Old Vs New
I could not post about the debate last night. I had to calm myself down and let my mind unravel what had been said, and even what had not been said. I had to sleep in order to mull my own thoughts over. The debate was, in my opinion, a tense episode between the Elephants and Donkeys.
Despite MSNBC saying McCain was the winner of the debate, I think they accidently watched a rerun of one the previous debates, CNN and other news agencies declared Obama the triumphant candidate; I could not agree more.
As I was viewing the debate, I was also following the live election feed on Twitter along with my online publishing class’ own live feed. From start to finish, I barely saw one tweet that complimented McCain. 98 percent of the tweets were praises of Obama and snide remarks to McCain. I can’t possibly see how McCain has a prayer to win this election. but my friend Jessica Galliart brought up a good point. Didn’t we all think this way when John Kerry was running? We thought we had it in the bag, but the Republicans swiped it out from under us dove us into another four years of hell. It could happen again, but for our sake and the world’s I sincerely hope it doesn’t.
On the debate:
McCain seemed like a crybaby to me. He was the first to start attacking Obama on all the advertisements that dissed McCain. McCain was the first to point fingers and tell the viewers that Obama is and has been lying.
Obama was the first to correct the situation. “It’s just politics” he claimed. He was no more innocent than McCain when it came to advertisements that shot back the other candidate. The nation did not want to see a huge cry baby on stage, they wanted to see a man who held his ground, took responsibility for the slur campaigns. He was on that stage and was sitting on McCain’s right side.
Obama said everything right. His health plan seems like our best bet at a better future. Sure it might spend more than McCain’s plan, but I feel that in order to get the job done, more money must be spent before some can be saved. American’s don’t mind paying taxes, just as long as those taxes are going back into a system that will help us in the near and far future.
It is obvious to me who should win. We need a change in this government and we have the ability to do so. Why submit this country to another four years of outdated views and morals? The world has changed and we need a President who is going to roll with the punches and make this country adapt to those changes.
Obama knows we can’t rely on oil, McCain thinks we can. Obama knows we need to help the individual, McCain seems unaware of the individual. Obama is for equal rights for all sections of society. McCain still thinks the white man should reign supreme.
Not anymore.
Don’t vote for McCain. Vote for something and someone better.
