Vote For Your Grand Children and Children--Vote for Obama

Last nights debate clearly demonstrated clear differences between Sen. Obama and McCain and their respective party's policies. McCain and the Republicans represent avid partisanship, and McCain never acknowledged any common ground with Senator Obama. Obama clearly reaches out to find common ground, and will if he becomes our next president. McCain persistently attacked Obama with fearful associative connections, some beginning when Obama was 8 years old. McCain somehow felt that Obama  was nonetheless coddling "terrorists" when he was on an educational board with "his childhood terrorist by association" that actually was bipartisan, and organized by a life long Republican. McCain's aggressive attacks on the "Ayer's fairy tale" clearly shows that McCain is not able or interested in dealing truthfully with the issues, and would be reluctant to consider any compromises. Obama clearly demonstrated that although he has clear policies and goals for our country he will be open to bipartisan compromise for the sake of our country. McCain's angry attitude and unwillingness to acknowledge Sen. Obama as another human being , let alone a fellow Senator in the highest legislative body in the U.S., portrays a man whose ego is so great that neither Obama or anyone else is his equal, and is instead considered by McCain as an inferior human.

Another distinct difference surfaced when McCain introduced "Joe the Plumber", and stated that he, McCain, and Joe the Plumber are opposed to Obama's tax policy plans and he , McCain, admonished Obama for "spreading the wealth", by increasing taxes for the wealthiest 5% of our country's tax payers and reducing them for the other 95%. McCain's opposition to "spreading the wealth" is typical of the Bush/Republican Party and their avid attachment to the richest power brokers who want to dominate the rest of the citizens of our country including "Joe the Plumber" Fortunately, their are many very rich supporters of Sen. Obama, like Warren Buffet, who support Obama's tax plan and, and support tax balance that lowers taxes for the middle class. Why should McCain be opposed to "spreading the wealth"? He and his heiress wife will still be very wealthy even if they have to pay more taxes on their approximately $10 million dollar annual income, as will many others who earn more than $250,000 annually, including Barack Obama and his wife.

A third clear difference pertains to our national health care crisis. John McCain states that health care is a "privilege", while Barack Obama believes that affordable, quality health care is a "right" for every citizen of our country. This distinct difference drives McCain to keep a sick system and to assure insurance companys abilities to increase costs and decrease care. Sen. Obama aims to provide affordable health care, equal to what all federal employees get (including Senators McCain and Obama), for all citizens. McCain calls this government bureaucracy and socialism. If McCain doesn't like his tax-paid medical coverage supplied by our taxes, why does he accept it as a Senator? Why, Sen. McCain should you, and other privileged government employees (state and federal), get tax-subsidized health care while over 47 million American have nothing, and millions of unemployed Americans have suffered a similar fate after losing their jobs. Sen. Obama's plan will provide affordable health care for all who do not have it or cannot afford the insurance premiums. This includes all children who Sen. McCain waved off when he voted against poor children's health coverage during this current session of Congress.

Education is at best a second thought with John McCain who seems to think that college education is a privilege for the richest children, or those who are burdened with huge debt after graduation. McCain blithely ignores this crucial issue, and seems to believe that the status quo is just fine. Obama plans to aid all college-eligible students with a $4,ooo grant per year in exchange for service to our country (including the Peace Corp or military service).

Finally, McCain clearly enunciates his support of the worn and failed "trickle-down" Republican/Bush policy that states that lowering taxes for the rich and the multinational corporations will trickle down jobs and money to the rest of us by some form of osmosis. Just the opposite has occurred, as the current economic and housing crisis clearly proves. The trickle, if there ever was one, is now a loud reverse suction draining even bare necessities from the typical middle class workers and families. And what is McCain';s solution--more of the same kind of tax and regulatory policies that McCain has supported with the Bush administration. Obama clearly supports the necessity for massive job creation in our country, and states that implementation of energy-independence technology, and rebuilding infrastructure are necessary to help create jobs for the middle class, and young people entering the job market for the first time. 

The debates are over. Slightly more than three weeks remain before we make the most important decision for us and particularly our grand children who cannot vote. Their future is in our hands. Do you want a President who will work for us to create a better future? Or, do you want to continue the policies that caused the present whirlpool of problems engulfing us? Obama is the leader for our time, and for your children's and grand children's future. A vote for Barack Obama is a vote for them. Vote for Sen. Barack Obama.