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Showing posts with label 2008 election. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2008 election. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
History in the making: Barack Obama's Inauguration
8:58 am: One down, one to go! We have our VP!!!! I really like his blue tie.
8:59 am: I am glued to my computer screen- good thing that's where I do my work!
9 am: This composition is really pretty.
9:05 am: Barack is swearing on Lincoln's bible with Michelle holding it!! I'm getting chills!!
YAY!!!!!! WE HAVE OUR NEW PRESIDENT!!!!
HOW CUTE IS OUR NEW FIRST FAMILY???
I LOVE WHAT MICHELLE IS WEARING!
9:08 am: So far, his speech is very appropriate and he thanks Bush!
9:09 am: He's being realistic about the hard times ahead. Health care, energy crisis, education.
9:10 am: He's taking ownership about our challenges! Hope over fear!
9:11 am: As needed, and discussed by politicos, he's bringing us together and talking about how greatness must be earned.
9:19 am: He's blending our religions and cultures! Hope for the lines of hatred to pass :), oh he makes me want to cry!! My eyes are tearing up.
9:27 am: I have chills all over my body.
9:27 am: Elizabeth Alexander reads her poem.
9:31 am: She's talking about love!!
9:37 am: I love this color and action speech for the benediction. That was the best part- white man will do right.
9:42 am: The speech was a combination of John Kennedy and who?
Friday, September 5, 2008
Obama vs. McCain
I may not be the most educated voter because I tend to base my decision on the following items:
-Whether or not the candidate is a democrat
-Pro-Choice and supports abortion rights
-Supports gay marriage rights
-Health care
I decided a long time ago that I would be voting for Obama and after reading the following comparisions on the issues, I feel ever more strongly about that choice.
Abortion
McCain: Opposes abortion rights. Has voted for abortion restrictions permissible under Roe v. Wade, and now says he would seek to overturn that guarantee of abortion rights while being open to a running mate who supports abortion rights. Would not seek constitutional amendment to ban abortion.
Obama: Favors abortion rights.
Death penalty
McCain: Has supported expansion of the federal death penalty and limits on appeals.
Obama: Supports death penalty for crimes for which the "community is justified in expressing the full measure of its outrage." As Illinois lawmaker, wrote bill mandating videotaping of interrogations and confessions in capital cases and sought other changes in system that had produced wrongful convictions
Education
McCain: Favors parental choice of schools, including vouchers for private schools when approved by local officials, and right of parents to choose home schooling. More money for community college education.
Obama: Encourage but not require universal pre-kindergarten programs, expand teacher-mentoring programs and reward teachers with higher pay not tied to standardized test scores, in $18 billion plan to be paid for in part by delaying elements of moon and Mars missions. Change No Child Left Behind law "so that we're not just teaching to a test and Crowding out programs like art and music." Tax credit to pay up to $4,000 of college expenses for students who perform 100 hours of community service a year. (Yay for more for teachers!! NOT based on test scores).
Gay marriage
McCain: Opposes constitutional amendment to ban it. Says same-sex couples should be allowed to enter into legal agreements for insurance and similar benefits, and states should decide about marriage.
Obama: Opposes constitutional amendment to ban it. Supports civil unions, says states should decide about marriage.
Health care
McCain: $2,500 refundable tax credit for individuals, $5,000 for families, to make health insurance more affordable. No mandate for universal coverage. In gaining the tax credit, workers could not deduct the portion of their workplace health insurance paid by their employers.
Obama: Mandatory coverage for children, no mandate for adults. Aim for universal coverage by requiring employers to share costs of insuring workers and by offering coverage similar to that in plan for federal employees. Says package would cost up to $65 billion a year after unspecified savings from making system more efficient. Raise taxes on wealthier families to pay the cost.
Iraq
McCain: Opposes scheduling a troop withdrawal, saying latest strategy is succeeding. Supported decision to go to war, but was early critic of the manner in which administration prosecuted it. Was key backer of the troop increase. Willing to have permanent U.S. peacekeeping forces in Iraq.
Obama: Spoke against war at start, opposed troop increase. Voted against one major military spending bill in May 2007; otherwise voted in favor of money to support the war. Says his plan would complete withdrawal of combat troops in 16 months. Initially had said a timetable for completing withdrawal would be irresponsible without knowing what facts he'd face in office.
-Whether or not the candidate is a democrat
-Pro-Choice and supports abortion rights
-Supports gay marriage rights
-Health care
I decided a long time ago that I would be voting for Obama and after reading the following comparisions on the issues, I feel ever more strongly about that choice.
Abortion
McCain: Opposes abortion rights. Has voted for abortion restrictions permissible under Roe v. Wade, and now says he would seek to overturn that guarantee of abortion rights while being open to a running mate who supports abortion rights. Would not seek constitutional amendment to ban abortion.
Obama: Favors abortion rights.
Death penalty
McCain: Has supported expansion of the federal death penalty and limits on appeals.
Obama: Supports death penalty for crimes for which the "community is justified in expressing the full measure of its outrage." As Illinois lawmaker, wrote bill mandating videotaping of interrogations and confessions in capital cases and sought other changes in system that had produced wrongful convictions
Education
McCain: Favors parental choice of schools, including vouchers for private schools when approved by local officials, and right of parents to choose home schooling. More money for community college education.
Obama: Encourage but not require universal pre-kindergarten programs, expand teacher-mentoring programs and reward teachers with higher pay not tied to standardized test scores, in $18 billion plan to be paid for in part by delaying elements of moon and Mars missions. Change No Child Left Behind law "so that we're not just teaching to a test and Crowding out programs like art and music." Tax credit to pay up to $4,000 of college expenses for students who perform 100 hours of community service a year. (Yay for more for teachers!! NOT based on test scores).
Gay marriage
McCain: Opposes constitutional amendment to ban it. Says same-sex couples should be allowed to enter into legal agreements for insurance and similar benefits, and states should decide about marriage.
Obama: Opposes constitutional amendment to ban it. Supports civil unions, says states should decide about marriage.
Health care
McCain: $2,500 refundable tax credit for individuals, $5,000 for families, to make health insurance more affordable. No mandate for universal coverage. In gaining the tax credit, workers could not deduct the portion of their workplace health insurance paid by their employers.
Obama: Mandatory coverage for children, no mandate for adults. Aim for universal coverage by requiring employers to share costs of insuring workers and by offering coverage similar to that in plan for federal employees. Says package would cost up to $65 billion a year after unspecified savings from making system more efficient. Raise taxes on wealthier families to pay the cost.
Iraq
McCain: Opposes scheduling a troop withdrawal, saying latest strategy is succeeding. Supported decision to go to war, but was early critic of the manner in which administration prosecuted it. Was key backer of the troop increase. Willing to have permanent U.S. peacekeeping forces in Iraq.
Obama: Spoke against war at start, opposed troop increase. Voted against one major military spending bill in May 2007; otherwise voted in favor of money to support the war. Says his plan would complete withdrawal of combat troops in 16 months. Initially had said a timetable for completing withdrawal would be irresponsible without knowing what facts he'd face in office.
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