Xmoon said:
Obama seems blahblahblah to me. He is good talking but only this.
McCain is a hero. Nobody like that man in Europe. Trust me.
But I think for world's well being McCain will be much better.
Obama seems blahblahblah. And McCain doesn't? He is worse.
Hero? Well being in the military does not automatically make you qualified to be president.
The world would be better with McCain? How? Was Bush good for the world? Maybe you like war? How about McCain saber rattling with Russia over Georgia? Do you like thermonuclear world war?
I know that my vision of USA is very limited.
Again. I prefer a strong USA. Like USA in WWII. And to me McCain is that America that fought Hitler. Idealist, with faith.
Obama is a meh America.
Sorry for my english.
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He was a prisoner of war until 1973, experiencing episodes of torture and refusing an out-of-sequence early repatriation offer; his war wounds left him with lifelong physical limitations.
Torture is a world's plague.
Another tortures.
I prefer McCain. He understand war and torture much better than Obama.
Translated from spanish from a catalan economist:
http://www.columbia.edu/~xs23/catala/artic...Barak_Obama.htm
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Obama is the More Attractive
It has the elegant movement of Tiger Woods, the aristocratic beauty of Denzel Washington, sympathy contagious Michael Jordan and dexterity verbale Martin Luther King.
Barak Obama, the first African-American candidate for the presidency of the United States, has a special personal appeal that makes him the favorite of all the polls (especially those made in Europe). Always dressed in a dark suit, one shirt white, red or blue tie and a pin of the American flag on the lapel ... What? A pin with the American flag? But if a few months ago, Obama said that the pin was an abuse that the Republicans did in the flag by partisan goals and refused to get where he gave on 11 September! How is it that has decided to return to ponérselo?
Curious. Do you not believe? In fact, just as curious that a whole series of changes that the charismatic candidate has been experiencing lately: only three months ago Obama was a kind of messiah of the left adored by all progressive in the world (especially Europe) and now it seems that the messiah is abandoning its loyal and embraces more centrist liberal positions.
When I was a left-wing three months ago, Obama is vehemently opposed to free trade treaty that the U.S. has with Canada and Mexico (the Progres think that globalization hurts workers in rich countries because they are taking jobs to countries poor so that all political leftists should oppose the free trade). Now that is moderate, said the trade agreement in North American countries must be met and that trade is beneficial to society.
When I was a left-wing three months ago, Obama opposed the FISA law (law of foreign espionage and intelligence) that was intended to pardon telecom companies that spied on U.S. citizens after the September 11. Now that is moderate, will vote in favor of the law.
When I was a left-wing three months ago, Obama pledged not to use private funds to finance his election campaign (as it is known that the non-progressive tolerating private financing of election campaigns). Now that is moderate (and immensely rich, thanks to private donations, by the way), has reneged on its promise.
When I was a left-wing three months ago, said that unlike Bush, he would meet with all the presidents of the world (including the Iranian Almadinejad, or the Castro brothers) "without preconditions". Now that is moderate, suggests that any international event requires a "preparedness".
When I was a left-wing three months ago, Obama said that income taxes should go up to finance, among other things, a universal social security. Now that is moderate, proposes tax cuts for the middle classes. "
When I was a left-wing three months ago, stated that the law prohibiting carrying of arms in Washington DC was fully constitutional. Now that is moderate and that the constitutional court has rejected such a law, has declared that the supreme court is right.
When I was a left-wing three months ago, Obama said it could never repudiate his pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, even racist who pronounce from his pulpit. Now that is moderate, it has repudiated without any contemplation.
Ah! And let's not forget the best: when it was left three months ago, Obama promised that the United States would leave Iraq "16 months after his arrival to the presidency." Now that is moderate, said it will only when "Iraq is stabilized and there is security across the country."
In just three months, the candidate Barak Obama has experienced a Copernican shift. Why is there such a mutation? Well, one of two: either received a visit from some enlightening archangel that has made him see the light ... or his strategy to reach the White House goes through progressive moderate its radical positions. Me, I'm not quite up to believe in heavenly views, rather I am inclined to think that such a cynical and alarming lack of principles is a strategy clearly studied.
On the one hand, Obama knows that to win the primaries, a Democratic candidate needs to do to see that it is very left-wing vote in the primaries only the most radical militants. To win the general election, however, the same candidate has to move toward the center because the votes of the left has already insured. That is, voters radical auparon toward him to believe that the nomination would leave Iraq right away, never to vote for McCain rather than betray the Obama and say now that will stay in Iraq as long as required; conclusion: a betrayal. Unable to lose votes from the left, the optimal strategy is to go as far right as possible in order to scrape the votes of more moderate Republicans.
On the other hand, Note that the "principles" of the new and moderate Obama is very close to defending McCain. That is not a coincidence: Obama thinks that if there was no substantial ideological differences between the two candidates, citizens will eventually surface valuing personal factors such as pleasantness, beauty or charisma. And of course, everyone knows that, taking the best of Tiger Woods, Denzel Washington, Michael Jordan and Martin Luther King, in the superficial aspects, Obama is the most attractive.
