The Mayor of Kirkville Says: Vote Obama
It’s election day in the US, and it’s time to make, perhaps, the most important political choice of your life. Few elections are as important as this one, and the number of people turning out to cast early votes shows that it may be the highest turnout in decades.
As readers of this blog know, I generally avoid discussing politics – there are better places to discuss such issues. But I am making this post to share what I think is a necessary recommendation: that, on November 4th, you vote for Barack Obama for president.
There are dozens of reasons why Obama has a better chance of giving America back its hope and progress. Bush’s eight year reign of fail, that McCain would essentially extend; the war in Iraq, that McCain claims may last 100 years, and that Obama has pledged to end; Obama’s tax plan that will restore tax relief to the middle-class, while McCain will maintain Bush’s tax cuts for the wealthy; and Obama’s plans for health care, which will hopefully give all Americans (or at least a vast majority) health insurance. But if there’s one item that stands out as a negative for McCain, it’s his choice of a running mate. The choice of an inexperienced joke of a politician, a flat-earther who thinks the Flinstones was a documentary, to replace McCain, an elderly man in case he were to die shows great contempt for America.
Others have expressed far better than I the myriad reasons to vote for Obama. But I wanted to share here my views and endorse Barack Obama for president. I’ve cast my vote, and I’m proud to have done so.
If you disagree with me, at least make sure you vote: voting is the most important civic duty you have. It’s a shame to not express yourself in times so dire. Let’s hope that November 5th brings new hope to America.
I can’t disagree more. Ever since the Great Depression, especially in the
Great Society
era, the federal government has been expanding, even under Republican
presidencies.
Obama represents the usual expansion from those past decades. His plan to
have the
federal government pay for health care, when it is already going bankrupt
paying for
other entitlements (one-third of federal spending, the same as defense). The
founding
father created a federalism so that the states could decide which services
would be best
for their people. If one state made a bad policy choice, it would only affect
that state
and would have much smaller budget implications.
My advice to you: stick with your usual topics, where no matter your readers’
political
views, they will have to agree that you have briliant insight. A good way to
lose half of
your blog readership is to go political on them.