Who should our next United States President be?
Written by Ibrahim on August 27, 2008 – 8:36 am -If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!
In an effort to make Zen College Life more interactive for the readers, I’m going to start inserting polls, allowing users to vote use the comments field to express reasons for said choice. With the presidential election coming up very soon, I figured this would be the best place to start.
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Tags: Barrack Obama, John McCain, Presidential Election
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too terrible!There are too many foods can arouse my appetite.
August 27th, 2008 at 12:07 pm
I see a few of you are voting, but nobody is leaving any comments to give their reasons. If you really believe in your candidate, and have good reason, you should tell other readers why. Your beliefs could make a difference in someone else’s.
August 27th, 2008 at 2:27 pm
Well most people would agree that the current state of affairs are not what they would consider favorable. In lamest terms, The economy is kaput, health care is pretty much available for the privileged few, the war in Iraq has left the country’s finances, even according to republican math, way out of wack. The planet is in peril, our public education is becoming increasing socioeconomically segregated. All of these are the result of the politics of this past administration. McCain doesn’t seem to think any of this is a serious problem, he likes the state of affairs and is ready to keep the status quo for the rest of his term as president ( IF elected).
Personally I am becoming sick of being divided by the use of over played right wing fear tactics. I believe now we are standing at a dawn of a new type of politics, one that is crossing party-lines, religious backgrounds, and cultural drifts. It’s uniting us all, behind one candidate, behind a common hope.
E pluribus unum. Is what our currency reads. I hope that out of the many voices that are crying for help in this dark hour, we hear each other and vote as one, for a new hope, for Senator Barack Obama.
August 27th, 2008 at 8:49 pm
I can’t stand Democrats or Republicans. They all say the same stuff and nothing really gets done. But I will admit, Obama and McCain can give good speeches. The truth though, is that speeches don’t get crap done. The Republicats are just good talkers and the media makes them superstars. You can call me crazy but I am going to write in Ron Paul. He’s the only candidate that has a defined line when it comes to policies and his decision making.
Also when candidates promise this and that about the war “The Revolution A Manifesto” by Ron Paul states this. “Even war doesn’t really distinguish the two parties from each other. Hillary Clinton and John Kerry voted for the Iraq war.”
Don’t believe the candidates be an INDEPENDENT thinker.
Sorry for being a ranter, but that’s how I feel about politics.
By the way I really like this blog. Keep up the good work.
August 27th, 2008 at 10:08 pm
Alex I agree with you as far as your feelings for Democrats and Republicans. It’s crazy how some people will support anyone from their chosen party no matter how crazy. To be honest with you Ron Paul was my first choice, but writing him in isn’t really going to make much of a difference, and I don’t want McCain to be our next president. I like Obama’s stance on most of the hot issues, and though I would consider myself conservative by nature, I just can’t vote for someone who doesn’t see a problem with the current state of affairs.
Thanks Alex and Ayesha for speaking your mind!
September 24th, 2008 at 11:17 am
I will be voting for McCain for a few reasons.
1.) Taxes: McCain will cut taxes for everyone and will cut capital gains taxes as well as the corporate tax rate. Some people are not in favor of cutting the corporate tax rate, however, decry how American companies are moving to other countries. Maybe its because we have the second highest corporate tax rate. And in so far as capital gains taxes, if any of you want to invest in stocks or a 401K, maybe you ought to rethink voting for Obama because if you in fact had a stock portfolio, as many do currently in America, you would be penalized when Obama came into office.
I have other reasons, but, this is the most important.
September 24th, 2008 at 11:34 am
@Nicholas Quick question, as I may be uninformed, but from what I’ve read, McCain’s plan will not cut taxes for everyone. Rather only for the higher income brackets. For most of us Obama’s tax cuts will be more beneficial.
I understand the idea behind cutting corporate taxes, though, and I see why it could be considered a good strategy.
October 1st, 2008 at 8:41 am
I’m not sure about him only cutting taxes for the higher income brackets.
What I know is that he has promised not to raise taxes for ANYONE. That is the real point here. Look, Obama wants to raise capital gains taxes as well for high income earners. I just think its class warfare and all it does is tax productivity. Look at the bail out plan right now. Obama is for it, however, we are bailing out some of those people who he would tax even more? Doesn’t that seem to be a contradiction?
The fact of the matter is, rich people run this country and that is how it has been and that is how it always will be. However, McCain has said that he wants everyone to be rich, with Obama, its really the opposite. It is income redistribution.
Nicholas Cornors last blog post at [site] was..Chipotle
October 25th, 2008 at 4:03 am
We have the ability and enough knowledge to choose or vote for our next president. But we need to consider not only because we like that candidate for a reason but we need to vote wisely. A single vote is very important to have a progressive nation. In 1932 Franklin Delano Roosevelt was President of the United States as the country was twirling into a severe recession. Is the U.S. better off today than it was back then? FDR’s “New Deal” economic policies radically reformed the way the U.S. Economy works. The government’s role in the economy evolved to a dire extent that America had never seen. In the short-term, Roosevelt’s policies provided the country with a needed lift. On the other hand, it can also be argued that his policies have left long-term damage to the country. Paul Rubin gave his opinion on a Wall Street Journal article, suggesting that while our current state of the U.S. economy is not in the same state it was in 1932, both share many of the same aspects: stock market in a whirlwind, credit markets locking down and Sen. Barack Obama, a Democratic presidential candidate running on a platform that will put increased government regulations in place and into problem areas like the economy. Supporters of the free market economy are concerned that Obama’s governmental “hand-on” policies will not provide the long-term direction that the American economy so desperately needs. Those who support the standards of the free-market system will no doubt say we are in for the same economic disaster as it was back in 1932.
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