In my opinion, the most important national issue this election is the economy. As all of you know we are severely in debt, and getting worse daily. Besides the suggestion of Bush's 700 billion dollar bail-out, there is a lot going on. The war has drained us, the stock market is plummeting, and most of the world will be struggling to pay their bills for the next few months. AIG, Lehman Brother, Fanny Mae, and Freddie Mac are all going bankrupt. Bush plans on bailing out AIG, and using our governments money to do it. wether or not this should be done is still bouncing off of different sides in my brain. Go into debt? Let AIG fail? Go into debt? Let AIG fail? Will either option even affect me? I'm not completely sure, but the odds are yes. So, i think I'll leave it up to mr.w to decide for me.
One big local issue that concerns me is transportation. Here in VA especiall, our transportation is lacking. We have a Metro rail that needs to be funded in order to reach Dulles, and funding is a big complication. Should they raise tolls, fund commercial businesses, take it from the government? We have no idea. Our goal is to be earth friendly, but if we cant use the metro, shouldn't we be allowed to drive? Also, our roads. They are in dire need of some T.L.C., with cracks and wat faded lines everywhere. We need a plan...
Up to this point, the canidates have been succesful in the debates. Both have appeared equally to me. When Obama would appear stronger in one light, McCain would dominate in another. So far it is still tied, although i would like the think that McCain is leading, he gets kudos for holding his own. When McCain would argue something, Obama would agree with the majority of them, seems to me like somebody cant decide on his own. And another point that irked me was although SENATOR Obama was accurately identified, he rudely refused to call McCain anything but John. Show some respect for your elders :).
So far the media has been overwhelmingly strong in this debate. They appear so starved for anything, that they're willing to broadcast exactly that, anything. With the confusing ads from Obama about Joe Biden, and the less stressful ads, were torn. But thankfully for SNL, everyone has a fair opinion......i guess.
Until next time,
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I totally agree with you about the Metro. What a great point. It was something I had totally forgotten about even though as the years have gone by Metro has become even more increasingly important use of transportation. My Dad uses it pretty often and if I go to Catholic U, I'll probably use it a lot too so I don't want there to be any problems with funding and stuff. Oh, and Obama calling McCain "John" was totally not right. It's like, we know they're not friends or anything so why call each other by first names? I'm sure Sarah Palin won't be calling Biden "Joe," because again, it would just be not right. Cool blog!
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