I don't like that Obama is going to be our next president, but I'm not sure if I'd prefer McCain to him.
Both of them support (at least in the form of the corporate bail-out) the bizarre kind of socialized business we have in this country, and many, many people are going to die no matter who was elected.
I at least had some respect for McCain before the election, but the way he run his campaign destroyed all of that. (Not the worst campaign in history by a long shot, but still not one to be proud of).
And Obama is an extremely intelligent man (and I am a sucker for his speeches), and I admire his move towards a more civil political dialogue, but he's never stood against his own party (which is frightening given the overwhelming Democratic majority in both houses of Congress), and while his public positions are to the left of moderate, I think his personal inclinations are even more liberal. (Ex: a reference in one of his books about wanting the death tax to be 100%... which in effect means no one inherits anything from anyone, and all the money people had put away, say, for retirement is piped straight back into the government).
I'm also suspicious of his change.gov position on charter schools -- it seems to imply that he wants charter schools to be accountable to their local school boards. School boards that traditionally hate charter schools and would shut them all down if they could.
But either way? The parties, at this point, have all the worst qualities in common, anyway.
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Date: 2008-11-10 09:10 pm (UTC)Both of them support (at least in the form of the corporate bail-out) the bizarre kind of socialized business we have in this country, and many, many people are going to die no matter who was elected.
I at least had some respect for McCain before the election, but the way he run his campaign destroyed all of that. (Not the worst campaign in history by a long shot, but still not one to be proud of).
And Obama is an extremely intelligent man (and I am a sucker for his speeches), and I admire his move towards a more civil political dialogue, but he's never stood against his own party (which is frightening given the overwhelming Democratic majority in both houses of Congress), and while his public positions are to the left of moderate, I think his personal inclinations are even more liberal. (Ex: a reference in one of his books about wanting the death tax to be 100%... which in effect means no one inherits anything from anyone, and all the money people had put away, say, for retirement is piped straight back into the government).
I'm also suspicious of his change.gov position on charter schools -- it seems to imply that he wants charter schools to be accountable to their local school boards. School boards that traditionally hate charter schools and would shut them all down if they could.
But either way? The parties, at this point, have all the worst qualities in common, anyway.