Debates are a Debacle
Posted by The Under 30 View at 10/7/2008 10:08 PM 
Categories: Finance,Debates,Environment,Economics,Foreign Policy
Categories: Finance,Debates,Environment,Economics,Foreign Policy
Tonight’s debates from Nashville were a spectacle as usual. The candidates managed to continue their trend of saying a lot without saying anything. I just love the negative aspect of these campaigns. Not the negative in the sense of attack ads and the like but negative in the sense of, "this guy has done this and thing guy has done that" not, “I’m going to do this and I'm going to do that." I have yet to hear real plans from any of the candidates on any of the issues. But what I do know is how the other person voted on every issue in the past 25 years. I really could care less about the past votes on making a certain day School Bus Driver Day but what I do want to know is what the heck is going to happen to my country come January 20th.
One thing did catch my ear however. Obama said the young people are in a unique position. He didn't really say what that position was but what he wants to do with these young people is double the size of the Peace Corps. Well 50 years down the road when I'm looking back at my life and looking forward at the increasing taxes from a defunct social security system and financial bailouts you know what I'm going to say? Well I'm happy I changed the world during my Peace Corps year but I sure as heck should have changed my country.
The campaign is moving in one direction and unfortunately it's going towards Obama. I was hoping that McCain would use his favorite setting, a town hall format, to break away from Obama and get his own lead. I would have to say that Obama exploited his skills as a speaker to bring the middle class voter at ease. McCain seemed a little nervous when he talked about the economy even though most of my friends and I believe that he would help the economy more.
Now shift to foreign policy. McCain mopped the floor with Obama on these issues. He is much more experienced and rational when dealing with foreign policy. Obama even said something to the effect of if ethnic cleansing is happening in a certain part of the world we should go and stop it. Isn’t that what happened in Iraq? Hussein was killing people left and right yet Obama didn't see that as a reason to take him out of power.
One thing did catch my ear however. Obama said the young people are in a unique position. He didn't really say what that position was but what he wants to do with these young people is double the size of the Peace Corps. Well 50 years down the road when I'm looking back at my life and looking forward at the increasing taxes from a defunct social security system and financial bailouts you know what I'm going to say? Well I'm happy I changed the world during my Peace Corps year but I sure as heck should have changed my country.
The campaign is moving in one direction and unfortunately it's going towards Obama. I was hoping that McCain would use his favorite setting, a town hall format, to break away from Obama and get his own lead. I would have to say that Obama exploited his skills as a speaker to bring the middle class voter at ease. McCain seemed a little nervous when he talked about the economy even though most of my friends and I believe that he would help the economy more.
Now shift to foreign policy. McCain mopped the floor with Obama on these issues. He is much more experienced and rational when dealing with foreign policy. Obama even said something to the effect of if ethnic cleansing is happening in a certain part of the world we should go and stop it. Isn’t that what happened in Iraq? Hussein was killing people left and right yet Obama didn't see that as a reason to take him out of power.
And yet again nobody in either campaign is talking about what is going to happen in 50 years. USA Today had a wonderful article on the nature of young voters. One thing stood out to me however. Young voters don't know about the problems that will affect them. They are in the "green" stages of life worrying about the environment and world peace. Those all sound good if you are answering questions during the interview phase of Miss USA but not in politics. Environment is important but more important than an economic crisis? World Peace is of course very important but more so than an extreme jump in oil prices? Us under 30 need to think about the future instead of cliché college issues that we inevitably will grow out of.
Hi Ryan,
Your Unle Adam here. Nice article. Gobama! Just kidding.
-A
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Hi Ryan, I am not under 30, but I like your site, and I like your spirit. I know you are fighting an uphill battle there in CA. For what it's worth I am pulling for you. Keep up the good work. I will be checking in here at your blog to see how it is going.
Best wishes for your success, and may God bless you and yours
Jack Bowles - Deep in the heart of Texas
Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could only do a little.
--Edmund Burke
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