Barack Obama(D) vs John McCain(R)
So who would you like to see in office/vote for, I want to hear your opinions.
Here's a little background information:
•Obama is a first-term senator and relative newcomer on the stage of foreign affairs; McCain a fourth-termer who has taken many congressional tours abroad.
•Obama, born of an African father and American mother, would be the first African-American in the White House. McCain, from a long line of Scottish Presbyterians, is a third-generation graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, with ancestors who served in the Confederacy and one who served on the staff of Gen. George Washington.
•McCain is a military veteran, with 22 years in the Navy, including 51/2 as a prisoner of war in Vietnam. He is the son and grandson of admirals. Obama was a child during the Vietnam War and has never served in the military.
•When it comes to policy, Obama opposed the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq from the start, before his election to the Senate in 2004. McCain, while critical of the Bush administration's conduct of the war in its early stages, voted for the authorization of military force and supports President George W. Bush's strategy today.
•Obama is open to negotiation with recalcitrant world leaders, such as the president of Iran, who is pursuing the enrichment of uranium contrary to U.S. insistence that he stop. McCain holds a hard line against negotiation, instead insisting that the U.S. financially squeeze Iran.
•Obama wants to offer universal health care for Americans and is willing to raise taxes on the wealthiest citizens to help pay for a costly new program. McCain, who voted against prescription drug benefits for the elderly under Medicare, warns against the expansion of government health care and vows to avert new taxes.
(source:http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/politics/blog/2008/06/obama_vs_mccain_study_in_contr.html)
Personally I'm with Obama, because, although I agree with our involvement in the Middle East, I do not agree with the way it has been handled. The way it's been handled is not solely the fault of Bush, but the whole Republican Party, and although McCain claims to be more moderate than other Republicans, it's time for a change.
So who would you like to see in office/vote for, I want to hear your opinions.
Here's a little background information:
•Obama is a first-term senator and relative newcomer on the stage of foreign affairs; McCain a fourth-termer who has taken many congressional tours abroad.
•Obama, born of an African father and American mother, would be the first African-American in the White House. McCain, from a long line of Scottish Presbyterians, is a third-generation graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, with ancestors who served in the Confederacy and one who served on the staff of Gen. George Washington.
•McCain is a military veteran, with 22 years in the Navy, including 51/2 as a prisoner of war in Vietnam. He is the son and grandson of admirals. Obama was a child during the Vietnam War and has never served in the military.
•When it comes to policy, Obama opposed the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq from the start, before his election to the Senate in 2004. McCain, while critical of the Bush administration's conduct of the war in its early stages, voted for the authorization of military force and supports President George W. Bush's strategy today.
•Obama is open to negotiation with recalcitrant world leaders, such as the president of Iran, who is pursuing the enrichment of uranium contrary to U.S. insistence that he stop. McCain holds a hard line against negotiation, instead insisting that the U.S. financially squeeze Iran.
•Obama wants to offer universal health care for Americans and is willing to raise taxes on the wealthiest citizens to help pay for a costly new program. McCain, who voted against prescription drug benefits for the elderly under Medicare, warns against the expansion of government health care and vows to avert new taxes.
(source:http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/politics/blog/2008/06/obama_vs_mccain_study_in_contr.html)
Personally I'm with Obama, because, although I agree with our involvement in the Middle East, I do not agree with the way it has been handled. The way it's been handled is not solely the fault of Bush, but the whole Republican Party, and although McCain claims to be more moderate than other Republicans, it's time for a change.
