The Leader of the Free World is a term that is used so little and so lightly nowadays. On November 4, 2008 the Americans will elect the next President of the United States and Leader of the Free World: Barack Obama (Shown on the Left) or John McCain (Shown on the Right).
Both candidates all their own, John McCain open and wise to the ages and years of life, Barack Obama full hearted to a young and proud generation. We can only hope on November 4th that the people will vote not by look, religion, intelligence, age, or race, but by who is ready to be the next Leader of the Free World.
The story of Barack Obama is a child born in Hawaii, raised in Chicago by a single mother. By contrast, John McCain’s story is similar, being raised on naval bases to a father who served, and his mother raising him as a near single parent, but their stories similar, from completely different times, but can the American people really say they know who Barack Obama and John McCain are?
A discussion came up amongst me and friends about Barack Obama and John McCain. It was mentioned that Senator Obama has had some bad breaks with the Reverend Wright story, and his ties and funding to Acorn polling. It just adds up against him, Then someone else mentioned that if he had just made his claim, honored them and held their friendships, but release their ideals in comparison to his own, things would have been a lot easier. But that overall, it makes him human, doing drugs in school, going to a church conducted by an anti-American preacher. Are they great backgrounds, no but it makes him human, and gives him point in which he can relate to people, and show his will to over come. Do I support George Bush…not in a million years. He has slipped one too many times, but he is just as human as Barack Obama. In the end George Bush and Barack Obama are more alike in characteristics than John McCain and the President. They both have had their hard times, but they fight through them. President Bush at the will and power of a nation at his feet to help him get done what needed to and he left it on the ground, but John McCain’s history is scary. A troubled prisoner of war, a senator for many years, some plunders in his ideals, and a man with an unpredictable temper. His credentials as a veteran honorable, he desires to continue on honest. I think Sarah Palin said it best in her debate against Joe Biden. “Every administration will have their setbacks and problems, and it’s how they deal with them that counts”. Spoken like an honest person that expects no less than a hard rode. No matter who we choose to be the next President of the United States, neither are going to come out with a straight A report card, but we can hope that they will do all in their power to make it better out than it is when they start. Will either John McCain or Barack Obama be able to make up for the mistakes of 8 neglected years, NO. They can do what they can, what is best for the American people, but no one can expect them to claim the power of the lord and lift our nation from a chaos that could have been settled if not avoided.
The American people are so frustrated right now that they switch from blaming Congress, to the Bush Administration, what ever happened to “The Buck Stops Here”. President Truman and Reagan were bold men, feared men, because they had no fear or regrets. Did it get them in trouble, certainly, but it is honest and what the people wanted to hear. America blames President Bush for not doing all he could to prevent things from happening, and they blame Congress for not countering the Bush administration. And it escapes them that two members of that Congress they regret are running for President, and one will be elected. The overall ignorance of the American people is startling. And now the focus has turned to the Running mates and their credentials to be President.
The Governor of Alaska Sarah Palin and the long standing Senator of Delaware Joseph Biden. Two minds that have met on the fields of politics. One with the experience of running a state, the other legislative experience that is hard to match. One economically rich, the other abundant in foreign policy. And in the end, I feel I know Governor Palin and Senator Biden better than I do the Senators. Really whom are the people electing the Senators, or the Veeps? Cause in a demented and terrible reality they have just a chance of being given the title of President. John McCain and his age/health. Barack Obama and his race/skin color. Neither plays in favor of the candidates.
Do you elect the Democratic team of a lawyer that is young and relates to the generations, with a partner of many years of experience and honors? Or do you elect the Republican team of a young POW, a senator of nearly three decades, that has the experience and knowledge of the greatest wise man, with a younger, attractive lady who had her ups and done, but is more human than anyone that she speaks straight to the American people. If you ask me they are the same.
So now we go back to the question. John McCain-Sarah Palin, Barack Obama-Joe Biden. Four people that are who we as the people have chosen to be our leaders and the worlds leader. Who can bring American back to the relations we had, were our allies and power was something feared by all. Who can make our life as Americans, the American dream once again, with resources, energy, and pleasure that make our lives envied. Who can be the next President of the United States and Leader of the Free World? Don’t vote Republican, don’t vote Democrat, vote for the person that will be you and me back to the Land of the Free.
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