When an subject is controversial, one cannot hope to tell the truth. One can only show how one came to hold whatever opinion one does hold. One can only give one's audience the the chance of drawing their own conclusions as they observe the limitations, the predjudices, the idiosyncracies of the speaker.

- Virginia Woolf

Saturday, February 09, 2008

Opinion : 2008 Presidential primaries

Now that my personal favorite candidate is out (Mitt Romney) as well as my least favorite(Edwards) it is time to reassess the Presidential race. McCain is sure to get the GOP bid, which is very surprising. The man is running on a war hawk platform in the face of an unpopular war, so I can't believe he is winning. On one hand, I like his straight-talk style ands his reform and deficit cutting policies, but I do not like that he is ignoring health care and the economy. I cant help thinking that he is very old and a little out of touch.
On the other side, is Hillary and Obama. Obama is definitely the most well spoken and articulate politician to run for president in many decades and is definitely the person to fix our international reputation. He also has the best health care plan (thats not to say that it is a great one though) and is mildly inspiring (although I am not sure what he is inspiring me to do). I really hope that he at least beats Hillary, who stands for everything that is wrong with American politics. She is a hypocrite (she represents the middle class? as a board member for walmart?), panders to uneducated, old people (young people , and people with a college education support Obama 3:1), and runs a polarizing and misleading campaign (apparently she was also for the war in Iraq before she was against it). The only good thing about her is that her nomination would likely hand the presidency to the republicans for 4 more years.

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