Now is the time to move forward
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Saffan K. Andolsun
Published: August 29, 2008
Watching TV, wearing our Obama ’08 tee-shirts, my wife and I found ourselves being won over by John McCain last week as we watched the Saddleback Church forum. McCain looked pretty good. He
was clear, crisp, decisive, engaging, and humorous.
McCain cracked jokes, told stories, and looked us in the eye. He was comfortable. McCain gave succinct, affirmative answers. He laid the question of faith aside in two sentences as compared to
Obama’s more ‘nuanced’ response.
McCain provided clear, straightforward solutions. Education: “…help bad teachers find new careers…” Tough, decisive and clever. McCain kept it simple. No matter he did not address the heart of the
issues. He wrapped the problem and solution together by uttering a scathing indictment about teachers, smiling at his own humor and moving on.
Taxes? Create fear that the other candidate is going to raise taxes (though it is McCain’s party which has been fiscally irresponsible, squandering a budget surplus). McCain claims he won’t raise taxes
but doesn’t explain how he will rebuild our infrastructure, provide a world class education, create green jobs for the future, reduce the deficit, provide health and safety services and maintain national
defense and begin energy initiatives?
Ethical solutions are not always easy. For example McCain’s answer regarding Roe v. Wade is strong and positive but ignores the complexity of the issues. Here simple does not equal moral.
In contrast Obama calls us to get involved to think, to participate, to take responsibility. No quick fix. No escaping responsibility. He has the ‘audacity’ to ask us to be part of the solution.
McCain is a good man. He has selflessly served our country. But now it is time to move forward. The current administration substituted wit for substance. We must get to work and accept Obama’s
challenge to restore America’s leadership position in the world financially, ethically, morally and militarily.
SAFFAN K. ANDOLSUN
Manassas
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Posted by ( willow703 ) on August 31, 2008 at 2:41 pm
“McCain kept it simple. No matter he did not address the heart of the issues.“ And the heart is? Children not amenable to learning, because they are ill-nourished, from broken homes, have parents who are themselves poorly educated & addicted to drugs, just don’t care or think being educated is a “white” thing.
What is Sen. Obama going to do about that & how is he going to pay for his solution?
Taxes? Presidents don’t raise taxes, stupid! Presidents don’t cut taxes, stupid! Read the Constitution, stupid!
Sen. Obama makes the same claims as Sen. McCain & Sen. Obama also offers no explanation as to how he will finance them.
Sen. Obama calls us to get involved, to think, to participate, to take responsibility. And that will pay for his solutions?
I am a Liberal. I am not a loon. I will vote for Sen. McCain & hope that he, & the Democrat Senate & House candidates I will vote for, can come up with something more intelligent than “Change”.
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