Essentially everything boils down to this: if you like what president Bush has done, you should vote for John McCain. If you don't like what president Bush has done, you should vote for Barack Obama.
For example, if you think that we should continue to spend $2 billion a week on the war in Iraq, then you should vote for John McCain, who has no plan for troop withdrawal according to his website.
http://www.boston.com/news/
http://www.johnmccain.com/
Please remember that when you make your decision on this issue, we have so far spent about $600 billion on the war, and long term estimates by pulitzer prize winning economist, Joseph E. Stiglitz, puts the total cost at around $4 trillion when it is all said and done. The congressional budget office puts that number between $1 and $2 trillion. If spending between 2 and 4 trillion dollars on the war in Iraq is OK with you, then you should vote for John McCain.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/
http://www.nytimes.com/
And FYI, I did search the wall street journal as well, but was unable to find any relevant articles on the war's cost. Also, remember that our current debt stands at 9.4 trillion, and that our trade deficit is 62.3 billion dollars. If this is OK with you and you have no problem with that, then vote for John McCain.
http://useconomy.about.com/od/
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/
If you are satisfied with the fact that total spending on health care was $2.3 trillion in 2007, or $7600 per person, then you should vote for John McCain. Total health care spending represented 16 percent of the gross domestic product in 2007--if that's just fine with you, vote for John McCain. His proposals for health care reform are similar to Bush, and his plans to bring competition to health care markets will do nothing to reduce the amount of money spent on the administration of care, or to pay top corporate lawyers salaries to deny their clients coverage.
http://www.nchc.org/facts/
http://www.johnmccain.com/
Finally, if you are comfortable with the erosion of our civil rights, the intrusion of fundamentalist religious causes into the judicial arena, and the establishment of bigotry in the U.S. constitution against gays and lesbians, you should vote for John McCain. It is all right on his website.
http://www.johnmccain.com/
Again, if none of this bothers you--if this type of agenda sounds like a good idea, then you should certainly vote for John McCain--at least you understand and support what you are voting for--and it is likely that Barack Obama is not the candidate for you.
However, if you would like to see real health care reform, an energy policy that involves more than simply "drill, drill drill," a plan for the withdrawal of our troops from Iraq, and a plan for the economy that would cut taxes for middle class families, then you should vote for Barack Obama. It is all right on his website.
http://www.barackobama.com/
http://my.barackobama.com/
http://www.barackobama.com/
http://www.barackobama.com/
So to conclude, the question of who to vote for this fall is very simple: if you like what Bush has done, then you should vote for John McCain. He has plans to carry on a similar administration. If, on the other hand, you would like to see a change of policies when it comes to issues like the economy, health care, Iraq, civil rights, and energy policy, then you should vote for Barack Obama. When talking politics with friends I encourage you to simplify the conversation in this manner. It is simple, accurate (according to both candidate's websites), easily stated, and really not all that controversial. Thank you for your time and consideration.
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