I honestly haven't paid much attention to the issues in this year's election, nor the views of either candidate. I pretty much just read what I have to read, and write about it expressing my opinions. Until recently, when the biggest and most important national issue of our time began to rise, since the Great Depression in the 1920s, 30s, and 40s. The $700 billion bailout grant of Wall Street is crumbling our entire economy and affecting every single American citizen age 5 to 95. Personally, I think it's all ridiculous. There is no way Americans can be responsible for paying the money to bail out stupid elite economists. Aside from the crashing stock market and increasing gas prices, it is already a struggle for most Americans to survive and take care of a family. How can ANYONE afford to pay more taxes?? Except for the over-paid "Wall Street Ballers", as MTV called them in their hit show, "Fabulous Life Of..." According to the show, with research and comparison, nobody makes more and spends more money than the highest ranking investors and financiers of Wall Street. SO why should we have to bail out the richest people in the country? Why can't they all just give a portion of their outrageous salaries and bonuses to our economy? Because that would be too easy, and our country, government, and economy has turned into a complete debacle!
When I first heard that McCain was thinking about choosing not to take part in the debate because he wanted to focus more on the economic crisis, I thought to myself, what a chicken! [not the exact words I would use] On the other hand, Obama said he was capable of participating in the debate, AND taking care of the economy. Of coarse he just said that to look better than McCain, and it worked. After the Presidential Debate Friday night, my opinion on who won the overall debate was Barack Obama. When it comes to the candidates performances in the debates, I thought it was rude how they both would interrupt, bicker, and talk over each other. But I thought it was a poor tactic of McCain to not make any kind of eye contact with Obama, possibly in fear of becoming nervous or outraged. It was also an annoyance how he continuously referred to his age, 72, his experience, and how trustworthy he is. It seemed as if both candidates were talking to the camera's, never "debating" with each other and McCain talked like he was lecturing Obama. They never directly answered a question that was asked, they stated the problem and then sort of went around it and got distracted on certain policies. AOL held a poll September 30Th on which candidate was more on the offensive. Out of 23,120 voters, %62 said McCain was on the offensive all night. Obama's quote towards McCain has always been, "He just doesn't get it", while McCain's new quote towards Obama is, "He doesn't understand about the world." How swift and smart of McCain to simply use synonyms of Obama's quote. Both candidates realize they have different views, obviously, but it's not necessary to call each other unintelligent or inexperienced. It seems to me that in this election, the two candidates just continue to bash each other in a childish and unprofessional manner. I suppose that is the reason why I cannot choose who I would vote for, otherwise I would simply write down Obama's name because I strongly dislike McCain.
When I first heard that McCain was thinking about choosing not to take part in the debate because he wanted to focus more on the economic crisis, I thought to myself, what a chicken! [not the exact words I would use] On the other hand, Obama said he was capable of participating in the debate, AND taking care of the economy. Of coarse he just said that to look better than McCain, and it worked. After the Presidential Debate Friday night, my opinion on who won the overall debate was Barack Obama. When it comes to the candidates performances in the debates, I thought it was rude how they both would interrupt, bicker, and talk over each other. But I thought it was a poor tactic of McCain to not make any kind of eye contact with Obama, possibly in fear of becoming nervous or outraged. It was also an annoyance how he continuously referred to his age, 72, his experience, and how trustworthy he is. It seemed as if both candidates were talking to the camera's, never "debating" with each other and McCain talked like he was lecturing Obama. They never directly answered a question that was asked, they stated the problem and then sort of went around it and got distracted on certain policies. AOL held a poll September 30Th on which candidate was more on the offensive. Out of 23,120 voters, %62 said McCain was on the offensive all night. Obama's quote towards McCain has always been, "He just doesn't get it", while McCain's new quote towards Obama is, "He doesn't understand about the world." How swift and smart of McCain to simply use synonyms of Obama's quote. Both candidates realize they have different views, obviously, but it's not necessary to call each other unintelligent or inexperienced. It seems to me that in this election, the two candidates just continue to bash each other in a childish and unprofessional manner. I suppose that is the reason why I cannot choose who I would vote for, otherwise I would simply write down Obama's name because I strongly dislike McCain.
2 comments:
i definitely agree with you... must be part of that Southern heritage... The economy is a major issue that will effect everyone in the notion. I dont know if raising taxes will be the way it will be handled, but America already has a 500billion dollar debt to China. As for the "debate" i thought McCain performed better, not that either one really debated. I lliked the statistical note there. it really works.
I agree that the economy issue is definitely a large one and perhaps the most important. I have also viewed the same thing when you look at the build up since the last Great Depression in the twenties. Also I do feel that Obama won the debates, and McCain being a little bit of a chicken, still hung in there.
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