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Originally Posted by Lil Dancer
Its pretty easy for the voter to do their homework, look at the issues, then decide if a particular candidate is the one you'll vote for. The candidates need to present themselves and their stands on importnt issues to the voting public, then the voters make their choices.
Obviously it irks you that everyone isn't choosing McCain or has instead chosen Obama. You've made that clear in numerous previous posts. You seem to disagree with any opinion or expression of facts that puts Obama in a positive light or puts McCain in a negative light i.e. the liberal must be deficient in some way. You're certainly entitled to your views, but I don't agree with them.
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The only things that irk me are higher taxes, Cat 5 hurricanes and the designated hitter rule. Everything else is an intellectual challenge.
I have seen a lot of Sen. Obamas in my short life, all trying to sell the sizzle and not the steak. They preach one thing (change) and turn out to be more-of-the-same and my tax bill keeps rising.
I have considerable respect for Sen. McCain, but again, he is another Senator, and they operate in a peculiar vacuum - no responsibility and plenty of visibility. Senators have a way of never getting their hands dirty with actually providing services of any kind.
As an example - we have a terrible hurricane getting ready to hit the LA coast. Governors, mayors, parish (county) administrators, chiefs of police, FEMA officials, law enforcement officers from a myriad of services, first responders of all kinds, Coast guardsmen and National Guard Troops, the Secretary of Homeland Security, a few dozen people in the various Emergency Operations Centers, the folks staffing the National Operations Center and Gustav Crisis Action Team, and hundreds of volunteers - all on the line working 24/7 to make things better. That's the gutsy end of government service and why I believe Governors have a better understanding of what it takes to keep America running than anyone from the 100-Club.
Absent from the front work and clean-up during this coming fray will be the U.S. Senate (which has no responsibility except to not get in the way and make things more difficult) except for a few Senators who will exploit the event for sound bites and photo ops.
People vote for whomever they please, and it does not irk me for whom they vote. It's tragic when they don't, because many folk have paid the price so others have that right.
True, there is information regarding the candidates easily available, and that can be part of the rub. What's easy to get is not necessarily the truth, but instead a fabricated image created by people who make a living out of taking the sow's ear and selling it as a silk purse. That's why I like to dig a little deeper and not just believe the sales pitch and polyester cover.
As far as 'positive or negative light" is concerned, the candidates place themselves under the bulb. We just need to recognize it for what it is.
If the candidate cannot handle scrutiny, then the candidate has something to hide. People who have something to hide make for shaky sales risks.
I admit that I'm leaning towards Sen. McCain as the better of two Senators vieing for the job. That's only because he has spoken of reality and has shown he's no puppet of the RNC. That's the hurdle that Sen. Obama has to leap for my vote - show you are not the DNC's sock-puppet and speak realistically (no BS, catch phrases or I'll-give-you-everything rhetoric).
The race is not over, the goods have not been fully inspected, and the sale has not been consummated. There's still two months to go.
Oh yes, and if it is "being far to the right" to expect honesty, substance and capacity from a candidate for a government job, then call me Righty!