Why Obama is Right.

I saw this on another forum and found it great. Thought I would share.


First of all, McCain would not have been good for this country as president as evidenced by the way he ran his campaign. The way he and Palin kept bringing up his very loose ties to Bill Aires and all the other nonsensical "issues" speaks volumes as to how McCain, Palin, and their camp really are and the fact that they had people at their rallies shouting "terrorist" and "kill him" and they didn't try to stop it shows just how sick these people are as human beings that they would try to keep this stuff going just because the "squirrel meat" demographic was his last chance to win. He was on the virge of causing some serious riots and how is that helping the country he loves so deeply?

Now, I do have to give him some props, his concession speach last night was EXCELLENT. I loved how he tried to keep the crowd in control and how he respected Obama's victory and how he says he looks forward to working with president Obama. Maybe now that he's not frantically trying to become president he can get his head back on straight and keep doing positive things for America, because I do beleive he really does care about America at heart.

Couple that with the fact that Obama wants to cut taxes for everyone who makes less then $200,000 a year and McCain just wanted to keep down taxes on the rich - people who can afford to pay a little more and not worry about their livlihood.

Then there's the war. I'm excited at the prospect of ending it in Iraq, we should have never invaded and we need to leave. Its not our job to police the world and Iraq never attacked us... recently...

I'm also hoping he can do something about tuition costs. My mom just graduation from grad school this year and she now has a $112,000 debt to pay back. I have years of college ahead and I hope something can be done to fix the enormous problem of the cost of higher education. I'm hopeful maybe something will be done. I wouldn't have that hope with McCain.

I'm also all for universal health care. Granted, that's not exactly what we're getting with him but its close enough I guess. When I read stories of children who have to die just because they couldn't get the surgery that would easily fix their problem due to not having healthcare, and I have, I know something needs to be done about this and I know John McCain would not do a damn thing about it.

As for abortion, I'm not going to lie, I am completely against it no matter what. It is just plain wrong to rob another human being of their right to live for any reason. I guess some people feel they need to do it because they're afraid of it stretching out their bodies, or because they're afraid of their parents finding out, or because they just don't want a child at the time, or whatever. They're all bad excuses. There aren't many things that I will say is absolutely wrong but if we start to give leeway on the taking of any life, whether it be as abortion or capital punishment or in any way, well, let's just say that's a slippery slope.

That said, I don't know if government can really stop abortions from happening either way. Yes, it has the power to make it legal/illegal but it is a sad unfortunate reality that it will happen either way. (also, I don't want anyone to think my views on abortion has anything to do with a religious affiliation because it doesn't).

Another thing that pumps me up about this is that I can really, truly, and honestly say for the first time in my life that I am PROUD to be an American. Before this election I had this idea in my head that Americans who are proud are conceited loudmouths who just scream "USA! We're #1! Screw you foreigners, you just wish you were US!!! WE ROCK!!1!". But now I have a new idea of what pride in America means. Its pride in our wonderful system and pride that we have the ability as a country to recognize when change needs to be made and can come together to elect a different candidate who will bring about change, care about the people, and make America great again; to give substance to the shouts of "USA! USA! USA!". Real substance.

I'm proud that countries all over the world were following this and are cheering us on with our new president. The fact that America matters to so much of the world in a good way also makes me proud to be an American.