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Why not decide on Obama or McCain based on issues?

Am I the only one who is sick of the infantile bashing going on here and in the media? They harp on Obama for supposedly being an anti-American pro-muslim and rip him for an obvious common sense idea like keeping your tires properly inflated, and on the other side they're calling McCain McSame and ripping him because he doesn't know how many houses he and his wife own. Why can't anyone address the issue of who should be our next President based on the issues? Try this on for size: EXPERIENCE Amount of time served in the U.S. Senate OBAMA: 173 days McCAIN: 22 years Served in the U.S. Armed Forces OBAMA: No McCAIN: Yes ISSUES Development and extraction of U.S. oil sources (ANWR, Bakken Formation, and off-shore drilling) OBAMA: Opposes McCAIN: Supports Federal Government-controlled nationalized universal health care OBAMA: Supports McCAIN: Opposes Gun ownership rights of U.S. citizens: OBAMA: Opposes McCAIN: Supports Homosexual marriage OBAMA: Supports McCAIN: Opposes Establishing English as the official language of the U.S. OBAMA: Opposes McCAIN: Supports Social security benefits for illegal immigrants OBAMA: Supports McCAIN: Opposes Removal of all U.S. forces in Iraq immediately upon assuming office OBAMA: Supports McCAIN: Opposes Capital Gains Tax on Sale of Homes: OBAMA: 28% tax on profit of all home sales McCAIN: 0% tax on home sales up to $500,000.00 for couples, no change in existing taxes Capital Gains Tax on Stocks, IRAs, Mutual Funds, College Funds, Life Insurance, and other investments that pay or reinvest dividends: OBAMA: 39.6% McCAIN: 15% (no change) Inheritance Tax OBAMA: Reinstate inheritance tax to 38% starting tax rate for estates valued over $600,000.00, and the tax rate goes up as the value of the estate goes up McCAIN: 0% (no change, inheritance tax repealed by George W. Bush) Income Tax: OBAMA: Reversion to pre-Bush tax cuts, typical married couple making $60,000.00 a year would have to pay $16,800.00 in Federal taxes McCAIN: No change, typical married couple making $60,000.00 a year would have to pay $9,000.00 in Federal taxes New taxes proposed OBAMA: New taxes on homes that are more than 2,400 square feet, Windfall Profits Tax on oil companies, new gasoline taxes, new taxes on natural resources consumption (heating gas, water, electricity) new taxes on retirement accounts, new taxes for Federal Government-controlled nationalized universal health care. McCAIN: None. You can verify the above at the following web sites: http://money.cnn.com/news/specials/election2008/index.html http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/issues/issues.taxes.html http://elections.foxnews.com/?s=proposed+taxes http://bulletin.aarp.org/yourworld/politics/articles/mccain_obama_offer_different_visions_on_taxes_html http://blog.washingtonpost.com/fact-checker/candidates/barack_obama/ http://blog.washingtonpost.com/fact-checker/candidates/john_mccain/

Public Comments

1. Copy and paste much?
2. Because uneducated people do not understand the issues, you can talk til you are blue in the face and all they hear is "YES WE CAN" reverberating through their empty skulls
3. Because deciding based on the issues would lead most rational individuals to conclude that McCain is better than Obama...
4. Democrats want equal benefits while Republicans want equal opportunity.
5. I decided on issues and that is why I am voting for McCain. Also no matter who gets in office there will be no pulling out the troops immediately when they are in office.
6. Most people don't pay attention to issues until it affects them personally. Instead, they usually vote for the person they "like" the best. While I agree that there is enough information in just the issues to pick the better candidate in this election, I also believe that "character" plays a huge role in whom I think is a better candidate for ANY elected office. Character, Integrity, Leadership, and Judgment are not always easily quantified through quotes and facts, but instead require a closer examination of personal life and history.
7. Who the hell do you think you are?? As any reading of this board attests to,we don't need intelligent,educated,thinking people like you here for most are blissful just wollowing in their ignorance,intolerance,holier-than-thouness and using GOD ,Christ and Patriotism to justify everything they do like waging an illegal war of choice all based upon a pack of filthy lies that has resulted in the slaughter of over 600,000 of God's children in Iraq. What we need are voters who will use important candidate characteristics such as looks,dress and how many houses they own to decide who deserves to be the next President. What we need are voters who will vote against a candidate not on the issues but on their sex or sexual orientation or their colour or their height or whether or not they go to Church every Sunday (Going to a Mosque will get you 0 votes) for the going to Church shows clearly that a person has a sound Judeo/Christian moral/ethical code just like the Fundamentalist Bush who in the opinion of many US and International jurists is quilty of crimes against humanity . http://www.bushcommission.org/ Blessed are the War Mongers etc etc etc . The most important aspect of democracy which I love,is that voters get EXACTLY what they deserve . Notwithstanding the substantial horrors visited upon the US itself and the world because of voter choices in the last two elections,I can only conclude that the vast majority of US voters are insane for they keep making the same mistakes over and over and expect to get different results which many believe is as good a definition of insanity as any. Good Luck. PS Just read the replies to date and most meet that definition of insanity and of course as all insane people,they will be the first to bitch and complain .
8. Oh SARGE!!! Don't confuse the little libbies with the FACTS!!! They're perfectly happy in their self-delusional "feel-good" world. So let's not rattle their cages and wake them up! They'll be angry if you do! Heck, they're angry, period! Have a right-wing day.
9. Your assessment is very good. And it shows precisely why I will never vote for Obama.. I couldn't not care about the man's color.. McCain has a record of fiscal conservatism. Obama "intent" is just the opposite, the largest hike in taxation and government spending ever. Based on pure fiscal issue Obama would be a disaster. I have my problems with McCain, but not near what I have for any of the DNC hopeful.. The "mainstream" press glorifies Obama as the new messiah, when in fact he is nothing more the a pure tax and spend liberal with the marxism mantra of take from the rich and redistribute the wealth (generally into the political coffers of the liberal politicians. )