I'll admit, I'm for Obama/Biden. So, you may assume there's some bias in this rant, but I must say something about it.
Now, I like watching the debates. I watched last years debates (not as closely, but I did keep an eye on them) and I paid attention to the debates in 2000 as well. They get dirty and mean at times and so on. This year is not too much different except we may have our first black president or first woman vice president, so there is a lot of discussion to be had. These debates also have gone on for what seems to be forever since the primaries also went on since last year.
Now, first I'll comment that this year to me seems kind of lame. People really seem to like McCain saying he's got tons of experience. He's got age, but he's got no more executive experience than Obama does. He's a senator and from what I remember, he was never a mayor or governor of any state or city/town. He deserves respect for his years in the military and for surviving torture as a POW, but that does not make him an experienced leader of this country. He can offer sympathy and empathy to the troops and with that, he'd be a good man to have around during a war or skirmish. He's already stated he's not good with the economy which is one of the biggest issues we are facing now. His method of campaigning is really lame though. He talks constantly about Obama and tells half truths about him and flat out lies. He leaves out specific details of Obama's plans and comments to make him sound bad. He also steals motto's like "Change We Need," etc.... That was Obama's line. Now, a lot of candidates did this so it's no surprise he does this, but he almost never talks only about himself and what he plans on doing...in detail.
Obama I'm sure has told some half truths about McCain. It goes with the territory of campaigning, but for the longest time he'd talk about himself and what he plans on doing for the country as president. Then he finally had to stick up for himself and lowered himself to McCain's level of politics and toss around some dirty campaign ads talking about McCain and discuss his downfalls during his speeches. He really didn't want to do that, but it's part of the game. He's good at it though, I think.
Now about the vice presidential candidates. I don't have a problem with Biden. He's got a long list of experiences as senator and with decision maker. True he's no mayor or governor so you can't claim experience there, but he's got the foreign experience that Obama needed. He may not stand for change based on his age, but he is a good man to have in your back pocket to bounce ideas off of and someone who is open to new ideas. So I can't say much about Biden only because I don't know more than what I've heard.
Sarah on the other hand, I can't stand. I believe McCain only brought her in to appear like a "maverick" and play the "change" game. Ok, 1. Maverick could mean something good or bad so being a maverick isn't always a good thing. 2. McCain can no longer attack Obama about having lack of experience since she's lacking some of that herself. 3. McCain can no longer pick on Obama about being a celebrity since Palin has become one herself. Actually, there's a bunch of things he no longer has the right to attack Obama with since he took Palin in as his running mate. She's got very little experience in years which is enough in my book to say she's not ready to be vice nor commander in chief. 18 months as Governor and a couple of years as mayor. She's got more executive experience than any of the candidates, sadly enough, but just not many years of that experience. I don't care that she's a mother of many children. I don't even care that her 17 year old daughter is pregnant with a kid of her own...though it seems questionable that she believes strongly in teaching abstinence and her own daughter did not follow that herself. Teaching abstinence does not work. It should only be part of the lesson, but kids don't always follow their parents or teacher's advice. They will do what they think is right at the time, so I believe it's more important to teach them the best way to protect themselves AS WELL AS the idea that abstinence is not a bad thing to consider when faced with the decision to have sex. She's extremely conservative, which I'm not, so I can't say much to that effect. She says she's a lover of environment and wildlife, yet she supports drilling in the wildlife preserves. She hunts too. How can you love something and kill it for fun and actually believe you love wildlife? She changes her mind as often as McCain does and says dumb things like McCain does. They are a match made in heaven!!! Seriously though, she just annoys me. It truly scares me that she could not only become our vice president, but if McCain kicks the bucket while president (which could happen), she steps up to take his job. People can say that could happen to Biden since he's old too, but he's not president, he's vice president. Obama would still be leading this country and he would just have to pick a new running mate if that were to happen. Back to Sarah... she's all I hear about and the more and more I hear about her, the more and more I dislike her. I honestly don't think she can make the right decisions for what this country needs. She's gotten so much attention, but only because she's different. I do not believe she can really stand for any change that we need as a country though. She's really is only there to help McCain win the game and not because she is qualified to do the job as VP correctly.
Sorry about this lengthy post. Kudos to you if you read through it.
Now, I like watching the debates. I watched last years debates (not as closely, but I did keep an eye on them) and I paid attention to the debates in 2000 as well. They get dirty and mean at times and so on. This year is not too much different except we may have our first black president or first woman vice president, so there is a lot of discussion to be had. These debates also have gone on for what seems to be forever since the primaries also went on since last year.
Now, first I'll comment that this year to me seems kind of lame. People really seem to like McCain saying he's got tons of experience. He's got age, but he's got no more executive experience than Obama does. He's a senator and from what I remember, he was never a mayor or governor of any state or city/town. He deserves respect for his years in the military and for surviving torture as a POW, but that does not make him an experienced leader of this country. He can offer sympathy and empathy to the troops and with that, he'd be a good man to have around during a war or skirmish. He's already stated he's not good with the economy which is one of the biggest issues we are facing now. His method of campaigning is really lame though. He talks constantly about Obama and tells half truths about him and flat out lies. He leaves out specific details of Obama's plans and comments to make him sound bad. He also steals motto's like "Change We Need," etc.... That was Obama's line. Now, a lot of candidates did this so it's no surprise he does this, but he almost never talks only about himself and what he plans on doing...in detail.
Obama I'm sure has told some half truths about McCain. It goes with the territory of campaigning, but for the longest time he'd talk about himself and what he plans on doing for the country as president. Then he finally had to stick up for himself and lowered himself to McCain's level of politics and toss around some dirty campaign ads talking about McCain and discuss his downfalls during his speeches. He really didn't want to do that, but it's part of the game. He's good at it though, I think.
Now about the vice presidential candidates. I don't have a problem with Biden. He's got a long list of experiences as senator and with decision maker. True he's no mayor or governor so you can't claim experience there, but he's got the foreign experience that Obama needed. He may not stand for change based on his age, but he is a good man to have in your back pocket to bounce ideas off of and someone who is open to new ideas. So I can't say much about Biden only because I don't know more than what I've heard.
Sarah on the other hand, I can't stand. I believe McCain only brought her in to appear like a "maverick" and play the "change" game. Ok, 1. Maverick could mean something good or bad so being a maverick isn't always a good thing. 2. McCain can no longer attack Obama about having lack of experience since she's lacking some of that herself. 3. McCain can no longer pick on Obama about being a celebrity since Palin has become one herself. Actually, there's a bunch of things he no longer has the right to attack Obama with since he took Palin in as his running mate. She's got very little experience in years which is enough in my book to say she's not ready to be vice nor commander in chief. 18 months as Governor and a couple of years as mayor. She's got more executive experience than any of the candidates, sadly enough, but just not many years of that experience. I don't care that she's a mother of many children. I don't even care that her 17 year old daughter is pregnant with a kid of her own...though it seems questionable that she believes strongly in teaching abstinence and her own daughter did not follow that herself. Teaching abstinence does not work. It should only be part of the lesson, but kids don't always follow their parents or teacher's advice. They will do what they think is right at the time, so I believe it's more important to teach them the best way to protect themselves AS WELL AS the idea that abstinence is not a bad thing to consider when faced with the decision to have sex. She's extremely conservative, which I'm not, so I can't say much to that effect. She says she's a lover of environment and wildlife, yet she supports drilling in the wildlife preserves. She hunts too. How can you love something and kill it for fun and actually believe you love wildlife? She changes her mind as often as McCain does and says dumb things like McCain does. They are a match made in heaven!!! Seriously though, she just annoys me. It truly scares me that she could not only become our vice president, but if McCain kicks the bucket while president (which could happen), she steps up to take his job. People can say that could happen to Biden since he's old too, but he's not president, he's vice president. Obama would still be leading this country and he would just have to pick a new running mate if that were to happen. Back to Sarah... she's all I hear about and the more and more I hear about her, the more and more I dislike her. I honestly don't think she can make the right decisions for what this country needs. She's gotten so much attention, but only because she's different. I do not believe she can really stand for any change that we need as a country though. She's really is only there to help McCain win the game and not because she is qualified to do the job as VP correctly.
Sorry about this lengthy post. Kudos to you if you read through it.
