Obama.

I did see Joe Biden in a parade while I was in Iowa. Kutos to him for actually showing up.

Obama. The thing America needs right now is a distraction. Having the first non-caucasian president will be the best thing for this country. Oh, and he's pretty damn good as a politician, too. Clinton's only running so Bill can operate from behind the scenes.

Heh, if Bill became President, I wonder who'd be VP :P

I'm leaning pretty strong for Obama. I've seen him and Edwards come speak in Vegas in recent months. So far I liked what he's had to say and I like the energy he brings. To date, he's been more for ideas than just against someone else.

Edwards is the same way. He cares but I'm not sure he can translate that into anything.

And Clinton annoys me but not in the Republican "No woman has a right to tell me what to do" way. She's just too smug, like she deserves the job by virtue of her name. Hell, isn't that why Bush Junior is such an asshat? Why have more of that?

As for the idea that Obama's election would be a "distraction", I'm not so sure of that. It cheapens what he wants to do. But what better image could we project to the rest of the world other than electing the same old "just-don't-get-it" rich dude like we've doing? I mean, we got lucky with Clinton, eseentially a redneck who knew there were other countries outside our borders. But that's the exception, not the norm.

And don't even start me on the GOP candidates who just want to seemingly threaten people or alternately scare them. You don't want to hear it.

Would you rather have a hobo be president? Politicians are the only answer.

Anybody else want to vote for Jonathon the Impaler?

I know I would if I was old enough to vote.

Condee '08.

Janet Reno '08.

I like Sam Brownback. :>

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In all seriousness, I find Obama to be a rather promising candidate.

Well I don't live in the US so have no idea who is running or what their policies are, etc and I don't really care.  All I do care about is that the next President is not a warmongerer who will point at countries and make up fabricated lies like "they've got weapons of mass destruction, kill them, kill them all" and then later on say ""well they didn't have any weapons after all but we did good anyways".

Wow, you guys really need to learn more about our President before you talk crap about him.

Point 1: he is not a warmonger, as far as anyone can tell he thought Iraq had WMDs.  Ive even read a report on FoxNews.com that came straight from the House Intelligence Committee saying that over 500 chemical weapons, mainly consisting of Sarin and Mustard gas had been found in Iraq.  I dont usually take Fox's word on something, but I HIGHLY doubt that they would manufacture such a document.

Point 2:  Bush is a very intelligent man.  None of you would have a clue since you haven't run a country.  Think about all the decisions that have to be made, the entirety of the position is just overwhelming.  My brother worked at the EOB for 6 months for Rove's Deputy.  The general consensus is that Bush is one of the smartest Presidents when it comes to issues on energy.  It makes sense seeing as how he dealt with oil for much of his life.

Bush is a great public speaker when in a comfortable environment.  He stumbles in public.  So, what, he's an idiot because he's not a great public speaker?

Anyways...

I'm voting Giuliani.  He is fairly liberal on social issues and conservative on economic issues.  About as close to a Libertarian as one can get except for Ron Paul, but Paul is WAY too hard-line.  He's the closest this country can get to a free society.

Screw Universal Health Care, welfare and all that crap.  Obama Im sure is a great guy, but this country isnt about the government helping everyone out.  Its about people having the freedom to help themselves.

Gotta agree with that. Coming from a lower-middle class blue collar family, if it wasn't for Canada's health care system, we would have been screwed over in medical bills when my mom had to spend something like 4 weeks in hospital, then 3 years of cancer treatment, then 6 months in hospital. If you're rich, then absolutely you'd think 'they should have to pay for it all themselves', but if you're coming from the lower end of the spectrum you realize that sometimes having things covered by the government is one helluva good thing.

I can't really comment on the presidential candidates because for the most part, I don't know anything about them. I know Obama is coloued and Clinton is female. I'm Canadian, my opinion wouldn't matter regardless, because I can't vote there anyways. And I believe the topic is about the presidential candidates, not how Bush screwed up.

yeah there were alot of Ford companies around here that were shut down. One of my parents friend were out of work because of it. But its all good now cause they opened their own business.