To All Above:
I support neither candidate. I’m actually trying to make up my mind. So far neither is winning my vote.
Ed Wallis: You got the moral relativism backwards. You can’t have it both ways is my real point. Why should McCain get a free ride for his sins while trying to nail Obama to a wall for his? As for morals, I try to keep this somewhat separate: John Kennedy was a known womanizer, while in office; Richard Nixon was a crook, thief and a liar; Clinton was another womanizer; McCain dumped his wife for Cindy Mc whom he met and developed a relationship while married. Which is the least moral; I certainly don’t know. It would be difficult to find any candidate who met everyone’s collective moral standard.
Maybe it is more productive to quit pointing fingers and try to discern the real character behind the masquerade of the campaign.
Marc Malone: So I guess you’re saying that McCain should be given a pass on the Keating thing because he was inexperienced? Is poor judgment a positive quality in any candidate?
As for the health care system, I’m not trying to sell you on anything. I do know that McCain’s knowledge of the implications of a universal plan is dead wrong. If you are basing your pro’s and con’s based on his information, you are doing yourself a disservice.
I certainly didn’t mean to imply that the Canadian Health Care system is perfect – it’s not. If you want to check the statistics, though you’ll find this:
The percentage of people who die in waiting rooms, just because of the waiting, is higher in the US than Canada.
The percentage of people who die because a hospital won’t admit is way higher in the US than in Canada (O in Canada)
The average life span (both sexes) is longer in Canada than the US.
The percentage of dead births is higher in the US than in Canada.
As for costs, neither candidate seems to be real forthcoming with enough details. About 2 weeks ago, I saw a report from an independent taxpayer friendly site that showed, after 4 years in office, McCain’s plans would result in a higher deficit than Obama’s (surprised me actually)
And yes it’s still the economy, especially since the addition of $850B in bailout and assorted pork that just got added. But why is it so essential to pin the current disaster on the dems or pubs? It’s a non-productive waste of time because it took the complicity of congress and the administration to make it happen. All I care about is what exactly did happen so that whatever is needed to keep it from happening again.
I guess I really want a candidate who is not afraid to tell the truth. The truth about what they plan to do, why they plan to do it and what is the impact of their plan.
