November 4th: Make a Positive Change

I wrote a blog a few months ago regarding the presidential election and the Democratic nomination, Barack Obama. After Hillary Clinton lost the Democratic primaries I was confused as to who I was going to vote for in this important election since I had my full support behind her. I was either going to vote for Obama or not vote at all. Well, I already sent a ballot in with my vote for Obama. Honestly, my decision to vote for him was in large part due to the selection of the vice presidential candidates and also how well he performed in his debates against John McCain. Then it became personal for me and my family and I knew the right thing to do was to vote for Barack Obama.
Now, I stated in the blog a few months back my reasons for why the selection of Joe Biden as Obama’s running mate was a smart choice. However, the choice of McCain’s running mate, Alaska governor Sarah Palin, confirmed for me the wrong choice for president would be John McCain. Choosing Sarah Palin might have sounded like a good idea at the time since she was a woman who could lure Clinton supporters over to the Republican side and she was young. Now, it has proven to be the opposite: a really dumb idea which people believe will cost McCain the election.
In interviews and speeches Palin has done since being announced McCain’s running mate, she has proven time and time again that she is not ready for the job. As a matter of fact, I am starting to wonder how she got elected governor of a small state like Alaska. In some of the questions presented to Palin I could have answered them better than her and I am just an average person who has no business running for political office. This is not sexism either, which is a term Republicans are throwing out there. This is about Palin not being ready for the job. Hillary Clinton was ready for the job.
I would be scared to death if McCain became President of the United States. My fears would be towards Palin. McCain is 72 years old and would be the oldest president elected. Hypothetically speaking, let’s say he wins on Tuesday and then goes for re-election in 2012 and wins a second term. He would be 80 years old by the time he gets out of office if he even makes it to that age. If I am not mistaken the life expectancy of males is the late 70’s nowadays. This leads me to my point: If McCain wins there is a very high chance that Sarah Palin would eventually be President of the United States. McCain does not even have to pass away for this to happen; he just has to become ill. I do not want to even imagine what our country would be like if Palin was running it.
Another reason to vote for Obama: Our economy is in a big mess right now; the worst since the Great Depression. I feel that Barack Obama is the right candidate to lift us out of the hole we are in. The main reason: he is going to fight for the middle-class and end the useless war we have been in for 5 years. McCain is not about fighting for middle-class families; he is about protecting the wealthy and big businesses. Pretty much the same as our current president. The same will just give us 4 more years of people losing their homes and jobs. Republicans do not care about people like me. The 3 greatest presidents we ever had happened to be Democrat who cared about struggling families: President Bill Clinton, President Kennedy and President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Republicans are complaining that Obama will raise taxes. Yes, he will raise taxes on the people who make good money and who can afford to pay more taxes. He will give to the families and individuals who are struggling to make their mortgage payments, put food on the table and save for their children’s education. Why should he give a break to the rich?

So, if you want a president who will make a positive change for our country and who will fight for more jobs and for people who are in tough times right now, then the choice on November 4 should be simple.