Come on, guys do you even know the candidates' stances on the issues? All the democrats run their campaign on "change" and anti-war, anti-Bush slogans. They all (the ones that have half a chance, anyway) supported the war at one time or another, most of them voted to use force in the first place. First of all, the war is going a LOT better. Yes, 2007 was the deadliest year for American troops, but look at the second half, after the troop surge. Violence is WAY down, things have turned around. To back down from the war in Iraq now would be extremely foolish.
The democrats all gain their support from anti-war supporters, but look at Obama's foreign policy. When asked what he would do if there was a possible threat from Pakistan, he said that he would use force if diplomatic negotiations fail. Gee, that sounds really familiar. Almost exactly the situation in Iraq 5 years ago, right? These people are hypocrites, who say what their audience wants to hear. Obama has never once sat down for an interview with a real reporter who will ask the tough questions because he doesn't need people to know his ideas, he gets enough support without them.
I was watching Glenn Beck a couple of days ago, and he raised the point that supporting Obama says more about the voter than the candidate. It shows that the voter is "open minded" because they support a black candidate, and that they want change because, really, that is the only promise that Obama has made to anyone. I can't tell you how many people I've met that support Obama, but have no reason when I ask them why. What are some ideas of his that you support? What makes him better than the rest of the field? No Answers.
The same goes for Hillary. What does she have to offer? How will she enforce national security? Will she close the borders? Will she pursue the fight on terrorism (that doesn't necessarily mean the war)? Well, no not really, but lets see what she can do... she promises universal health care. Great! But she has to raise $115,000,000,000 from taxes to do it. Not so great. We all know how well her health care plan worked out in the 1990s. When she first proposed that, there was a nationwide poll that concluded that 87% of Americans were satisfied with their current health care. 87%!! You can't get get 87% of people to agree on anything! I swear people are more concerned with the minority than they are with 87%. Once that 13% becomes the deciding factor in public policy, it is a slippery slope to a full on socialist welfare state. These politicians honestly scare me for the future of this nation.
So many of these candidates get so much support based solely on name recognition. The real problem with our democracy is that the votes of uninformed citizens count just as much as the votes of the informed. If you know the policies of these candidates, have thought about the implications of those policies, and still support the candidate, then great. I have no problem with voters that have done their research.
I think i took this a lot farther than i had intended, but there is my rant for the day. Moral of the story: go out and really look into your candidate. Watch some really tough interviews with them and if you believe that their ideas will really work then keep on supporting them.
P.S. I do have problems with most of the republican candidates too, but the democratic candidates piss me off more (plus they were the original focus of this thread anyway), but that is a rant for another day, for I have to get back to work now.
