This year's election has me in a quandry: I have no idea who to vote for, dislike both candidates, and find myself wishing desperately that I could form a 3rd party all on my own...but then who would I nominate for president?? Lately, T-rav and I have been discussing the pros and cons of both Obama and McCain, leaving me feeling just as undecided as before. Anyway, here are some facts from a recent
CBS/NY Times survey. I thought they were interesting, if nothing else.
- Barack Obama leads John McCain 45 percent to 39 percent in the latest CBS News/New York Times poll of registered voters nationwide.
- 43 percent of registered voters believe Obama says what he believes, not just what voters want to hear. Down from 53 percent in May. Forty-six percent believe McCain says what he believes, down from 51 percent in May.
- Slightly more than half of McCain voters - and 56 percent of Obama voters - say the candidates have changed their issue positions to get elected. About 4 in 10 of those who feel that way say the change has made them think worse of the candidates.
- 73 percent of voters describe McCain as "very patriotic," while 37 percent view Obama that way. Obama has improved on this measure. In April, just 29 percent considered him "very patriotic."
- When asked who would be an effective commander in chief 46 percent say McCain would "very likely" be effective, while just 24 percent say the same of Obama. Thirty-six percent say it is "not likely" Obama will be effective.
- Forty-eight percent of registered voters believe America's image in the world will get better if Obama is elected, while just 18 percent say America's image will improve if McCain is elected.
- Voters under 65 support Obama, particularly those between 18 and 29 years old, where there is a 12 percentage point difference between the candidates. Voters 65 and older favor McCain by a small margin.
So how do I choose?
8 comments:
With a US population of roughly 301,139,947 (Google search), it makes me ask the question: "Are these really the best two guys we could find for the job????"
I agree. What were americans thinking in the past 7 months????????? I don't think I am going to vote this year. Or maybe I will vote for Nador, is he running again??? It will depend on the VPs as well...who do you think they will pick????
My best guess for VP (but it's just a guess because no one knows for sure yet): Obama will not pick Hillary. I don't know who he'll get. McCain will pick Romney. You MUST vote! So vote for Nader because he's running (like always).
I'm also leaning toward a third party: Constitutionalists, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, *anybody*. Also, the other day I was considering in my mind how one becomes an ex-pat. Seriously.
I think we're looking in the completely wrong pool of people for a president. What about the business world? Our government really is just a huge corporation. It has employees, a payroll and the product it turns out is our government services. Why not find a business leader that has experience balancing a budget, making a business profitable, keeping up a relationship with other businesses in the same industry and working with all of the groups involved to produce a final product that people want at a reasonable price? Maybe it's a matter of the cost and compensation involved in being president. Just to become president someone has to pay a huge price financially and personally. The people capable of successfully leading our government can find better compensation for less hassle somewhere else.
Businessman....aka Mitt Romney. I think he would have been great. Not just cause he is Mormon. But he is a great businessman! So if McCain gets him as VP I would vote for him I guess. Just cause I like Mitt. And I like his name. Mitt. It's a nice name. Anyway, Romney would be McCain's best ticket to a chance at the casa blanca. Cause if he picks that crazy southern baptist guy who was running (I forget his name...) he will definitely NOT win. And I don't think I like Obama that much...he is too...(and i never thought I would be saying this...) idealist! Some things just can't happen in America! And he seems sort of sketcy...I don't know why, I just don't know how much I like him. Anyway. I wish Romney had won. He would have been great. And he is good looking. We need a good looking president....and McCain does NOT fit that description...he's just TOO old. And Obama...well he's not bad but Mitt is still better ;) ahahahaha (just kidding by the way)
Here's an interesting and humorous Obama and McCain comparison in an article:
"Everywhere he went in recent days — in New Hampshire, Maine, Pennsylvania, Ohio and here in Colorado — the Arizona senator drew warm and appreciative crowds. No matter that many, if not most, of those in the audiences were senior citizens. Seniors vote in big numbers.
For the most part, the side-by-side images weren't pretty:
*Obama meeting with leaders in Iraq, McCain on a golf cart in Kennebunkport, Maine, with the first President Bush.
*Obama before a sweeping Mideast landscape, McCain holding a news conference in a supermarket in Bethlehem — Pennsylvania, that is — and narrowly escaping an attack from a tumbling stack of apple sauce jars.
*Obama delivering his trip's keynote speech at Berlin's Victory Column, McCain eating bratwurst and chatting with reporters at a German restaurant in Columbus, Ohio."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080725/
ap_on_el_pr/mccain
Travis has the right idea. Romney would have been a great pick.
Both choices are almost no choice. I have been voting for 28 years and I have never felt so disappointed in my picks. Where is a Ronald Reagan? Where is a JFK or RFK?
Course this is why many like Obama. He is inspiring and seems to have presence. Put him up agains McCain-and well McCain is tired and worn out. I think we will have Obam a as the next pres. Me though, I am voting for McCain because he still represents strength in the most important things to me-strong military, low taxes and his policies should be better for the economy.
Dad
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