The USA is not a democracy. We are a republic. It’s a different form of government.

Amy

However, if you are going to make personal attacks on someone’s intelligence, you should at least use proper grammar.

It is unfortunate to see that a call for unity and hope is met with such negativity and condescension. This really isn’t the time for that. We are all Americans, and we are all in this together.

I hope you can eventually see that.

This is going to be a historic night, no matter who wins. Sit back and enjoy it!

You are absolutely the reason that we are so ‘divided’ right now. Instead of accepting a bright, young politician with fresh ideas for how America can grow in the 21st century, you instead attack him with claims that aren’t even true.

Al Gore DID win in 2000. Any government that calls itself a democracy and then ignores the candidate that won the majority of the popular vote is NOT a democracy in my mind. “Of the people, by the people, for the people.” Notice how there is no mention of the Electoral College in that quote.

Obama will most likely win this election, and rightfully so. He does not intend to ‘redistribute wealth’ like you guys say. His tax plan is simply progressive. And we aren’t talking about leveling out everyone’s income. It is a measly 3% increase for people making over a quarter million per year. The same as the Clinton years. Before Bush’s tax cuts for the wealthiest 2% that McCain voted against.

“Once you reach a certain level of comfort, there’s nothing wrong with paying somewhat more.” ~John McCain

“I voted against President Bush’s tax cuts because of the disproportionate amount that went to the wealthiest few.” ~John McCain

What we really NEED right now is unity. For whoever the people select today, we should all stand behind our new leader and help him steer this country in a better direction. Help him get out of this economic crisis. Help him end the war in Iraq.

Choose unity over division. Choose hope over fear.

And remember the words of another great President that had some new ideas about our country..

“A house divided against itself cannot stand.”

During the primary months, the Iraq War appeared to be potentially the top issue for the 2008 election. Since then, the 1992 campaign slogan: It’s the Economy Stupid has gained ground. More narrowly we have the housing crisis, by Presidential decree the root cause of the financial crisis. The more likely the root causes of both of these crises are Greenspan’s unsustainably low interest rates and the unbridled, unregulated competition by lenders and their financiers.

With regard to the “Terror War”, it is actually two wars, but not Iraq and Afghanistan touted by the presidential campaign candidates. The first war, declared, was Al Qaeda’s War on America; with it central goal to “bleed America to bankruptcy” and the second is America’s “War on Terror”, with Iraq proclaimed by Bush and Cheney to be its central front. Aside from aforementioned unbridled/unregulated competition, our most pressing economic woes are traceable not to the acts of 9/11 but to Cheney/Bush response to the acts of 9/11 and resulting unorthodox War Economy. The “War on Terror” and the Bush tax-cuts have been financed by foreign borrowings primarily by China and OPEC. This fiscal irresponsibility is the primary driver toward Al Qaeda’s central goal and amounts to trading certain economic insecurity for questionable homeland security.

A no-new-tax style War Economy and an overly accommodating fiscal policy have resulted in huge budget and trade deficits. These deficits have accumulated into an unsustainable national debt and an unsustainable balance of payments deficit, which when combined with an overly accommodating monetary policy unleashes “Weapons of Economic Destruction”. The high oil/gas prices, a high tolerance for China’s protectionist currency manipulation and the housing/financial crises are early effects of the resulting destruction and any reversal requires changing the unorthodox War Economy.

The changes necessary to reverse the effects of the ill-conceived 2003-2008 War Economy are unlikely to come from the no-new-tax advocates, who provide President Bush’s current 25% favorable rating. These approvers make-up more than half of Senator McCain’s current support. Unless Senator McCain flip-flops and throws the Bush/Cheney base under the proverbial political bus, promise of change by Senator McCain to address the root causes of economic woes is: Change to Distrust.

Obama, not my Fuhrer!

Well, often when say a football team or basketball team wins a championship people will go out into the streets to celebrate. And despite them being happy, still the whole thing turns into a riot.

Yeah, I am sure the blacks are going to be dancing in the streets and probably even celebrate with some liquor and/or drugs. I am planning to stay off the roads tomorrow and Wednesday as I am sure there are going to be some dangerous drivers out there.

They set the precedent. They must live with it!

Obama might not even be a US citizen. At least he might not have been at birth. So that makes him illegitimate from the start.

Obama, not my President. Obama, Not My Messiah! Obama, Not My God!

As for Obama, he might be ACORN’s president but not mine!