I've been undecided up until now but I'm leaning towards.... (Colin Powell, vote)
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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.
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.
You were not undecided; you were for McCain all along.
How can you have been undecided but now you are suddenly scared Obama will win the election?
You were not undecided; you were for McCain all along.
How can you have been undecided but now you are suddenly scared Obama will win the election?
Makes no sense.
Because I don't make rash decisions. I read, I research and I try to make up my own mind. I might have been leaning towards McCain but I wasn't 100% convinced I was going to vote for him. Now I am.
Because I don't make rash decisions. I read, I research and I try to make up my own mind. I might have been leaning towards McCain but I wasn't 100% convinced I was going to vote for him. Now I am.
You were "LEANING" for McCain, i.e. you were planning on voting for him since day one so you really weren't undecided.
I'm sorry to tell you, but you are very much misinformed. Obama has no intention of "decimating" the military. He--and McCain, for that matter--have both publicly stated that there is a lot of waste in the military and money can be saved by reducing that waste. Nor does he have any plans of "eliminating" the middle class--quite the contrary. In fact, so much of what you wrote is misinformed, I'm wondering where you're getting your information. Do you really think Colin Powell, a lifelong military man, would vote for Obama if he thought Obama was going to weaken the military???? In any case, you do realize that you've made a decision of whom to vote for based on fear, right? That's precisely what McCain wants you to believe about Obama: that he is a man to fear. That's what the McCain campaign's smear efforts want you to believe. Don't let them mess with your mind, man. They're lying to you.
You were "LEANING" for McCain, i.e. you were planning on voting for him since day one so you really weren't undecided.
Wow, so you are a mind-reader in your day job?
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?
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?
You were going to vote for McCain all along so you were not "undecided" like you say.
End of story.
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