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Originally Posted by McflyMSU
If McCain was the 2000 McCain then I wouldn't have as much of a problem with him, but he has flip flopped all of his positions to fit in with the Bush administration Neo-Conservative mold. Here's why McCain scares me:
1) Remaining on the offensive- Sounds great on paper, but where are we going to get the money and manpower to wage war on several different fronts? I think going further and further into debt with nations such as China threatents our national security even more.
2) Giving huge coporations tax breaks. I'd have less of a problem with giving huge corporations tax breaks if the gov't didn't rush in to bail them out when they screw up. Made too many risky loans to sustain your business? Too bad, next time you'll think twice before giving someone who makes 30k/year a 700k loan. Under the current system, the haves are getting richer, but the have-nots are getting poorer. Give tax breaks to those that need it most, which tends to be those that make less than 500k/year. Small business should get the greatest breaks so long as they employ American workers.
3) Why not make the push towards alternative energy now? I think McCain is too damn old to realize what is out there. Wouldn't it boost national security to stop buying oil from nations who produce terrorists anyway? The technology is there, just needs to be refined. If McCain wants to open up drilling fine, but make the companies that drill our oil sell it to us and set standards in place so that we can greatly reduce our need for oil in the distant future. Drilling now and having no long term plan is just going to put us back in the same place 20 years from now.
4) Yes McCain has a track record, but his record of old doesn't speak to his agenda now. McCain is just another puppet like GWB for the neo-conservative movement. These old bastards want the cold war days back again and they will get their wish if McCain is president. Sure, I didn't think Obama was the best choice for the dems to run, but he scares me a hell of alot less than McCain. I don't think this country can take 4 more years of neo-conservative reckless spending and war mongering.
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Let me clarify my point #1. Remaining on the offensive militarily speaking is a must in regards to terrorists. When it comes to other sovereign states, it's clearly more difficult in regards to diplomacy/military. However, I am of the opinion that our president must be extremely strong with the leaders of these 'problem' countries; we need to realize that they are not going to simply change their ways if we sit down and talk nicely. I personally have much more confidence in McCain in all areas of foreign relations.
Clearly we disagree on things and won't change each other's mind but hey, at least we both have our opinions and can do better than "X sucks so I'm voting for Y."