I've been undecided up until now but I'm leaning towards.... (thought, Obama)
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I can understand your concerns about checks and balances, but I have to point out that this:
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Originally Posted by findingmesomeday
But the biggie? As ambivalent as I am about the war in Iraq and as much as I wish we could just un-involve ourselves with little consequence--well I just don't think this can be done. And if Obama gets in office, decimates the military, eliminates the middle class and for all intents and purposes, changes the United States as we know it today from a formidable but benevelent country to one without power---well, it's going to unleash chaos in the world.
can very well happen under a McCain administration (if Congress goes along with him). If we continue the wars and bite off more than we can chew, we'll decimate the military. Plus, 4 more years of the same republican polices we saw in the last 8 years can also eliminate the middle class... the middle class is also getting squeezed and that portion of the American population is shrinking.
I said I was leaning. I did not say I was voting. I was leaning towards refinacing my house too, until the bailout and the stock market went wiggy and then I decided not to do so. Are you going to say I was lying because I was planning to refinance all along?
Well let's be honest. You already voted Republican in the primaries:
I'm happy for you that you're now firmly behind the new Republican candidate, but please don't try to have us believe you were actually thinking of voting for Obama.
I'm happy for you that you're now firmly behind the new Republican candidate, but please don't try to have us believe you were actually thinking of voting for Obama.
So, because someone voted for X in the primaries automatically ensures that they will not vote for Y in the election? You have definitive proof of this? You know this, for each and every voter in the country?
Why? Quite a few reasons. I've thought about the people each man will call to serve in his administration. They are both surrounded by and have access to powerful and intelligent people. That might be a push.
I've thought about the balance of power; checks and balances as defined by our constitution. I don't like Nancy Pelosi and all she stands for and I don't want Congress to have a rubber-stamp relationship with a POTUS--and I think this will happen with Obama. So score one for McCain there.
But the biggie? As ambivalent as I am about the war in Iraq and as much as I wish we could just un-involve ourselves with little consequence--well I just don't think this can be done. And if Obama gets in office, decimates the military, eliminates the middle class and for all intents and purposes, changes the United States as we know it today from a formidable but benevelent country to one without power---well, it's going to unleash chaos in the world.
Right now, we may not be winning any popularity contests but I firmly believe a LOT of individual nutcases, organized terrorist cells, corrupt and power hungry countries, etc., are held in check by the "big bully across the pond". What would happen if they no longer feared the military power of the United States? I don't want to think about that.
So even though I fear that Obama will win this election and change the world as we know it today, I will be voting for McCain on November 4.
I concur with your "biggie". Homeland security is my biggest concern.
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