McCain v Obama: 2008

[Govinda]

If I was an American, I'd vote Obama simply because he is the only one capable of raising the international opinion of America, and that is all I am interested in. I, along with The Rest of the World Apart From You, do not want another ****ing gun slinging idiot in charge of the biggest guns in the world. We want you to show us that, contrary to recent evidence and popular opinion, you're not all idiots politically; that you can elect a consummate diplomat and statesmen who will erase that tinge of fear Europe feels whenever we hear or read the words 'American' and 'military' in the same sentence.

My boyfriend, however, is half American and registered to vote in FL. His family's overseas votes were all discounted for various illegal reasons by Bush the past two times, so this time they are all crossed every T, dotting every I, and voting for Obama as a unit. Overseas votes are going to be a windfall for that man. May he win and win well.

Problem is though, and I've said this from the start: not only will Obama be the first black President, he will be the first black President to be assassinated. Somebody already compared him to JFK. Sad. I'm waiting for you lot to prove me, and a lot of others who hold that opinion, gloriously wrong.

[Zardoch]

Honestly, Obama is just a mistrusting as Clinton is and I'd never vote for him. Despite America's popular opinions about things like war and illegals, I wouldn't be surprised if he flip-flopped on everything he believed in the minute he gets into office. For one, pulling the troops out now would not only kill quite a bit of Americans over there, but it'd also raise the flag for anyone who is anyone to take a piece out of the disgruntled country of Iraq and kill thousands of more Iraqis because everyone is scared shitless of going any further to help these people. This means that if we did such a thing, it'd only make America look worse and even America would flip-flop on its own bullshit opinion, forcing whoever anti-war candidate is in office to go back to Iraq.

Second, if a democrat gets into office, we're almost NEVER going to see prices go down on gas. They've been stalling the push for drilling more oil when we ABSOLUTELY NEED IT and continuing to bend over for foreign nations such as Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Venezuela. That and it's "politically correct" to go along with global warming and environmental ****tards because it is has become the "popular" opinion. I'm sorry, but if we continue to shoot ourselves in the foot over the environment then our prices for nearly every ****ing thing is going to go up to insane levels and our country AND the value of the dollar is going to practically die. America needs to wake up and understand that our pathetic dependency on foreign oil will hurt us the longer we are swayed by political correctness and fear. Are you prepared to pay 6-10$ a GALLON because of furry little animals and not only that, but pay probably triple what we're paying for food in particularly?

Third, despite McCain's similar beliefs as Bush, he does seem to hold some liberal beliefs and might actually f-ing get us on new energies to help stop our dependence on foreign oil. That's one of the most important issues about all of this that need to be addressed as soon as possible.

Anyway, Obama, at least to me, is a frichen bunny rabbit in a wolves' suit. He's been scared of just about any bad thing thrown his away and has either denied what happened or went along with the popular belief rather than stating what is on his own mind. He's already flip-flopped on something because of the realization of how bad one of his ideas were so it wouldn't surprise me if he became a frichen republican after getting the office.

All in all, he's still not trustworthy enough to run this country and becoming "the first black president" has as much worth as a piece of used toiler paper. I wouldn't care if he was the first transgendered Chinese president. If he was actually trusting and had the common sense to help America, I'd vote for him/her. Obama and Clinton don't. McCain has a few issues I do or do not like, but he's better than the popular alternative.