Posted by
Mick O. on Tuesday, June 24, 2008 1:13:20 AM
Let's break it down to specifics. This election is pretty clearly defined. Other than the global warming issue, McCain and Obama are clearly on opposite sides of most of the remaining issues. At first I thought that there was a difference between the parties in that true Republicans stand on principles regardless of win or lose, while Democrats will do and say anything to win. But I'm not sure that is the case now. However, the fact that Democrats won't give up a seat when one of their members is in a coma pretty much says it all. And it's not about the truth, it's about politics. If it were about the truth, then Democrats would say that they agreed with Bush that Iraq had WMDs, but to say they NEVER thought he did and that Bush made it up to go to war is a LIE! Doesn't the truth and character mean anything anymore? Guess not to Democrats.
Here are some of the issues and where the parties stand:
Democrats (what they are eagerly proposing)
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Anti-war in Iraq (but they are willing to send troops to Darfur and Tibet to free people)
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Higher taxes on the rich (though they don't define what that number is so they could be aiming for you)
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More regulations to reduce global warming (though they never tell you how many jobs would be lost by the regulations or how much money that would cost and how little effect it would make because seemingly no progress has been made)
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No allowing drilling of oil - pushing conservation instead as a way to lower prices
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Believe abortion should be legal through upholding Roe Vs. Wade decision (but are terrified to let states make that decision on their own because then people would see where their politicians stand on the issue)
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Amnesty for illegal immigrants (including giving them voting rights and welfare benefits)
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Nationalized health care (paid for by taxes - of course there would be no bureaucracy involved with setting this up)
Republicans (what they should do, anyway)
- The war on terror has kept the US safe from attack for 7 years - strong on security
- Lower taxes for everyone, smaller government
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Global warming (if it even exists) has not been affected by all the billions we have sunk into the effort and it's time to admit that the earth goes through normal warming and cooling periods - this is just one of them
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Drill here, drill now, pay less and build some refineries and nuclear power plants
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Just the opposite - States should be making the law on abortion according to the will of the people - should not be a federal "law"
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Close the borders and make business -verify all social security numbers before employing people
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Leave health care alone other than doing something about frivolous lawsuits against hospitals and doctors
I know McCain is kind of lame on a lot of issues. But true Republicans that are running for house and senate seats are our best hope. Obama is dangerous because people are looking only at the color of his skin and not at the principles he believes in. Very scary.