- In my opinion, the most important national issue in the 2008 presidential campaign has been the War in Iraq. I think that the decision to get involved in the conflict has created new problems in virtually every area of government and has negatively touched most of the lives of U.S. citizens. But I also think that we will have to handle getting out of the war responsibly, as McCain is proposing to do. Obama’s plan to leave Iraq ASAP will be good in the short-run for the troops and their families, but will also leave Iraq in a state of ruin and as McCain said in the debate on Friday, we would end up having to go back to fix the damage.
A local issue that I am finding more and more important is the financial crisis. While I know that this is an issue that will cause problems on a national scale, I find that it will have the most severe effects on the individual citizens. I agree with Bush’s proposal to bail out the country’s failing mortgage companies and banks. Of course the $700 billion cost of the plan is not within the realm of our countries budget, but I believe that if those companies went under, our nation would be worse off individually than if we went into debt as a whole.
- In the debate between John McCain and Barack Obama, I believe that both candidates were pretty clear about what they had to say about the topics discussed. However, I also felt that both candidates rarely answered the questions directly and probably just stuck to what they had said in practice for the debate.
Overall, I found McCain to be more effective in the debate. While I felt that at times he was being a bit too hard on Obama, I realized that it is possible that McCain was just sick of his competitor trying to fool the voters with his smooth talking. I believed that it was very effective when Obama would discuss his support for certain pieces of legislation and McCain would directly reference an instance when Obama had voted against what he said he had.
Without television and the Internet, next to no one would see the debate as it actually happened. Electronic media in the 2008 election allows only a small margin for reporters to completely twist the words of the candidates. Imagine if the debates, conventions, etc. were not televised. It would be much easier for political parties to badmouth the other candidate and tell utter lies to the voters without their knowing.
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What you said about televising debates prevents political parties bad mouthing each other and reporters from altering what canidates say is so true. I had never thought about it in this way and because you pointed this out
I now will value that so much of this election is televised.
Clue,
I completely agree about the Iraq crisis. If we dont stay in long enough to settle them with a managable government and make sure they're stable, we'll just go straight back. Obama's plan it to appeal to viewers at the moment, he know's pulling out would look good and that's all it takes to win an election. But we dont just want him to win, we want him to set out a well planned plan for our country, Pulling out ASAP is ridiculous.
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