Here we go a blog post on politics and the state of the political scene here in the United States.  I wanted to spout off my opinions on a couple of things that are going on in the campaign that should be highlighted more in my opinion.  So here goes...

War Hero's

John McCain's primary running platform so far has been that he's a maverick, a decorated war veteran, POW, and has the military experience we need for hard line foreign policy.  This up to this point is primarily what I have heard coming from his campaign which is not what this country needs at this point.

The run and gun shoot first think later style of leadership isn't working.  This was Bush's style and McCain and his VP choice Palin seem to both support the hard line stance on foreign policy.  The United States cannot police the world.  Diplomacy and better foreign relations are need more then tough words and brute force.  There is a reason for the United State's reputation falling in the world and it might have something to do with the fact that we worry about other people's business more then our own.

Long story short, I applaud John McCain and his service to the country, but this is not a political platform to stand on.  The fact is tough talk and hard lines have gotten us into more years of war and debt then anyone in this country wanted to take on contributing to an economic decline and the weakening of the American dollar.  Do we really want to perpetuate this situation? 

Punch for Punch

There has been a recent callout for Barack to start swinging back at ads that attack Obama's credibility, and yet to this point he has not.  There have been some counter ads but McCain's are getting more publicity.

Now McCain is obviously doing a good job here.  His ads are working and are obvioulsy spooking the Obama supporters.  However I think there's something to be said by that silence and Senator Obama has added to this in numerous campaign stops that I have watched via the Web.  Obama wants to stick to the issues and how it is that he is going to tackle things, while on the flip side McCain is pretty bent on sending out the attack dogs.  And that's fine but this is the way things have been done for years when it comes to politics, and although he's preaching changing things he's resorting to those same tactics.

Obama on the other hand has taken a beating in the media from McCain and his ads and hasn't really swung back.  Yes I am sure there have been some ads which might be quote attack ads, however they are not nearly as prevalent even during a large swing in the campaign triggered by Governor Palin's entrance into the mix.

Debates

This is where the battle I believe will be won. In an arena like this I have to give the edge to Obama's ticket.  Palin has yet to have someone battle back at her points.  Biden is extremely seasoned in Washington and is known for being a bit of an attack dog.  Obama is also a much more electrifying speaker then McCain and has yet to trip up or look flustered over questions so far as McCain has on a couple of occasions, most recently being on "The View".

I encourage everyone on both side to really evaluate what the candidate stands for.  Don't hone in on just one issue that effects you the most because in the grand scheme of things it's not about one issue.  It's about what effects this country, and guns, and abortions, health care, and all the other hot ticket items really don't mean anything when you are faced with a major economic crisis, and 2 wars, with a possible 3rd looming.  Those are important don't get me wrong, but there are many things that we can't get wrong even before it comes to those.