Issue date: 9/19/08 Section: Opinion
On November 4, 2008, our country will face the tough (or not so tough, in my eyes) decision of choosing which presidential candidate they want to fix the eight year mess that George W. Bush will have left us with.
So, will it be McCain-Palin or Obama-Biden? If you want more of the same, I would go for the first choice. McCain offers a great variety of right-wing options when it comes to restricting women's rights, enforcing the ban on civil unions, and keeping our troops in Iraq until "victory" is achieved. If that does not sound appealing, the McCain and Palin ticket encourages competition in education settings (good in theory, but not so hot in practice). Competition in education does not eliminate the problem; there will still be children who are forced into a school with no technology and outdated textbooks. McCain is basically saying that if you have a problem with the school you are in, just move, do not actually bother to try and fix the problem.
According to the Move On campaign (www.moveon.org), there are some simple things one needs to know before voting McCain in this upcoming election: John McCain opposes key civil rights laws, he supports the Iraq war more than Bush himself, he supported Bush's veto on a law that would ban waterboarding, he strictly opposes a women's right to terminate a pregnancy, he voted against a child's health care bill this past year and owns eight homes despite the fact that he stated people who are facing housing foreclosures should just "get a second job", and lastly, he has 59 lobbyists working for his presidential campaign although publicly speaks out against the use of special interest groups.
Personally, I believe the Obama-Biden ticket offers a more promising call for change. Obama has been the first presidential candidate since Bill Clinton to openly speak out about HIV/AIDS and is a part of the global fight to educate people on the deadly disease. Barack Obama supports a woman's right to choose despite the fact that it is highly controversial, fights for pay-equality, and strives to end gender violence abroad. While working to raise the minimum wage to $9.50 by 2011, Obama also finds it necessary to improve transportation access to jobs. Despite his religious background, Barack Obama makes it clear that everyone deserves the right to pursue their happiness and therefore fully supports civil unions (there is even an LGBT section on his website, whereas McCain tends to tiptoe around the issue.)
My blue blood may be quite obvious here, but political parties aside, I think it is quite clear that Obama is the only presidential candidate offering a concrete plan for reconstructing our broken nation. Even if you do not agree with my views, I encourage you to get out and educate yourselves about the facts of every candidate and vote. You can register to vote or request and absentee ballot online at www.headcount.org; I personally believe it is the easiest voter form out there and HeadCount is an amazing social activism campaign which tours with bands and gets people registered to vote. The deadline for voter registration is October 10th, so get out there and express yourself.
On November 4, 2008, our country will face the tough (or not so tough, in my eyes) decision of choosing which presidential candidate they want to fix the eight year mess that George W. Bush will have left us with.
So, will it be McCain-Palin or Obama-Biden? If you want more of the same, I would go for the first choice. McCain offers a great variety of right-wing options when it comes to restricting women's rights, enforcing the ban on civil unions, and keeping our troops in Iraq until "victory" is achieved. If that does not sound appealing, the McCain and Palin ticket encourages competition in education settings (good in theory, but not so hot in practice). Competition in education does not eliminate the problem; there will still be children who are forced into a school with no technology and outdated textbooks. McCain is basically saying that if you have a problem with the school you are in, just move, do not actually bother to try and fix the problem.
According to the Move On campaign (www.moveon.org), there are some simple things one needs to know before voting McCain in this upcoming election: John McCain opposes key civil rights laws, he supports the Iraq war more than Bush himself, he supported Bush's veto on a law that would ban waterboarding, he strictly opposes a women's right to terminate a pregnancy, he voted against a child's health care bill this past year and owns eight homes despite the fact that he stated people who are facing housing foreclosures should just "get a second job", and lastly, he has 59 lobbyists working for his presidential campaign although publicly speaks out against the use of special interest groups.
Personally, I believe the Obama-Biden ticket offers a more promising call for change. Obama has been the first presidential candidate since Bill Clinton to openly speak out about HIV/AIDS and is a part of the global fight to educate people on the deadly disease. Barack Obama supports a woman's right to choose despite the fact that it is highly controversial, fights for pay-equality, and strives to end gender violence abroad. While working to raise the minimum wage to $9.50 by 2011, Obama also finds it necessary to improve transportation access to jobs. Despite his religious background, Barack Obama makes it clear that everyone deserves the right to pursue their happiness and therefore fully supports civil unions (there is even an LGBT section on his website, whereas McCain tends to tiptoe around the issue.)
My blue blood may be quite obvious here, but political parties aside, I think it is quite clear that Obama is the only presidential candidate offering a concrete plan for reconstructing our broken nation. Even if you do not agree with my views, I encourage you to get out and educate yourselves about the facts of every candidate and vote. You can register to vote or request and absentee ballot online at www.headcount.org; I personally believe it is the easiest voter form out there and HeadCount is an amazing social activism campaign which tours with bands and gets people registered to vote. The deadline for voter registration is October 10th, so get out there and express yourself.
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