than Bush[/i]. McCain says he'll implement a spending freeze "across the board". This one is self-explanatory. [b]Abortion:[/b] Obama is pro-choice and McCain is pro-life. I won't go into this topic but only to say that I think it's important for the leader of this country to support life because it defines us as a nation and a people. [b]Supreme court appointments:[/b] This one is HUGE for me. I believe very strongly that judicial activism is precisely one of the things our founding fathers were escaping when they broke away from Great Britain. I do not believe judges should be legislating; they should be judging legislation. This explains why I have to go with McCain who says he'll appoint justices who will not legislate from the bench. Obama does not share this view. If you take each of the issues I've mentioned above there is simply no possible way I could support Obama. I care about the long term health and prosperity of our nation and it's on that basis that I decide how to cast my vote. I would love to hear someone explain why they're supporting the Obama ticket. Does anyone here actually [i]support[/i] anyone or is this just a there-all-f*ing-nut-jobs fest? . . . : [url=http://www.bugimus.com][img]http://www.bugimus.com/sigs/small-sig1.gif[/img][/url] : . . [url=http://www.bugimus.com/]Innervating Your Eyes & Mind[/url] : . . . [edit]typos...[/edit] [small](Edited by [url=http://www.ozoneasylum.com/user/16]Bugimus[/url] on 10-20-2008 05:06)[/small] Loading...
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