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Yeah I have this bad feeling that Obama will win, but will get shot by some crazy redneck(hired by Hillary)....

If McCain wins, I'll be disappointed by America's decision. I do not like him. Not at all, and I'm a republican. Obama would be better for the country, but I don't want him to win simply because I know that we're far from ready for that kind of change. I'm not going to enjoy the next four years with our new president, which ever one it is.

I'm voting McCain! 3nodding

Obama seems to try too hard to please everyone and phrase everything so cautiously and it makes him too fake for my liking. Besides, he's just as white as he is black (he's got a white parent) but rather than using that to help unify both sides of the racial coin, he seems to be playing the race card. I find that kind of sad. Oh, and he picks a running mate who has been known to suffer from foot-in-mouth disease. I have no faith in Obama's choices, so I won't be casting a vote his way.

CLINTON?!? Why the freak would I EVER want to vote for her? That would be horrible and it is an insult to insinuate I would hold a grudge that she is out of the running. At least Obamarama is a bit more tolerable than Clinton, and he has a much more interesting name. I can call him fun things like Yak-A-Rama!

Oh, a the issues that the Dems are focusing on don't really matter much to me. I'm Republican. So of course McCain is my candidate. We both love money and realize that it is the answer to solving political problems. Which is why business is going to be part of the solution...even the the problems that the Dems are hyped up on solving. Hence why I vote Republican.

Seriously, none of these issues will get resolved without money, and pandering to the middle class and poor will not solve anything. Scare away the rich and the big companies and you lose the money that they would otherwise put back into the economy. Tax breaks make it easier to woo the givers of money, not tax hikes...that makes them start investing overseas instead of locally. Tax hikes only yield so much and then the companies hit with the hikes are less willing to allot other funds to benefit this nation because they instead need it to place in forgien investments to recoup what they lost to this government. Hence fewer donations to schools and charities. Yes, they only do it for image building, but it still helps a great deal and is better alloted when the government isn't meddling with the money dispersal. A large sum helps build computer labs and acquires more up to date learning tools and finance scholarships better than a small subsidized sum that barely even purchases new textbooks (if that). And that's just one example...of course many Dems don't want to think that way about big businesses because it kills the whole "big business is bad" image, and Republicans don't want to admit that they worry about some of the same things as the Dems because it makes them look soft or something. Obama may dream big, but I don't think he'll pull enough clout to make the changes he's promising even with the title of President. McCain can...and if he gets the presidency he might even achieve some of the things Obama stands for because it would be good to make some changes to better this nation, and McCain knows that. He's just not going to make the promises Obama makes because McCain is Republican and it just wouldn't look right...yet. Their are a lot of young Republicans who will someday make it OK for Republicans to solve the Dems issues and even promise to do so...as time passes, there will be a change in how Republicans are view. But for now, I rather enjoy reveling in being part of the so called "Dark Side" of politics. It is fun to know we can manipulate big business to do our bidding without them fully realizing that we know what we are doing. Hell, even my patients haven't figured out that they succumb to me, I do not succumb to their complaints.

Now if Obama (almost typed Osama...he really should spell that a little differently sweatdrop ) were to think a little more craftily, I'd think he'd be great and would be better able to resolve the issues he's addressing. But his not, and he may inspire the poor and those who thought there was no hope...but they are not the ones that generally succeed in making the lofty changes that they lust for. The rich and powerful are the ones to do that. So if Obama gets in, I fear at least another 4 years of only minimal changes. At least his idea of change is good, he just isn't very likely to actually achieve it with his methods. He just isn't crafty or cunning enough to find little tricks to make big companies willingly open their pockets and give more than than tax hikes would yield...though maybe he'll learn...maybe.

People claim McCain will be just like Bush because he is another Republican and Republicans hold such similar views, but McCain wants to make changes as well. I like his ideas better, and he has the experience to make the changes he seeks. I'd rather go with a candidate with better odds of pulling through rather than a lofty dreamer. I'm a realist not an optimist. I'd also want a candidate who picks a running mate who is less likely to clash with his ideals or put his foot in his mouth regularly. Sometimes I think Obama doesn't realize his running mate could make us look even more pathetic in the eyes of the world. Its already bad enough that Obama is such a suck up. Though I love that Obama actually used the exact same "magic wand" analogy as Bush did...almost verbatim. It made me laugh when I heard that.

Anyway, I know Obama is really popular with young people. All that really matters is who is more popular with those of us actually old enough to vote. Since a lot of young voters actually don't vote in large number, and the older voters do, it will be interesting. I'm voting McCain, and I hope Romney is named as his running mate. That would be a threat to Obama and his running mate.

OBAMA/BIDEN FTW!!! mrgreen

Seriously, though, I DO think that Obama has a very good chance of winning. McCain just keeps making too many missteps.

I would say that anybody would make a better president than Bush, but something tells me that he is going to pull some stupid stunt to mess up the election so that he can hold the presidency for another four years. If he doesn't that will surprise me!