well, it looks like i’m voting mccain
by Ian Schuldt
Published: June 5, 2008
“This is, indeed, a change election…But, the choice is between the right change and the wrong change; between going forward and going backward.” - John McCain
I couldn’t agree more. How can we as a nation look to a bright future of change with a president under the age of 70? If there is one thing that John McCain has learned in his 26 years in Washington, it’s that Washington has failed us for the last 26 years.
He’s seen administrations come and go, and then come and go again, and then come and go again, and then come and go again. That’s why, as an avid supporter of three out of the last four presidents (particularly the current one), he is the obvious choice to change the way they have done things.
That last three decades of essentially Republican rule, with the exception of the 90’s (or Dark Ages, as some might call them), have left us fighting a war that should have never been fought, an economy in shambles, oil prices through the roof and a tainted reputation throughout the world. If we are going to drastically change a broken Washington, we need to drastically not change the leaders that have governed it.
Barack Obama says he wants to do a complete 180° turn away from the policies of the Bush administration. But oldness isn’t the only thing John McCain has twice as much of. He’s going to make a full 360° change from the policies of George Bush. Last he checked*, that was the maximum degrees you can fit in a circle - take that “O” bama!
If John McCain’s talk about change for the future sound like the ravings of a crazy old man, just remember something. Being old doesn’t make you crazy. “Crazy is doing the same things over and over and expecting different results.” That’s why this November, I will be voting for an old white Republican. This time I think it will be different.
* last he checked was 1909.
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June 7th, 2008 at 4:28 am
Give me one detailed policy change that Barack plans on instituting. And no, stating “universal health care” or “bring down premiums for families who need it” and “pull out of Iraq” doesn’t count. That’s like saying “I’m going to wave my magic wand” and such and such will happen. Health Insurance premiums don’t come down because a charasmatic speaker asks them to. So there’s the challenge. Give me one detailed explanation of revolutionary Obama policy.
June 13th, 2008 at 9:52 am
Hey, where are all of the fainting Obamaniacs jumping in to defend their man?
June 13th, 2008 at 11:03 am
This doesn’t really need rebuttaling. If you were paying attention to something other than the Jeremiah Wright controversy or watched any of the first 20 or so debates until the primary turned into a circus you’d know this already. No point in regurgitating it again. Go to his website.
June 13th, 2008 at 2:22 pm
These promises were pulled from his website regarding health insurance:
Guaranteed eligibility. No American will be turned away from any insurance plan because of illness or pre-existing conditions.
Followed by:
Affordable premiums, co-pays and deductibles. And… Subsidies. Individuals and families who do not qualify for Medicaid or SCHIP but still need financial assistance will receive an income-related federal subsidy to buy into the new public plan or purchase a private health care plan.
Ian, “affordable premiums” and “Gauranteed Eligibility” are mutually exclusive. For the same reason you can’t roll up to Allstate with 4 DUIs and 3 accidents and get a premium rate, you also can’t walk up to an insurer and say I have 17 diseases, insure me on the cheap.
Gauranteeing eligibility inherently raises the costs. Obama never addresses the issue of the necessary increase in the price tag of a health policy. The only time he even mentions price is to say it will go down because the government will make sure it goes down (See paragraph titled “Lower Costs by Modernizing The U.S. Health Care System”.) Ian, please point to the example proving that the government is a competent money manager and has expertise at lowering the costs of services.
Jibs simply asked for a detailed explanation and you referred him to a website that fails to even remotely address the complexities of the health insurance industry.
I’ll admit, everything on his page sounds cool at a glance. But upon further investigation and fails even address the fundamental issues surrounding the problem. I’m a Democrat. I’m voting for Obama. But he doesn’t have a clue on so many issues. The only reason I’m voting for him is because there’s nothing better. Fortunatley, unlike most supporters, I have no hope of him delivering on the fairy land he has dreamed up. None at all.
I re-issue the original challenge:
Give me one detailed explanation of revolutionary Obama policy.
June 13th, 2008 at 4:02 pm
First of all I should note that you want me to argue for universal health care, but as a libertarian I’m not really for it at all. This is one reason I voted Obama over Clinton, because she wanted actual socialized medicine, Obama just wants to subsidize to the point where it will be affordable.
While I’m not a big fan of the subsisidizing, I’m more of a left leaning libertarian so in the grand scheme of things, I’m ok with having some of my tax dollar go for a good cause even if it’s not the most efficient way to do it.
My reasons for voting Obama are more realated to the War, foreign policy issues in general, the economy, gas prices…. The reason our economy is in shambles right now is because billions of our tax dollars every year are being invested in Iraq not in America. And the reality is we’re no more safe today then we were ten years ago.
No matter how you want to look at it this country is in worse shape today than it was ten years ago, and 90% the problems are a direct result of electing the biggest hay seed in our nations history twice. Electing another republican to carry on the policies of George W. Bush is not an option.
When you only have two choices for president, odds are pretty good you won’t agree with every single thing coming out of their mouth, but whether every detail of Obama’s policies are squeaky clean, one thing is for certain he is a leader, not just a politician, and that’s what this country needs more than anything else right now.
June 14th, 2008 at 4:46 pm
I get what your saying Ian but I just went to his site and there’s hardly a substantive expanation of his policies. Sounds like business as usually for the candidacy of change.