Who are YOU voting for?

Ok, I'm not really looking for an answer, but I am looking to make sure you know why you are voting who you are voting for.

I think some of us, and I may include myself in this group as I'm not positive whom I've voting for yet, may be voting for the lesser of two evils. That's fine if you're voting that way, that would generally mean you understand the issues and while there's no good candidate you'd vote for, you're voting for the person you think would mess the country up less than the other.

The more I think about it, if you're voting for McCain, you're likely in the above group...OR, you're voting for Sarah Palin. Though she has governed the state of Alaska more from the center than anything, she's the only true conservative in the race. So some may be voting for her, hoping that she will pull McCain to the right a bit.

McCain hasn't really given us a reason to vote for him, other than he plans on cutting Government spending and keep taxes low. Now those are good ideas, but he hasn't really articulated why they are good ideas, or how and why they differ from Obama. Some of us know why those are good ideas without him having to spell it out for us, but I'm not sure that many people do.

To be fair, he is strong on foreign issues as well, and will keep the military strong, but I just haven't heard a strong enough case from him on those issues. He should have mopped the floor with Obama on the foreign policy debate, and he didn't.

Obama is for change and hope and....spreading the wealth?? He plans to grow government so that it can take care of you. He plans on talking with nations that refer to the United States as The Great Satan. He was for this bailout with lots of regulation, so he's for Government run Banks. He wants to take oil's profits and create millions of jobs in renewable energy. In short, he wants Government run Energy. He wants universal health care...he thinks it's your right...that it's the right of Joe Schmoe who refuses to get a job to be able to have health care. In short, he wants Government run Health Care. That's three industries that he's plainly for Government control in. Do you really think that automobiles and airlines are far behind. He'll snatch that up as quickly as they ask for it.

He's not hiding his agenda, he's quite forthcoming with it. The only thing that came out recently that he didn't articulate the way he'd like is "when you spread the wealth around, I think it's good for everybody." It's clear that is what his tax plan is, but it's never been stated in that fashion. So you tell me, with the three and probably four Government run industries along with spreading the wealth around...how is that not socialism?? It very clearly is socialism.

That's not what this country is about, that's not how it was founded. The Federal Government's primary obligation is to protect us from foreign threats, and then minimally regulate the rest of the country.

The Supreme Court is there to determine if State laws intercede with Federal Laws & to determine if Federal Laws are constitutional...as in, not restricting or overstepping the founding documents of this country, period. It's purpose is not to create laws from the bench.

I can't say that John McCain will not be a continuation of the past 8 years. He says he won't, but the Government also said that $700 Billion would likely be enough to help us through this financial crisis. The additional $490 Billion on Tuesday was just another example that proved otherwise.

What I can say is that an Obama administration WILL increase government. He has plainly said that is his intention. Is he smart? Of course. Does he think he knows best how to fix this country? I think he does. Is he wrong to think that? Yep. Because, again, politicians can't fix the country, Americans can and often do.

If someone wants to vote for Obama because they agree with Government run Banks, Government run Healthcare, Government run Energy, spreading the wealth, and probably Government run Transportation...fine. But don't vote for Obama because "he can't be any worse than Bush". If someone's going to embrace Socialism, embrace it because you believe in it...not because you hate Bush, and by default McCain.