Originally Posted by l2ridehd

My personal belief is that neither of these candidates is remotely qualified to be president during the troubling times ahead. I think the current financial crisis will be solved and not have a multi year impact going forward. However the current energy crisis will be the thing that devastates this country and will last for the next 10 to 15 years after our leadership takes action. And so far all we have is no action. Without adequate energy we will face shortages of just about every commodity we need to survive. Food, heating supplies, even just fuel to get to the ER should you need it. And neither candidate has an energy plan the addresses the real issues. We need to do everything possible to get more energy. Drill now every where there is known supplies, wind, nuclear and lots of it, solar, tides, everything possible. On another thread there is a video about a military unit assigned domestically. Wait until you can't get food because it is rotting on trucks without fuel and you will see riots in this country.

I personally do want to see the US move more toward socialism because we will move to far and probably become a Marxist nation, however the coming energy crisis will move us in that direction. So I will probably vote for McCain only because he will be less likely to go in that direction than Obama and McCain may take action a little sooner on energy. And I base that solely on the no action taken by the Polsi lead congress. Allowing off shore leasing 50 miles out where there is little to no oil while foreign countries are allowed to drill much closer to our shores is just insane. However I do not like either candidate as neither one has the leadership qualities we need in the next decade.