democratic national convention
August 28th, 2008
so, i just finished watching barack obama speak at the democratic national convention. all i’m going to say is, (making no comments as to my vote) does john mccain actually have a chance at this election? barack obama made more sense in 30 minutes than dubya has in 8 years. i can’t wait to watch the republican convention. i just don’t see how mccain can compete. this is going to be interesting. i open the comment forum for your thoughts. let it roll. but please, keep it respectful.
Obama was surprisingly good. He seems to really be in touch with his family and that connects well with me. He is not a father of the country figure like a Reagan or a Carter but he does have an appeal.
totally agreed. and while the republicans might tout his “inexperience”, i for one like the idea of having someone in office that isn’t tainted by the d.c. stink. and he definitely came across as a man who doesn’t want to indiscriminately raise taxes. i have no issues taking money back from the corporations that made good use of the legal loopholes that they have helped to create via bottomless pocket lobbyists.
Read my lips: voteforobamaman
Just because somebody is charismatic and a good speaker with a seemingly sincere demeanor in no way makes him a good leader or right for that matter.
His underlying tone to everything is that government should play a more central role in our lives. Every policy he carries infringes on self-agency and independence from governmental interference. (Abortion on deeper levels supports this tremendously)
Steven doesn’t want the DC stink yet Obama’s VP has been in DC politics (and is credited as the quintessential career politician) for over 30 years. If you look at McCain’s voting record he has consistently voted on both sides of the aisle. His own party (Republicans) hate him, that’s why he had to bring on a staunch conservative. It’s been documented that McCain at one point almost became a Democrat and had conversation with Bill Clinton due to the apparent non-partisan alliances in which he conducted himself by.
And lastly, I say let’s expand and increase tax benefits to large corporations. Simple economics state that when businesses flourish and are viable there is a direct correlation with not only the economy but the moving parts of the economy. (E.g., the workers)
More profitable companies means expansion and growth. That means additional, higher paying, more stable and long term jobs. Tighten the governmental noose of corporations and you do nothing more than choke the people.
“Just because somebody is charismatic and a good speaker with a seemingly sincere demeanor in no way makes him a good leader or right for that matter.” – yeah, i kind of agree with you. though, charisma can unite people and in these troubled times, it would be nice to have that sort of uniting power in a president.
“Steven doesn’t want the DC stink yet Obama’s VP has been in DC politics (and is credited as the quintessential career politician) for over 30 years.” – yeah, i suppose that’s an idealistic comment on my part that doesn’t really hold. something about it still seems nice to me though…
“And lastly, I say let’s expand and increase tax benefits to large corporations.” – one of the major issues that i have with this is the amount of money that’s been given to executives. record amounts. it seems to be further separating the classes. also, while i know there’s some major science going on behind your theories, how do we explain record profits by oil companies with gas prices constantly rising (let’s ignore this recent dip. we all know it’s going right back up)? i don’t believe that most companies are that altruistic. they’re self-serving (which isn’t a bad thing. it’s called capitalism) and it seems like by the time the money finishes trickling down, a lot of it is soaked up on the way. i don’t have the answers here. if we can expand tax breaks to corporations as well as the people, i’m all for it. but if it’s one or the other, i say give it to the people. there was a reason we had a tea party…