John Harvey wrote: > ISSUE McCain Obama > War in Iraq X > Economy X > Drilling our own Oil X > Taxes X > Energy independence X > USA healthcare > Education > Medicare > Social Security > Terrorism X > 2nd Amendment X > Supreme Court X > > Here's my take on the issues above. Obama is all platitudes as far as I can > see. He has virtually no record to assess. As for the McCain selections. I > think he would be stronger for the following reasons: > > 1 War - McCain is a warrior, who comes from a warrior lineage. He > understands what it takes to keep the country safe and soverign. >
Yes, McCain is like a Samarai Warrior. Have you seen the movie, "The Last Samarai"? It time the world made the warrior and war obsolete. Obama would use Diplomacy to bring peace, prosperity, and progress to a trouble world. Obama values peace over war. > 2 Economy - McCain will not throw the Bush tax cuts away, nor raise the > capital gains taxes up to 25% like Obama says he will. Removing the taxes > and jacking up the capital gains will be terrible for the economy. > That doesn't sound at all like the Obama's tax plan. If McCain continues the Bush economic policies as he is likely to do, I see more: Corporate Bankrupties Bank Failures Bond Defaults Hedge Fund Meltdowns 6 percent unemployment House Foreclosures > 3 Drilling our own oil - McCain is now talking about us using our own > resources, while Obama thinks we should develop other strategies, which will > take a decade to happen. It will be much quicker if we drill AND look at > alternatives. > Probably not a lot of difference on energy policy, except Obama would be better suited to develop and put into action an overall National Energy Policy. Obama has more experience in organizing than McCain and would be better at organizing a national energy strategy/policy. > 4 Taxes - see above. > Obama would give tax relief to 95% of Americans and make the tax code fair again. > 5 Energy independence - see above. > Obama is pro energy independence, but it will take a national energy policy/plan. > 6 Healthcare - unknown on McCain. Obama, I assume wants cradle to grave > healthcare. > National healthcare for anyone who wants it. > 7-9 Education,Medicare,SSI - unknown on McCain and Obama > > 10 Terrorism - McCain hands down > Obama, would use diplomacy and reduce actions that provoke terrorism and aid terrorist recruitment. > 11 2nd Amendment - McCain supported the Supreme Ct's latest ruling, Obama > has a track record against the ct ruling and gave a "me too" comment > regarding the latest case. > The supreme court recently upheld the 2nd amendment right of citizen to own and bear weapon for personal protection. This would be difficult to overturn. Beside, it's unlikely that Obama would have the chance to replace any of the Supreme Court Justices that upheld the 2nd amendment; since, these justices are relatively young to the Court. > 12 Supreme Court - McCain has promised to put sane(conservative) judges on > the court. Obama would probably go for more Kikis (Ruth Bader Ginsburg). > The court probably needs a progressive justice or two to needle the court into correcting some long standing injustices and move the criminal justice system towards enlightenment. > > > I can't see any reason, not one issue, that would cause me to vote for > Obama. I am not a single issue person, so that isn't something that I cling > to. Even so, Obama doesn't win on a single issue. > That because you're a Republican right down to the very depths of your soul. LOL Regards, LelandJ > > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
