justintime
Well-known member
This Tuesday may be one of the most important days in many decades in the US. I live in Canada so I do not get to vote in your election, yet I feel the results will affect me, as it will to those who live in America. The results will certainly affect most in the world.
I think the candidates on both sides are very strong and good candidates. There are very differing views between them on many issues. On some issues, they seem to be very close in opinion. Like in most elections, how the winner will be remembered in history, will largely depend on the people they surround themselves with.These senior people, in the inner circle, have a large role to play. To me, the McCain/Palin team offer the best combination of policy that I feel will be best for agriculture, international trade and the current financial mess facing the world today. I also feel that Palin is a stronger Vice President candidate than Biden is. I think that Sarah Palin, has been unfairly treated by the media. She has much more intelligence than they suggest she has, and I think she is quite capable of being an excellent " second in command". I think she is a very strong person.
The main issues have changed since the start of this campaign. Right now, to me, the main issue is the financial mess the markets and economy is in. This is serious stuff. Right now I am still fuming from some of what I have heard and read in recent days. I spent several hours in my truck hauling cattle yesterday. I heard a leading business leader give a commentary in which he said that we were heading into the most serious depression since the dirty 30s ( his words not mine). I hate this type of negativity!! To me, this type of negativity only makes the situation worse. I am sure that if you are told enough times that you are certainly going to lose everything you have, it will affect your buying habits, and this will only cause more turmoil in the markets and the economy. I am not saying we need to put our heads in the sand and hope this will pass us by, but I do not think that we need to be hearing over and over that everything we have worked for, could disappear. That certainly seems to be the message some are spreading right now. I do not see this as being "part of the answer'. Negativity only breeds more negativity.... and that certainlyly never leads to any type of good.
I am also fuming over something I read a few days ago. This article stated that the financial heads of many of the lenders ( that caused a big portion of this mess) had received approximately $6 billion in bonuses and annual wage increases since the US government bailed out of $70 Billion. If this is true, then I am really MAD. If this is true, we have a very serious problem. I like to think that there should be consequences for your actions and this should apply to most everything you do. This should apply to a child who disrespects their parents, to an adult who breaks a law, to a corporate executive who makes bad decisions. To me, this just indicates that the only people who are getting hurt in this, are the people who have lost their homes, and those who have seen their investments and their pensions vanish. This is just plain WRONG. If this is indeed true, I am really concerned as we have the same idiotic bozos in charge of leading the free world out of this mess, as got us into it.That is not a very comforting thought. This is another reason that I feel the McCain/ Palin team are the best suited to lead your country. I think McCain has more experience and that he believes in a common sense approach to solving problems like this. To me, part of the answer lies in a development of more international trade, not trying to isolate the US economy within itself, as if it were an island.
I do not think the sky will fall, if either candidate wins the election. I just happen to think the road to recovery may be a little smoother if the McCain team wins. I think this election will be closer than the polls are indicating... and Tuesday may be a very long day. I wish my American friends good luck and I hope you will all do your part and vote.... and go even further and help others to get out to vote. There has probably not been an election in recent times where it was more important for the people to speak.
I think the candidates on both sides are very strong and good candidates. There are very differing views between them on many issues. On some issues, they seem to be very close in opinion. Like in most elections, how the winner will be remembered in history, will largely depend on the people they surround themselves with.These senior people, in the inner circle, have a large role to play. To me, the McCain/Palin team offer the best combination of policy that I feel will be best for agriculture, international trade and the current financial mess facing the world today. I also feel that Palin is a stronger Vice President candidate than Biden is. I think that Sarah Palin, has been unfairly treated by the media. She has much more intelligence than they suggest she has, and I think she is quite capable of being an excellent " second in command". I think she is a very strong person.
The main issues have changed since the start of this campaign. Right now, to me, the main issue is the financial mess the markets and economy is in. This is serious stuff. Right now I am still fuming from some of what I have heard and read in recent days. I spent several hours in my truck hauling cattle yesterday. I heard a leading business leader give a commentary in which he said that we were heading into the most serious depression since the dirty 30s ( his words not mine). I hate this type of negativity!! To me, this type of negativity only makes the situation worse. I am sure that if you are told enough times that you are certainly going to lose everything you have, it will affect your buying habits, and this will only cause more turmoil in the markets and the economy. I am not saying we need to put our heads in the sand and hope this will pass us by, but I do not think that we need to be hearing over and over that everything we have worked for, could disappear. That certainly seems to be the message some are spreading right now. I do not see this as being "part of the answer'. Negativity only breeds more negativity.... and that certainlyly never leads to any type of good.
I am also fuming over something I read a few days ago. This article stated that the financial heads of many of the lenders ( that caused a big portion of this mess) had received approximately $6 billion in bonuses and annual wage increases since the US government bailed out of $70 Billion. If this is true, then I am really MAD. If this is true, we have a very serious problem. I like to think that there should be consequences for your actions and this should apply to most everything you do. This should apply to a child who disrespects their parents, to an adult who breaks a law, to a corporate executive who makes bad decisions. To me, this just indicates that the only people who are getting hurt in this, are the people who have lost their homes, and those who have seen their investments and their pensions vanish. This is just plain WRONG. If this is indeed true, I am really concerned as we have the same idiotic bozos in charge of leading the free world out of this mess, as got us into it.That is not a very comforting thought. This is another reason that I feel the McCain/ Palin team are the best suited to lead your country. I think McCain has more experience and that he believes in a common sense approach to solving problems like this. To me, part of the answer lies in a development of more international trade, not trying to isolate the US economy within itself, as if it were an island.
I do not think the sky will fall, if either candidate wins the election. I just happen to think the road to recovery may be a little smoother if the McCain team wins. I think this election will be closer than the polls are indicating... and Tuesday may be a very long day. I wish my American friends good luck and I hope you will all do your part and vote.... and go even further and help others to get out to vote. There has probably not been an election in recent times where it was more important for the people to speak.