I'm fairly disappointed with the Republican party, being a somewhat moderate Republican. I'm even more dissapointed with the news media and the one-sided coverage they're providing. It seems that everything I might possibly want to know about the personal lives of McCain and Palin, and their families, has been covered in excruciating detail, but I can't find any real info about Obama.
I constantly see a link with McCain and Bush, regardless of how real that is, yet the Obama team yells foul whenever an association with criminals, radicals, extremists, and terrorists is brought up. I mean, he really hasn't done much in his half-term of Senator, so what else do we have to look at?
He's a helluva speaker, although shows a real anger when questioned about things he doesn't want to talk about. He doesn't seem to have any solid details about how he'll actually change anything, just that he'll change things. I don't even see any evidence that he understands basic macroeconomics. This whole Fanny/Freddie mess is being blamed on the Bush administration, which hurts McCain by party allegience, yet Bush was working with a solid Democratic House and Senate. Heck, I heard someone on a talk show say that Obama not only got a mortgage through Freddie, he got some kind of sweetened deal. Yah, we'll see change all right.
I can't actually see where he's got ANY qualifications for assuming the Presidency. Except for one year in the Senate, the mayor of my small town is just as qualified. :)
I liked Hilary a lot more. While she's still more of a socialist than I like (hey, I earn my money, I want to keep it and spend it myself!), she didn't scare me like Obama. I'm actually frightened about what will happen if he wins this election. Frightened for myself, my family, and my country.
Understand that if there was a more capable Democrat running, I think McCain would be in a lot more trouble. I'm finding that a lot more people are worried than I expected, and a lot more are wondering what Obama is really all about.
I'm not posting any more about this, but I had to vent a little about the crappy media coverage.
In case anyone doesn't understand, this is my personal opinion and doesn't reflect anything at all from my employer or this blog site.