It is sad how the news media distorts everything! I have always said that citizens with excellent qualifications shy away from running for the presidential office of the USA because of that distortion and violation of their privacy; so we are stuck with people who are not fully qualified, regardless of the party they represent, and do not have the experience to lead the country in the right direction. As it is, I don???t believe in any politician as they say one thing to get elected and do the opposite once they are in the White House; however, let???s not forget the saying: ???The lesser of two evils???!
If we remember history of previous administrations in the USA, every time the Republicans are in the White House the economy goes into the red and it is sad to see that most people do not see that, they don???t recall previous Republican administrations and they don???t care, I believe, and vote for the party they belong to, or are plain ignorant. I recall when Regan and Bush Senior were in the White House for 12 years in a row, our economy was in bad shape and yet people kept voting Republican so in a nut shell the people get what they ask for. On the other hand, when the Democrats are in the White House everything tend to go back to normal and our economy recuperates but people do not see that and they go back to the Republican administration. As it is, the Republicans, historically, favor the military build up and also the big corporations neglecting the needs of the working class; so, I would say that we are always better under the Democrat administration than Republican. Probably people, specially the seniors, don???t remember that Ronald Regan took so much money from the Social Security that if the government would pay back what they took the Federal Government would go into bankruptcy but there again all they have to do is raise taxes in order to pay debts which they have incurred with people???s money ... In other words, they steal from the people and never pay back!
I honestly believe that it is time for the government to clean their on back yard and stop giving money away to countries all over the world instead of looking up after our own people; as it is, our seniors don???t even have money to eat and get the medical care they deserve.
There is also the subject of ???Fighting Foreign Wars??? for fanaticism as we did in Viet Nam, Korea, Iraq, and many other wars which all they have accomplished is death, destruction, and drive our economy into disaster such is the present Bush administration. So, what is the lesson which our politicians never learn? ... Our people first and then combat famine instead of governments which do not meet the democratic ideals and never will. Let???s not forget the sayings: ???Live and let live???, ???To each its own???, and ???The road to peace is the respect for the rights of others???.
- 1
- 2
Pulling Away
Email To A Friend
Please fill in the following information and we'll email this link.
The poll suggests that the McCain campaign's strategy of sharp attacks on Obama's character have not yet had their desired effect and may, in fact, be backfiring. In recent days, McCain's campaign—and, in particular, his running mate, Sarah Palin—have sought to highlight Obama's ties to the '60s radical William Ayers and paint the Democratic nominee as outside of the mainstream. But 60 percent of voters said they have a favorable view of Obama, while 36 percent said they viewed the Democratic candidate unfavorably. That's actually an improvement from a month ago, when Obama's favorable to unfavorable ratio was 57 to 37. In the same period, McCain's favorability rating has decreased, from 57 percent in September to 51 percent today, while his unfavorable percentage have risen, 36 to 45.
Further, 59 percent of voters in the poll said Obama shares their values, compared to 37 percent who said he does not. By contrast, 47 percent of voters said McCain shares their values while 49 percent said he does not. Forty-eight percent of voters said Palin shares their values, while 47 percent said she does not.
Palin's support appears to be slipping. While 60 percent of voters think Palin would fit in well with their local community, only 39 percent of those surveyed say they believe McCain's running mate is qualified to serve as president, while 55 believe she is not.
This poll was conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates International from Oct. 8-9, 2008. Telephone interviews were conducted with 1,212 adults, 18 or older. Results are weighted so that the sample demographics match Census Current Populatio n Survey parameters for gender, age, education, race, region, and population density. The overall margin of sampling error is plus or minus 3.4 percentage points for results based on 1,212 adults and plus or minus 3.7 percentage points for 1,035 regist ered voters. Voter registration status is self-reported. Results based on smaller subgroups are subject to larger margins of sampling error.
SAMPLE SIZE/MARGIN OF ERROR FOR REGISTERED VOTERS SUBGROUPS:
1,035
Registered voters (plus or minus 4)
In addition to sampling error, the practical difficulties of conducting surveys can also introduce error or bias to poll results.
280
Republicans (plus or minus 7)
402
Democrats (plus or minus 6)
325
Independents (plus or minus 7)
839
White (plus or minus 4)
175
Non-White (plus or minus 9)
491
Men (plus or minus 5)
544
Women (plus or minus 5)
126
18-34 (plus or minus 10)
159
35-44 (plus or minus 9)
434
45-64 (plus or minus 6)
283
65+ (plus or minus 7)
247
White Evangelicals (plus or minus 8)
191
White Catholics (plus or minus 8)
401
Other whites (plus or minus 6)
230
Hillary Clinton supporters (plus or minus 8)
© 2008
- 1
- 2
Discuss