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Originally Posted by Conquista  The chance for democrats to win this year is fairly high, since the senate and house of rep is controlled by the democrats, and after bush's **** ups during his term as president. He would've been impeached for the war in iraq making false statements about nuclear missiles and etc, if the house of rep and senate weren't controlled by the republican party.
anyway, what do you all think about Obama, the first African American presidential nominee. Having a good chance to win this year's election. There are also rumors that if he does win, chances are that he might even get assassinated during his term in office by some angry racist person. |
I think he's a bad choice for president, honestly. I mean, not to say that Clinton is perfect, but I'd rather her than Obama any day. Why? Because Obama hasn't had enough experience, for one. Two, he was initially funded by some kind of slum lord of Chicago, and I'm sure he'll be "returning the favor." Three, most of his votes in the senate have been "present," which is equivalent to neutrality. That means he was neither for or against the issues raised in the senate. Why did he do it this way? Two reasons: One, he didn't want to make enemies because a decision is bound to make enemies on one of the sides, and that's bound to hurt him in the long run and label him in a certain light. Two, he is not a decision maker--he is afraid to make decisions. The President of the United States has to make decisions constantly, and this guy's record shows that he's incapable of doing the job. So he's inexperienced, and has trouble with decision making. Is that the kind of president you people want? I don't. I don't care that the guy's black, and people shouldn't support him just on the sole grounds that he's black, which I've seen to be the case with quite a few people.
Anyway, Hillary, at least in my opinion, fits the job description a lot better. She is aggressive, and she looks like she'd set goals and bust her ass to achieve them. She strikes me as a go-getter, which is defintely the first good sign.
Aside from all that, I'll comment on the fact that I'm glad we finally got a democratic president. Not that I'm a strong democrat supporter, but I lean more on that side than the republican side. There's just too much "God" on the republican side, I'm sorry to say. And not to offend anyone that's religious, but I'd rather religion be kept out of politics as much as possible. After all, we're a secular nation, but it certainly doesn't come off that way when every single president up until the latest is a proclaimed Christian, and more than half of the United States are Christians, and groups like the Christian Coalition are among the most powerful and influential groups in the United States.
Furthermore, I'd like to say that I wish there were more parties involved than simply republican and democrat. That's just too clear cut, and the reality is that it's not at all. In fact, the whole concept of republican versus democrat blurs reality. Why? Because it shouldn't matter which category a person falls into, it's their beliefs and opinions that matter. I realize that I'm contradicting my previous statement, but not only was I speaking generally there, but the party system "forces" candidates to alter their views in such a way that they fall into either one of the categories.
Anyway, just my two dollars.