If you're still undecided about the Election, please take a look at some of the many reasons I believe that Senator Barack Obama (D) is the best Presidential choice for our country at this time:
1. Do you make less than $250,00 per year? Would you like to pay less taxes (relatively) than those who can actually afford high taxes (multi-millionaires)?
Answer: Barack hears you and wants to level the playing field & give the middle class a fair break. McCain has yet to get your memo.
2. Do you feel that military personnel deserve good & appropriate treatment? Of the two (McCain and Barack), who has consistently voted for families with an injured veteran the past few years?
Answer: Barack has supported military families more than McCain.
The Disabled American Veterans group has given Barack an 80% score for helping military personnel, while McCain received a 26%. So much for 'Country First'.
3. How about the economy? Who has provided a more intelligent & stable response to the recent economic crisis? Who did NOT state that the fundamentals of the economy are strong, even though it's pretty obvious that most families are struggling to keep up?
Answer: Barack is more knowledgeable and ready to lead on economic issues.
4. Do you think "drill, baby, drill" is not a realistic long-term solution for Future Generations? Is it worth investing in cleaner & more fuel-efficient transportation, rather than be dependent on fuel from other countries? Do you like clean air, water, and greenspace?
Answer: Barack does, too.
The League of Conservation Voters tracks the environmental records of Senators and has given Barack a liftime score of 86%. McCain has scored 24%.
5. Do you think teachers deserve better pay? Would more qualified educators be persuaded to remain as teachers if they were paid better? Should there be a system to promote affordable college educations?
Answer: Barack also says yes to these questions.
6. Our relationship with the world is fractured. Having a President who is willing to talk to other leaders is a good thing. Not talking to other world leaders "makes us look arrogant". Who has the vision and diplomacy skills to heal these wounds?
Answer: Barack and Biden both complement each other well in foreign policy and will be an asset to the US, as they represent us abroad.
7. Do you believe that each American should have the right to health care? That it should not be a 'country club' system where only those who can afford to have a health insurance card can enter a doctor's office without paying huge fees?
Answer: Barack agrees with you.
Barack & Biden's plan is NOT to socialize healthcare. If you have health coverage & are happy with it - you're set and nothing will change for you. Their plan does allow those without coverage to obtain it without going into large debt. How does this get paid? The Bush Tax Cuts (for the wealthiest Americans) will be rolled back & used to help fund this new plan.
8. Karl Rove-like tactics + John McCain of 2008 = someone that John "Straight Talk Express" McCain of 2000 would probably not vote for. The negative turn of the McCain campaign since August makes me nervous that he'll misrepresent information (or flat-out lie) to get an outcome he wants - now or in the future. We've seen this bad movie before - the Bush Administration lied about Weapons of Mass Destruction to validate wanting to invade Iraq.
9. Sarah Palin. Seriously. I don't care that she is a woman and she would be an elected woman in the White House (I actually think she sets women in politics back about 7 decades). I think it's awesome she can field-dress a moose. But, really, folks?! Joe Biden is much more ready to be VP.
10. Abortion & the Death Penalty: two values issues that many hold dear. But, on a daily basis, how do these two issues actually affect the lives of most Americans? My guess is not nearly as much as the economy & taxes, health care, education, and the environment -- those are the bigger values issues.
