“Eight is Enough!”
Posted on August 8, 2008I have just a few quick political thoughts for today. First, Obama’s nomination acceptance speech last night was exactly what it needed to be. Check out the video here for the full experience, but I’ll leave all of the other analysis to the experts.
Second, kudos to John McCain for ensuring that, either way, a precedent will be set in this year’s election. While I think that the choice of Gov. Palin was, in part, to pander to some of the pro-Hillary crowd, as most of that crowd is pro-Choice, I don’t believe it will be a significant factor in the election. Combine that with a few skeletons, her extreme lack of foreign and domestic policy experience (yes, much more so than Obama), and the very real possibility that McCain might pass on in office, I’m not sure that she’s the safest choice to ensure his victory.
This, I figure I should link to this post on the excellent blog Pulse of Central Florida where I recently posted a rather lengthy comment on exactly what I like support Obama over McCain. This was in response to post about how Obama wasn’t exactly specific on the issues and what he would do as President. While there is a great deal to get excited about by Obama the person, there’s even more excitement and a great deal of detail about Obama the candidate that’s worth pointing out from time-to-time. Here’s to hoping that last night marked the opening salvo of this fall’s election battle.
“Eight is enough!”
Tags: McCain, obama, Palin, Politics, Video
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You make excellent points about Obama and McCain, especially McCain’s choice of Palin –that was a very strategic move, but I hope it doesn’t backfire.
29.08.2008 13:48
I like the points. I would add:
- Economic policy mirrors that of the most successful of the last thirty years, the Clinton era. Not just the tax levels but the PAYGO rules for congressional and budgetary spending. McCain has not said any specifics on how he intends to do the same.
- As far as economics, he spent time teaching at the University of Chicago and has been influenced by the beacons of conservative economic theory, the same that McCain supports but knows nothing about. He understands markets and their worth, won’t let them go nuts [Bush] and won’t subjugate them [Carter] into oblivion.
- A substantive call for Americans to give, not money in taxes, but to volunteer and to work for those that need help the most. Plans to reinvigorate Americorps and the Peace Corps allow us to feel apart of the efforts, rather than just keep spending but to put out the very best of USA to the world in action not just words.
- Policy of engagement. While the GOP paints it like catering to dictators, Reagan won the Cold War through engagement, Carter lost an election [the world's faith] through unilateral, subversive action. Does not mean give them any thing and never pull the trigger, but the words of the great republican, Speak softly and carry a big stick. Notice speak came first.
- A real call for reforms to the system in which we care for veterans. Nearly an overhaul. It is fine to say you support the war but if you have to pick up the pieces of those who fought it for you.
29.08.2008 15:24