Thursday, October 16, 2008

The Last Debate

I think that last night was McCain’s best performance yet in a debate. He finally came out swinging, while Obama just played defense. Although McCain was good, I don't think he was good enough. With the recent polls putting Obama a good four points ahead of McCain, McCain needed to blow the voters away and I think he came up short.
McCain did a good job of clearly stating the issues, and separating himself from President Bush, but he had some downfalls as well. For instance, he repeatedly tried to call Obama's character into question and link him to Bill Ayers and, contrary to McCain’s belief, those "facts" were not facts. I was also disappointed to hear McCain imply that the health and well-being of the mother should not be a deciding factor in whether or not to perform an abortion.
Most of the polls I have seen have just barely given Obama the victory in this debate, but then again, I don’t watch Fox news. I'm sure McCain took that one in a landslide. In my opinion, I'd call it a tie.. or give the victory to Joe the Plumber...

Friday, October 10, 2008

The Bailout in Action

AIG recently received an $85 billion loan in order to avoid bankruptcy, but instead of using the money to keep their company alive and help pull the US out of this economic crisis, they decide to take a little spa trip.



But hey, don't you think they all deserved a little vacation?
Seriously, it disgusts me.

"That One" is NOT a Terrorist.

Personally, I think the way that McCain and Palin have been running their campaign this last week is appalling. Spreading lies about how Obama is around cavorting with domestic terrorists just doesn’t seem like an honorable campaign strategy to me.

Obama and Ayers, now a college professor at the University of Illinois, served on the same education board and live in the same neighborhood. Obama can’t help who his neighbors are, hell my neighbors could be serial killers, does that make me one to?

The fact that people at a recent McCain rally were all calling Obama a Muslim terrorist just proves how naive the American public is, and how quick we are to jump onto the bandwagon without giving the facts a second thought.

I respect McCain for telling all the crazies at his rally that Obama is a respectable man and that they shouldn’t be scared of him, but I think its too little too late. McCain supporters literally booed him when he said that Obama was a decent person.