Follow-Up to "ELECTION 2008: Is McCain's Campaign More Righteous Than Obama's?
On Sunday, October 26th, I had a very, enlightening conversation with three callers during a two-hour segment of "FIRM...but fair" with Jeffery A. Faulkerson. The topic of conversation was whether the presidential campaign of Republican John McCain is more righteous than the one being run by Democrat Barack Obama. The first caller thinks Obama is running the most righteous campaign, while the second caller thinks they're both crooks. The third caller opted not to tell us who he would be voting for, but he had plenty of positive things to say about Barack Obama.
As most of you know, I reside in North Carolina, the Tar Heel State. Consequently, I was able to participate in the early voting process. I cast my vote for the Democratic Party ticket featuring Obama and his running mate Joe Biden.
There were a lot of interesting points raised during last night's broadcast (and I don't intend on rehashing them here), but the one thing that we agreed on concerns the lack of respect that Americans have for politicians.
Most politicians will say what they need to say to secure votes, and Obama and McCain are no different. But I feel that Barack Obama has yet to be corrupted by the unrighteous maneuvers of Washington insiders. For me, he is a breath of fresh air, someone who understands what average Americans are going through. And because he had the honor of being a community organizer in Chicago, I believe in his ability to restore the bond of temporal peace within and outside America.
What do you think?
I look forward to reading your responses.
Jeffery A. Faulkerson, MSSW
www.jefferyafaulkerson.com
As most of you know, I reside in North Carolina, the Tar Heel State. Consequently, I was able to participate in the early voting process. I cast my vote for the Democratic Party ticket featuring Obama and his running mate Joe Biden.
There were a lot of interesting points raised during last night's broadcast (and I don't intend on rehashing them here), but the one thing that we agreed on concerns the lack of respect that Americans have for politicians.
Most politicians will say what they need to say to secure votes, and Obama and McCain are no different. But I feel that Barack Obama has yet to be corrupted by the unrighteous maneuvers of Washington insiders. For me, he is a breath of fresh air, someone who understands what average Americans are going through. And because he had the honor of being a community organizer in Chicago, I believe in his ability to restore the bond of temporal peace within and outside America.
What do you think?
I look forward to reading your responses.
Jeffery A. Faulkerson, MSSW
www.jefferyafaulkerson.com
Without a doubt, the Obama-Biden ticket has stayed focused on the issues and haven't resorted to the constant name calling, character assassination and blatant lies that the McCain-Palin camp continue to use to generate fear and divisiveness across the country. The focus maintained by the Obama camp is a credit to every person that has suffered during the past eight years. When you look at the Obama rallies you see the true diversity of America in the crowds while the McCain rallies look and sound like a Hitler rally. I've also noticed that when the vice presidential candidates are speaking, on one side you have a sense that Obama knows that his running mate will not say anything out of left field while McCain is always worried about what might come out of Palin's mouth. I've said it before and I will say it again, Palin has the IQ of a brick. If you blow in her ear, dust will come out of the other. Each day we find another example of the corruption of Gov. Palin in Alaska; i.e., cronyism, misuse of power, the clothes fiasco, and the bidding process with regards to the pipeline to nowhere. On top of that, the one interview that I saw with McCain and Palin together where she kept interrupting him to expound on some irrelevant and idiotic perspective, even then, demonstrated that they don't have a unified front. The McCain campaign is nervous, since he trails in almost every poll across the country. He has changed his position so many times that I still don't know what his real position is on anything to this day. First, he was about experience. To this day, the only experience that he can talk about is being a POW. He undermined his 'ready from day one' message by turning around and selecting Palin as his running mate. He might, and I do mean might, be ready to lead but if he, God forbid, dies in office, Palin is absoloutely, positively not even close. She can't run a state let alone a country. His argument that he's 'the candidate of steady leadership' is basically in shambles. He has shifted so much with his policy proposals that he reminds me of a heroin addict with the shakes. The McCain camp even trails in the global polls. The only poll that he leads in is with the terrorists. The terrorists!?! If he wins, there plan of depleting American resources will be achieved since he wants to continue the surge in the war built on lies, oil and trying to accomplish something his father couldn't.
You are absolutely right, Obama is a breath of fresh air. And yes, those who have more should pay more. Both Obama and Biden come from working families and they do understand that the middle shouldn't shoulder the most burden. Change can be, and is, a good thing and it is something that this country desperately needs.