The Great Debate

The Great Debate is on and both of the candidates are veterans in this arena. The questions well be critiqued and so will everything else including of course our two stars Obama and McCain. The two names alone sound as if they came from the creative minds of a Hollywood Production team. The following day we’ll hear every talking head this side of the Mississippi (and the other) explain why either McCain or Obama stole the night.

Both the Democrats and Republican are banking on their assumptions that they have reason and faith on their side. These two party leaders want us to follow their reasoning on issues that not only affect us first but with greater veracity and viciousness. Hunger is vicious in case somebody out there does not know that. The United States is at a moment in time that if it’s leaders act with proper respect to our countries original purpose and prime directive which was and is to offer sanctuary. It is our responsibility to secure sanctuary for future generations. Each side wants to convince independents to sway their direction, remind their rank and file members to hold fast or to convince the other side to jump ship or to mutiny.

The debate however comes at a time when both sides have had to rethink their campaign promises. Regardless of who wins the White House the ability for the president to tax or not tax will be limited by the impact of this 700 billion dollar bailout. Democrats are wisely blaming Republicans for this ordeal but the bar or Catina conversations I’m hearing are asking “the Democrats are in charge now, right? Didn’t they win in 2006.” It’s hard to explain to people why the Democrats did not see this bailout coming yet they can pin point exactly who to blame and what evidence there is to justify their finger pointing.

What both parties can’t afford to talk about is why they are both the two foxes that killed every chicken in the coop after being asked to be the guard. Each party is acting as if no one could have ever seen this bailout coming because had one party stood in consortium against slackening oversight this would have never happened. If American were really angry about this massive raid on our tax money they would vote both parties out of office.

Obama often criticizes McCain of having been in “Washington for twenty years” and did nothing except be part of the problem but so was everyone in both the Democrat and Republican parties. That includes everyone that currently surrounds Sen. Obama and Sen. McCain. Each party has been fighting each other for years and every current member has been part of those fights even Obama. So, in regards to this 700 billion dollar bailout, both parties failed together to spot the danger the led to this bailout or else they’re both responsible for knowingly ignoring the traffic signs.

So, what is important to know about these to candidates is not how they’re a different kind of politician but how will they help us make more money. Fighting two wars is expensive so why would it be cheaper to pull out of Iraq? Using gasoline to fuel our cars is awful and too expensive so how will any of these two candidates relive our pain? If the U.S. pulls out of Iraq are we ready to enter again for humanitarian reason if matter worsen? Now that there is no money for Obama’s great give away what can Americans expect to get in exchange for giving him our vote? Since it’s more than likely that American tax payers will get nothing now that both parties gave away the cookie jar shouldn’t we stay in Iraq and suck as much oil as possible until we’re better off?

The angry, selfish questions that people ask silently of themselves are always the ones that politicians tend to want to answer. The reason is because those angry selfish questions are motivators that get people up and into the voting both or voting early.


Good luck Democrats

Rafael Buelna