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Originally Posted by Valentine
People talk about Obama's race first, because as a politician they have no idea what he is going to do. He is for "Hope" and "Change." Can anyone tell me what the heck that means, because he certainly isn't. I'm for "Hope" and "Change" too. I hope I find a winning lottery ticket and I need to change my diaper. I also hope that his "Hope" and "Change" are different than mine.
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Well, you're really fond of pointing out that Obama doesn't actually tell you want he plans to do, so I'm going to go ahead and give you a list that hopefully you find complete enough to stop using the same god d**n point over and over again. I'll even try and make it look nice and compare it to McCain's plans.
Energy
Obama wants to promote renewable energy and increase production of it so that by 2025, 25% of the nations electricity comes from said renewable resources.
McCain wants to spend that money looking for more places to dig for oil, and with his Alaskan VP choice, probably in the gulf and in the national wilderness of Alaska.
Health Care
Obama wants to create a program that offers a health plan similar to the current government plan to everyone, with cheap payments and is paid for partially by the government.
John McCain wants to make things more affordable by promoting competition between insurance companies.
Immigration
Barack Obama believes that making it easier to get into the country legally will help the problem, along with making it possible (but not easy) to pursue citizenship if you're an illegal immigrant in good standing with the country.
John McCain wants to build a friggin' wall! I'm trying to keep my cool, but if any GOP member thinks that building a wall is going to work, they're moronic. It's a wall....... walls are made to go around, over, under, through, etc... There has got to be a better way than mortar and brick. Let's go ask the Soviets how well their wall worked.
And for the final kicker... this issue is another huge issue that makes a candidate:
Iraq.
The Iraqi PM has decreed that the US be out of Iraq in a matter of years, but John McCain would like to ignore that date and
occupy a country against its wishes. He also feels Iran is a viable threat to national security and is willing to push diplomacy aside quicker than Obama. All Obama wants to do is get our people out of there: the majority of citizens of our country and the Iraqi people want just that. He believes that Iran can be dealt with without violence and declared Iran "not-a-threat."
I do support Obama, and I do know what he wants to do. Just because you don't pay attention to anyone but your own candidates views doesn't mean there aren't any.
To the OP: Race is a huge issue, but any political party that attacks that issue would lose anyways. I think to many liberals, this election is a change to show the world that we're more enlightened than they think. Anyone not voting for Obama based on color is...yes, I'm going to say it, a complete idiot and should probably not pass his genes on.