All About McCain

[Alex]

Also, as I've said before, the "change" I'm looking for is not one of "I'll screw my party by siding with the other side a lot" but rather, "I'll change the way things are done so that it is one again possible to disagree without hatred."

I fully expect Obama to pursue political policies that I disagree with at least half of the time (and likely much more often). All I ask is that I be able to do so without having to hate them or be hated.

I have no idea if Obama will succeed in accomplishing this. I just have no reason to believe that McCain would try, especially when running country from a position of power weakness.

[alphabassettgrrl]

Originally Posted by Alex

Also, as I've said before, the "change" I'm looking for is not one of "I'll screw my party by siding with the other side a lot" but rather, "I'll change the way things are done so that it is one again possible to disagree without hatred."

I fully expect Obama to pursue political policies that I disagree with at least half of the time (and likely much more often). All I ask is that I be able to do so without having to hate them or be hated.

I have no idea if Obama will succeed in accomplishing this. I just have no reason to believe that McCain would try, especially when running country from a position of power weakness.

I'm with you on all three (four?) points. I'm an Obama supporter, and I expect I'll disagree with him on a lot of things. Just less than I disagree with McCain about.

[Tenigma]

Originally Posted by Alex

I fully expect Obama to pursue political policies that I disagree with at least half of the time (and likely much more often). All I ask is that I be able to do so without having to hate them or be hated.

^^^^ THIS. I *know* I'm not going to agree with a lot of the things Obama wants. That's OK for me, because I also know that he is going to encourage a lot of discussion from all sides. One of my biggest disappointments with Bush has been (besides appointing political favorites for important positions) is the whole secrecy thing, and hiding behind homeland security. If you don't agree, you're somehow siding with the terrorists. I mean, what about FOIA? Habeas Corpus? [In plain English, if you tell me I can't board the plane because my name is on the government watch list, I want to be able to say "Hey wait, that's not me, that's somebody else!" instead of being interrogated and body cavity searched, and treated like a criminal."

[scaeagles]

Originally Posted by Tenigma

^^^^ THIS. I *know* I'm not going to agree with a lot of the things Obama wants. That's OK for me, because I also know that he is going to encourage a lot of discussion from all sides.

This is a sincere question and not meant to be rhetorical.

How do you know this?