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Talullahhound
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The answer is they can't
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11/4/2008 9:24:33 AM
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OK, it's a new morning and I'll have a go at answering your question, even though I know the people here will slam me for it. But, that's okay, I'm used to it.
I agree with Obama's position on the war on Iraq, stem cell research and I like his ideas on health care better than John McCain's. I have a good health care program and I don't want to give it up for a $5K health care credit. Obama will allow me to keep my current health insurance.
I am pro-choice because it allows for abortion when the health of the mother is at risk, rape and incest, but I could be satisfied that instead of a total repeal of RoeVWade, it was modified.
I'm not crazy about Obama's taxation plan and I think the development of all these "teams", civil defense, evironmental, etc is a little strange. I like Obama's position on the housing crisis better than McCain's.
I like Obama's idea of talking to other leaders because I think America should always start out talking instead of fighting. We have a strong military and we have the luxury of talking to those who don't agree with us. It doesn't mean we're going to agree with them, or change our position. John McCain wants to fight --even in his campaign retoric, he is always "fighting".
I like that Obama will put the military resources in Afghanistan where they always needed to be, instead of continuing the war in Iraq and pouring billions of dollars in there. The bad guys that we need to go after are in Afghanistan, and more specifically, in the Kyber Pass area in Pakistan.
I think the country is in a slump and I think that Obama represents the kind of change that is needed now. Now, don't misunderstand this -- but I see us at the same crossroads we were at when Ronald Reagan was elected. Was Reagan a great president? Time will tell, but he was the right man at the right moment in history to make people feel like things would be okay. And that's what I think Obama does -- he gives Americans hope.
Was Obama my first choice? No, but given the two candidates that are running, I like Obama better. I don't consider his ideas to be extreme leftist like some people on this board. I don't respect that John McCain allowed his party to bamboozle him into accepting Palin as his running mate to satisfy his party base. If he really was the maverick that he claims to be, he wouldn't have allowed that to happen. Palin is so clearly not qualified to be running for national office, and he let them force him into taking her to satisfy the extreme Christian Right Wing.
You asked the question and I'm responding. I don't expect you or anyone else to agree with me.
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