John McCain:

http://www.issues2000.org/John_McCain.htm

Traits/Positions for Consideration:

-         Veteran, served his country, knows the military, and that’s important for a commander-in-chief, has experience in government and military to deal with today’s tense world situations.

-         Extensive service in the Senate, years of experience in government affairs and foreign policy

-         In favor of drilling for domestic oil except ANWR, developing our resources will make us less susceptible to our enemies who we now have to buy their oil.

-         Will promote alternative fuels to replace oil in our economy, but this take time to develop and we need our oil for the interium.

-         Taxes: will maintain existing tax cuts and does not want any new taxes, this is the best medicine for our economy

-         Will keep military and defense strong in these times of many threats to America

-         No new entitlement (give away my tax dollars) programs, give away programs have proven in the past many times to be a drag on the economy, and a burden to the taxpayer

-         Wants to eliminate “earmarks” (another sneaky means of give away my tax dollars) in legislative bills

-         Is a proponent of nuclear power and other non-carbon based power sources, most other industrialized nations derive the majority of their electrical power from nuclear power plants, why can’t we?

-         Through his years, experience and knowledge of the world has the wisdom to make decision in the best interest of America

-         Would be tough on terrorists, radical groups in the world are determined to destroy America and other western societies.

-         Wants a market-based healthcare for America, which will promote individually selectable healthcare choices, thereby control cost growth and reduce dependence on tax dollars. Also, avoid the disastrous pitfalls of socialized medicine experienced by other countries that have tried socialized healthcare.

-         Age, is a consideration, although President Reagan was 70 when he took office & served 8 years in the White House.    And you must agree that a presidential candidate with an extra 15 or 20 years of practical experience over his opponent has an irreplaceable advantage. With that experience comes greater wisdom, better judgment and fewer serious mistakes, particularly in the critically complex and dangerous decisions involving national security and foreign policy. VP pick of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin brings to the ticket an energetic successful accomplished Governor, also headed up Alaska’s Energy and Resource Commission, was a Mayor, and ran a small business, among other experience. As Governor had to executed budgets, pull factions together, compromise on tough issues and sat in the chair where the “buck stops here”.

-         Pro life, which, if established, would take the option of abortion away from women of unwanted pregnancies pushing them toward unsafe options. Pro-choice has been law since 1972 and challenged many times. Just because of a position, does not mean it will happen. There are many much larger real problems and issues to deal with.

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Barack Hussein Obama:

http://www.issues2000.org/Barack_Obama.htm

Traits/Positions for Consideration:

-         Age, youthful and energetic, but thin on experience applicable for Presidency.

-         A very charismatic evangelistic style speaker, can lull many people to a false sense of security, righteousness, and purpose that can lead to personal/economic disaster; ‘danger, danger Will Robinson’. Yet, as has been evidenced, when Obama is without a teleprompter his oration becomes jumbled and incoherent, what does this mean? And even at the convention he couldn’t offer up 1 accomplishment fitting of a Presidential Candidate! Furthermore, after 2 years of campaigning for the DNC nomination, we still know nothing about the real Barrack Hussein Obama!

From O’Rielly interview: “Obama is convinced that the federal government should be in control of income distribution and, to some extent, should regulate the free marketplace. That is a classic liberal position and he promotes it well. The senator also believes that poor Americans have a basic right to free health care and monetary supplements from the government with no strings attached. The American substance abuser, for example, would derive the same benefits, as would a hard-working, laid-off worker, again classic liberalism.” 

What we do know and don’t know:

-         Inexperienced, only 143 working days as a Senator, most of which spent pursuing a new position, becoming the Presidential candidate, no legislation or accomplishment associated with governmental experience, was an Illinois Senator during which he voted Present 135 times, no creditable experience in foreign policy, apparently indecisive with continuing issue position changes, perhaps that’s why he voted Present so many times.   Senator Biden doesn't believe that Senator Obama is ready to serve as president. When asked about Senator Obama's lack of experience he said, "The presidency is not something that lends itself to on-the-job training."

-         Questionable or unknown impact of relationships and influences from radical, anti-American persons/groups, which he has had lengthy relationships, such as: Rev Jeremiah Wright (Obama family radical pastor), William Ayers & Bernadine Dohrn (of the Weathermen, domestic terrorists, founded in 1969, an American radical left organization, helped kit off Obama’s initial senate race), Frank Marshall Davis (professed communists & suspected of un-American activities with the Soviets), Stokley Carmichael (a Marxist revolutionist), Tony Rezko (convicted influence peddler), Rashid Khalidi (pro-Palestinian, anti-Israeli), and there are more. How do they play into Obama’s plans?

-         Against drilling for and development of domestic oil reserves, this will keep us dependent on foreign oil from countries of which many are not our friends

-         A proponent of ethanol made from corn, which drives up foods cost and ethanol costs more per gallon, when you compare energy content, vs. gasoline. Ignores more viable fuel alternatives such as natural gas and the infinitely renewable hydrogen fuel, both of which are more environmentally friendly.

-         Against development of our oil reserves to reduce level of dependency on foreign oil, he sponsored Senate Bill S.115, which would make it illegal to even perform exploration to evaluate our true oil reserves around out coastline.

-         Jobs and wage policy will lead to higher built-in growth in inflation, which is not good for retirees, business or low-end wage earners. Advocates unionization of labor, which has a negative impact on initiative and personal growth.

-         Pro-Taxation: will let tax cuts expire (which will impact everyone who pays taxes now), wants to increase taxes more, remove social security income cap, increase the tax on any inheritance you might get (even though that money has been taxed many times already), tax your IRA/401K/ROTH at a higher rate when you withdraw it and initiate other taxes to pay for $300 Billion++ in new entitlement programs added to current budget.

-         Has stated will slash military spending incorrectly thinking that diplomacy will work (Israel and Palestine have been trying diplomacy for 50 years, observe the situation, there are many other examples) this will make America vulnerable to attacks from enemies and much less effective in the pursuit of world peace and order. He has already identified the military programs he’ll go after to cut.

-         Foreign policy, naive as to the workings of the world, his statements are out of step with our allies and instep with our enemies, pull the troops home and let terrorists fester abroad will sooner or later make their way here

-         Would be soft on terrorists, from his spoken words he would use diplomacy to address issues, he will talk to them while they blow us up.

-         Wants a National Healthcare System run by the Federal Gov that will be a sink hole for tax dollars and cost the taxpayers Billions of Dollars and lead to poor quality medical services. Universal healthcare has not worked in other countries that have it, do the research (Canada, U.K., France, Germany) and see I’m right. Creates large deficits, long lines at medial facilities and degrades treatment quality, as evidenced in the above-mentioned countries. 

-         Does not support the most readily available environmentally friendly power generation, nuclear power. Many other countries derive most of their electrical power from nuclear (France, Belgium, Lithuania, Sweden, Switzerland, Hungary to name a few) and they recycle their nuclear waste, why can’t we

-         Has stated/written that he supports reparation payments to black Americans (ancestors of slaves) not necessarily in cash but in federal programs that favors black Americans (ignoring all other ethnic groups?), indirect payments such as free tuition, healthcare, jobs programs, etc. This is paid for by our tax dollars! We already have this in Washington, D.C.; observe how inefficient our federal government is.

-         Obama is “sold on himself”, egocentric, so he cannot see his shortcomings and inadequacies, this is not unusual for people in his position, but for him it’s a fetish and that would result in flippant decisions dangerous for America

-         Wants sweeping change (?), what is that, does anyone know, are you sure you want whatever Obama means by sweeping changes, I don’t like unknowns

And of course with Obama comes 4 more years of having to see/hear from Nancy Pelosi

Obama Notes:

-         Michelle Obama’s downbeat attitude on America, as expressed on several occasions, may well have it’s roots in their association with their minister Rev Jeremiah Wright who conducted the Obama’s wedding ceremony, baptized their daughters, and has been caught on video screaming “God D___ America”. It is difficult to swallow her views of America as a mean-spirited country from a woman who has been given so many opportunities and garnered a high economic status and standard of living. Is this who we want redoing the White House?

-         Barack Hussein Obama Sr., Obama’s father who died when Obama was 24 years old, was a Harvard educated economists who adopted socialism and Marxist Doctrune as his prefered governmental model. He was a Nairobi bureaucrat advisor to the pro-Western Kenyan government and preached redistribution of wealth through taxation. His outspoken socialist mindset influenced Obama during his formative years. Writing in a 1965 scholarly paper, Obama’s late father slammed the administration of then President Jomo Kenyatta for moving the Third World country away from socialism toward capitalism. He chafed at the idea of relying on private investors, who earn “dividends” on their venture capital, to develop the country’s fledgling economy. He professed that he did not see why the government cannot tax to the extent necessary those who have more to fund social programs for those who have less.