Character Of The Candidates

Today, I want to talk about the characters of the candidates as I see them. If I start with senator Obama, I believe that he is a straight shooter. He realized at young age that he wanted to get into politics and he has shown his ambition in this aspect many times. Senator Obama is very well spoken and has a great demeanour. He is not confrontational in his appearances. The senator married his first boss out of law school. He then after a little while started to work in his community. I believe it was here he realized if he really wanted to change things. He had to get into politics. He lost his first campaign and was then told that he had to build a social and political network of friends. From then on he was set on Washington and the presidency.

The one thing which really bothers me with Senator Obama is that in the beginning of his campaign he spoke of unitizing the country. This has to start with congress. How can he accomplish what he says he will do, when he was ranked the most liberal senator based upon his voting record during 2007? By the way Senator Biden was ranked the third most liberal senator. If senator Obama wants to unify with the republicans in the senate, he must give up his liberal stand on many issues. This he cannot do, because then he will lose his base; hence all talk about unifying the country is just bull. It does not help to hear the sarcastic and sometimes arrogant commentators on the news cable networks criticise everything about Bush and McCain. Just listen to Jack Cafferty on CNN. The republican in congress will wait for their opportunity, if Senator Obama is elected, to hit back. If Senator Obama was serious about unifying congress, he must be willing to take on his own party. This I cannot see him do, but I think based upon history, that McCain will take on the Republican Party.

Senator McCain has proven his character under tremendous stress. He was a prisoner in Vietnam, during the war. He could take the easy road and say yes to the Vietnamese when they wanted to use him as a propaganda tool in the war, as his father was the admiral in charge of the American troops. More important show of character, was when senator McCain a newly elected congressman, went against his party and President Reagan. McCain was a so called foot soldier in the the Reagan Revolution but in spite of that, he spoke out against the President Reagan, when he wanted to send troops to Lebanon, which turned out to be a disaster. Here he showed his independence and put his country first. This has always been his motto. I want to remind you that Senator McCain has never requested any so called famous pork belly out lays in the budget. In this respect he is one of the few senators if not the only one at that.
Every President has tried to get line item veto in order to cut frivolous spending by the congress. In order to get something done in this respect, you need a president who is willing to take on his own party. It is this kind of character which senator McCain is looking for in Governor Palin

Most candidates, when asked, agrees that their so called confidants tell them like it is and not always agrees with the candidate. Senator Obama said on 60 minutes, that he was lucky if his wife agreed with him more than 50 percent. I would accept this as a joke, but I do believe that she disagrees with him some times. Senator Obama in the same interview also told the viewers that he expected to hear different opinions from his running mate senator Biden.
Governor Palin does not think the same as her candidate on every issue, such as abortion, drilling in Anwar, Alaska i.e.

It all comes down to the core belief in a candidate and on character, if I would choose one candidate, it would be senator McCain