Barack-Obama
Added on Apr, 11 2008 at 9:54 PM by Sarah
Does anyone know where the democratic presidential nominees stand on the
facts? I mean I have heard a lot
about Hilary and Bill and their ganging up on Barack Obama. I
have heard about Obama and his ties to Islam. I don’t
really watch presidential debates, I find them extremely boring.
I know that Obama
and Clinton both have plans to get our troops out of Iraq and bring them
home. Essentially they have voted similarly on almost
every issue while in Congress, and that to me says that there is not
really a clear dividing line between the two. On most issues Obama and
Clinton have voted in tandem. So if they are almost two peas in a pod,
why prefer one to the other? One useful dividing line, say some
Democrats, is the Iraq war, but is it really. I mean
both candidates have a plan to end the war, so does the plan itself?
I am just not sure that this is nothing more than a popularity contest.
You can either pick
the younger, fresher new wave of Barack
Obama or the more professional, experienced Hilary Clinton.
You can choose a black man or a woman. As far as the
issues go though, I really don’t think that it is going to matter.
I think that both of them think that they can make a difference for this
country; however, I am pretty skeptical. I think that
over the past 8 years, too much
harm has been done to us under the
George W. Bush presidency. I am not sure that the
economy or our popularity in the world are going to change with a new
president. I think that George W. Bush has ruled our
country as if this were a dictatorship and not a democracy.
I think that he has over ruled Congress, his advisors, our allies and
even the United Nations. He has tossed the US
Constitution aside under the idea that it is in the interest of national
security.
The scariest part is that he claims to be doing this all under the
guidance of God. And I really
think that he
believes that. Somewhere along the line, he was told
that in war time, the president is commander and chief and has absolute
power. Well, personally I think that since this
precedent has been set anyone can potentially have the ultimate control
of our country, now that is really scary!