It doesn't matter who you vote for! Make sure you exercise your right to vote. It's more than a right, it's a duty as a citizen of our fine nation. If you haven't registered yet, it is probably too late to do so for this election. Make sure you register now for the next election so you don't miss out. Just google "voter registration ____(your state)" and you should be able to download voter registration forms.
Now, here's my pitch as to why you should vote for Barack Obama.
1) The Republican Administration has been in Washington for Eight Years and has doubled the national deficit, started two wars, and watched our economy go down the toilet with deregulation.
2) Barack Obama supports tax cuts for any family who makes $200,000 or less, which is most american families in the middle class. John McCain supports capital gains tax cuts (which only really help RICH people) and tax cuts for businesses.
3) Barack Obama supports education. He has proposed a $4,000 grant to any student who is willing to contribute 100 hours of community service per year (about 2 hours/wk). This will help more people get to college and improve our society!
4) John McCain's health care "plan" is not very good. He wants to give a $5000 tax credit (directly to insurance companies). The average health plan (not the "gold-plated cadillac" plan) costs about $12,000. So his credit leaves the average person 7,000 short for health coverage. He also plans to tax health benefits provided by employers (so more money coming out of your pocket every paycheck). He also plans to make cuts in Medicare and Medicaid to finance this tax credit. As a physician, I know that Medicare is already terribly underfunded. Barack's plan is better. There is no perfect solution to our healthcare crisis, but cutting funding to Medicare and Medicaid will sink the proverbial healthcare ship, for sure!
5) Judgment is a huge part of being president. When John McCain picked Sarah Palin as his VP candidate, we saw that he is anything but "Country First". She is the governor of the least populated state, has no foreign policy experience and is "dangerously" underqualified to become president should anything happen to McCain. She doesn't know what the job of the VP is, and despite being asked on several occasions, she never bothered to find out. It is painfully obvious that since the campaign has kept her from doing interviews with real journalists (who might ask her "hard" questions), they know she is underqualified. She was picked to appease the republican base, which is "Election First", not "Country First".
6) The tone of the campaign is troublesome as well. While Barack Obama has focused on issues, and his plans for the economy, healthcare and education, John McCain has focused on character attacks, and tried to connect Obama with terrorists. He misconstrues Obama's policies, and frequently mentions how Obama voted against funding our troops in Iraq. Here's the key: MC CAIN ALSO VOTED AGAINST THE SAME BILL. The McCain campaign assumes that "Joe Six Pack" and other "real americans" are stupid. It's insulting.
Okay, rant over. Please vote. I encourage you to vote for Barack Obama, but as long as you vote, I'll be happy. Thank you!!!
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