The Real McCain

[tpunx99GSX]

Matt, Peter and Chris, im still waiting for you to tell all of us why you think McCain would be a better president? And im sure MNSportCompacts is waiting as well. You always have little comments on how we would be worse off with a democrat as president, but when it comes to hard facts, you havent posted anything that would make us think that you have any idea what you are talking about. (I really didnt mean for that to sound so mean, but please post facts)
So i leave the floor open to express your views and explain your stance on why John McCain would make a great president.

[Kracka]

We have discussed politics too many times on this board already. I have my views, you have yours :)

I'm not a huge fan of either of the main candidates, but I have too many concerns regarding Obama to consider voting for him. I personally feel there is too much drama surrounding him and he will be influenced by his pastor and wife far too much to become an effective leader.

If you base your opinions off of a few YouTube videos you are a fool. There are videos out there making every candidate look both great and also look awful. It is far too easy to take things out of context. I'd personally much rather hear about why someone will be a good president, not why the other one will be a poor one (I hate negative campaign ads).

[Matt D.]

I'm a middle of the road voter, getting me to vote one way or the other is like pulling teeth. I have never said McCain is better or Obama is better, but when clowns like you are doing nothing but finding dirt on McCain you do nothing to say why Obama is better, nor do you even try to find where Obama lacks to say, "Yeah, he's not perfect, but this is why he's better."

Remember that I wanted to vote for Ron Paul. Why? He's more moderate than both McCain and Obama.

[A//// Guy]

I agree with both the above posts. I cant stand when people, usually hard core democrats/liberals, sit and find dirt on the other candidate but dont say anything really swaying my view toward their candidate. Thats what bugs me. I have yet to see a post on a forum slamming obama, for some reason his supporters just like to point fingers at the other guy.

So far McCain has my attention, but really neither are that great.

[Halon]

I don't vote for a specific party, I vote for who I feel is the best candidate.
Right now I'm in the middle, maybe leaning a little towards McCain right now, but I have things I like about both of them I've always liked McCain ever since I lived in AZ. I like his overall view on everything for the most part. I also think Obama has a good head on his shoulders and I agree with many of the things he has to say. I think these are 2 pretty good candidates. Everyone will have flaws, there will always be something you won't agree with, there will be dirt on everyone. Like was mentioned earlier, I don't enjoy negative campaigning. There are times when it can be good to bring certain things up, like a face to face debate, but not constantly on commercial adds and what-not like is often done. I like it when they tell me why I should vote for them, not why I shouldn't vote for the other.

I am pro nuclear, so if anything, that argument would pull me more towards McCain.

[Matt D.]

I am pro nuclear, so if anything, that argument would pull me more towards McCain.
I'm with you, even though your job involves nuclear power.

[Halon]

Pro job-security :)

[asshanson]

Yea if we had modern nuclear plants here you may be able to stay in the country more often too.

Go nuclear, great source of energy in my opinion.

[tpunx99GSX]

I am not a Pure Democrat. I have always believed that you should vote for the candidate that is best for the job. But when i look at McCain i see way too much bush in him to trust him. He has showed that he is not a great public speaker, and when a president cannot speak in publc he cannot communicate his decisions, and that scares me. His views on nuclear power really scare me as if they stored all of that nuclear waste in the yucca mountain and a terrorist were to target that, the whole US would be fucked. Nuclear power is very dirty and creates waste that can cause great harm to human beings. I watched two videos on Chernobyl and almost cried because i thought about what i would feel if it were my son that came out with deformaties, (see. Chernobyl 20 years ago: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUzu1eegKWM&feature=user
and Chernobyl 20 years later: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHh3QaWKbSg) With McCains views on Nuclear power its hitting a little close to home.
Now on Obama, The reasons i like him is that he has promised 15 billion over 10 years for research on alternate fuels. He will be imposing a tax on oil companies for each acre of land that they do not use for drilling for oil, they currently have over 15 million acres of land that is not being used, and those taxes will go to alternate fuel research.

I saw this ad with a picture of Obama and the leader of Iran with the question "Is it ok to meet with anti American foreign leaders?" At the bottom of this ad it said "paid for by John McCain".
In short the answer to this is Yes. But the ad is implying that the user/voter would push no. So what kind of message is McCain trying to send us. Instead of meeting with anti American leaders and try and deal with the problems they have with us we should just ignore them and send them a message with bombs falling from the sky?

[BLaCk_1cE]

Politics is too much for me to follow closely. I dont even know who I like, I wish there were more candidates to choose from.