As the political season heats up and we burst into the real presidential campaign I must say I am unimpressed with the miraculous “change” everyone is talking about. In all of the “McCain is an old man” jokes I forgot that I really like John McCain. I think he would make a good president. So, in November will I vote for him? Probably not. I like Obama more, I like what he represents, at least I think I do. In the build up to change all I have seen on television is cruel mud slinging crap. If Obama is truly for change this should have been the first thing he changed. When I see a television commercial for Barack Obama I should want to vote for him more, not vote for the other guy less.
McCain is doing an excellent job screwing up his campaign himself. Palin was a poor choice, corruption charges, pregnant teenage daughter, and in the oil business. I just don’t get it. Is she really part of the Republican old boys club? Her oil connections are all that really draw that vote as far as I can tell. Everything else is more likely to drive any voter away from her. Personally, I question her morals for accepting the nomination while dragging along her five months pregnant daughter. I don’t think pursuing your personal ventures, especially one so time consuming, during your child’s most trying moment of life is exactly a family value. All of this brings McCain down several notches in my opinion.
Obama still remains a mysterious figure who will be forced to reveal a little more about himself in the coming months. Honestly, I expect to see the same old politics. Presidential debates are going to mean a lot this year I think. I’ve always considered myself a die hard Democrat. If Obama continues down the path of the “same” while preaching “change” then McCain will get my vote. I never really thought I could be on the fence, although Palin really does make that fence lean close to Obama, so it may be her continued issues that push me back to die hard democrat.
Oh, and a little side note, real change in Washington would actually be step backwards. President George Washington had a cabinet made up of the opposing parties of the day. The president should be in an environment of challenge and conflict. Not in a bubble of their own beliefs.
