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Originally Posted by Jason1
I say so what if the media is baised towards Obama? Good I say, the media cares enough to not want a shitty president.
But all that is Republican bullshit anyways, as is all the crap about Obama not having any "experience". Its just Republicans desperatley trying to dig up anything bad on Obama. Unfortunatley for them, thats all theyve got and Americans arent buying into the Republican lies.
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I'm still confused...Obama's foreign policy strategy looks oddly similar to dubya's....
Only he wants an insurgency in Afghanistan....and, unlike Hilary, he voted for FISA:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FISA_Am...ts_Act_of_2008
I know, I know...immunity for telecom..yada yada, it's still a lot of power to give the government.
My point is, America is going to have a complex foreign policy problem for a long time regardless of who gets elected. America is going to have a complex economy problem too. Too complex for me to really understand.
So, what's your defense for Obama? Xantar made a pretty valid point, a lot of hot topic issues like abortion fall on the state for the most part. So, the guy we elect as President will be able to hopefully make a small impact with things like foreign policy, our global image, our economy, the social security system...etc.
And while I'm pro-choice, I think second and third trimester abortions are fucked up. Well, I think first trimester abortions are messed up too, but that would pretty much be a direct conflict of my pro-choice stance. I have my own thoughts on abortion, but that's for another thread.
I'm still not sold on McCain either....grant it, he's not going on this stupid crusade through Germany, but he's not exactly capturing the spirit of America in America...hopefully the Republican campaign guys can get everything sorted out by the time Obama and McCain get into a debate.
Edit: And don't tell me Obama is going to "change" the country or he is "new and uncorrupted" because those don't mean anything. Those are buzzwords, and they irrelevant to how Obama is going to solve the Iraq problem, not launch an insurgency into Afghanistan, keep Iran on political terms and not go to war with them, start bringing our economy out of its 8 or 9 trillion dollar debt, and repair our global image which is kind of bad right now. As a campaigning candidate he might be winning the heart of Europe...I wonder if he will maintain it when they find out his "withdrawal plan" for Iraq involves leaving 50,000-75,000 troops there, and that he wants to finish up America's beef with Afghanistan.
By the way, Jason1, you are an American...and if you are not paying taxes yet you will be. The 8 or 9 trillion dollar debt will come out of your pocket and my pocket for many years to come....needless to say that doesn't excite me.