No it's a distortion of the truth........and yes not saying they don't vote similarily. But on key issues they differ bigtime, and thats where it counts. Not BS meanigless issues
So then... for normal people, the electorate - who is going to be most different to the Bush era - McCain or Obama? I think you are right that some important issues do count more, but it all becomes "technicalities" - and the voters are not that well-informed - unfortunately. PS! For spelling errors - use Firefox and the built-in automatic spelling checking/correction. You can even have a lot of languages if you know more than one.
Yes of course it's "borrowed money" that's what debt is. Of course we'll have to pay it back in the future or inflate our way out of it. Either way, it's not going to be good for young people. Military spending is actually a MUCH smaller percentage to GDP than it has been historically. I personally think there are way too many countries that place no value on human life to "not keep our military strong". So tell me how Obama will reduce the national debt? He will do the exact same thing that McCain will do with Iraq, becuase it's already being won and will be winding down over there in the next two years. We're too close to victory for Obama to let that slip away. Both Presidents will keep our troops there long enough to win that war completely and then add troops to Afghanistan as we draw down in Iraq. Also, did you know that we had more military deaths during the Clinton years than we've had under Bush? Bet you didn't know that. I will be paying my share as well, as I'm 33, which means I'll probably be workign for at least 20-30 more years, minimum. Yes our educational system is falling behind, but it's not the university level that is the problem here. It's the public school system. College is actually very affordable, IMO, as there are many local colleges, in virtually every city or region, that are funded by tax payers already. Free health care sounds fantastic. Please show me a country that has a free system that I'd like to switch with. I don't believe there are any. I really don't want to die of cancer while I'm waiting to see a nepheroligist, so that he can refer me to a general surgeon 4 months later.
clacy, USA spends more on the military and defence than the rest of the world together. Therein lies a great factor for how polarizing the US is towards the rest of the world - "with us, or against us".
That fact sure helps me sleep better at night. We have 5% of the worlds population and 25% of the wealth. We kind of need a strong military or another nation(s) will eventually want some of our "stuff". I want to keep "my stuff", don't you?
Where in the world did you get the false belief that we lost more military personel under Clinton than we did under Bush!?!?!? We had 13 military death under Clinton. It isn't what we don't know that hurts us the most, it's what we "know" that isn't true.
Whatever partisan supporters think, it's the swing voters who matter and hold the balance of power. They will be influenced greatly by whoever comes off better in the televised Presidential debates.
FIGURES ARE CONFIRMED ON DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SITE 1980 2,392 1981 2,380 1982 2,319 1983 2,465 1984 1,999 1985 2,252 1986 1,984 1987 1,983 1988 1,819 1989 1,636 1990 1,507 1991 1,787 1992 1,293 1993 1,213 1994 1,075 1995 1,040 1996 974 1997 817 1998 827 1999 796 2000 758 2001 891 2002 999 2003 1,410 534* 2004 1,887 900* 2005 919* 2006 920* * Figures are Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom fatalities only Probably a few more under Bush, but lets face it, all in all considering the hand that Bush was dealt, we've had pretty damn low casualties.