^^ magekill's post. =D>. Owned. I agree with Magekill entirely on all his points. Although my opinion doesn't matter that much since I'm not an American citizen, if I COULD vote then i would go for Obama. He's not perfect, he tends to promise much more than he can probably do. But: he inspires. He actually explains most of his reasons. He's a brilliant public speaker. Mccain speaks horrible, i've watched them side by side, the latter makes me puke. He attracts media attention, gives the US a better international image. Most people talk of Obama's so called inexperience, but if you followed the democratic nomination more people voted for Obama than for Hillary Clinton, who is the epitome of experience. Quite the antithesis of Obama. Obama knows how to compromise (as previously stated). He was initally against offshore drilling or whatever but has decided to allow limited opportunities, at least to give the US more time to transform to using alternative energy sources. As well, if i were to vote for Mccain he would probably reinstate harsher security measures, perhaps continuing along with path stuff similar to the Patriot Act. I don't personally have a problem with increased security but i think some of the measures in the patriot act infringe on the personal rights of citizens (no fly lists, incidences of partisan arrest, ability for INDEFINITE periods of arrest without a warrant or suspicion). I got most of these examples from a book my the American author Naomi Wolf "The End of America". It's not a "bash america" book it's a political analysis type of thing which is pretty boring but explains everything. I also went to the republican party website. Main page: article lampooning Obama on how his tire gauge idea is idiotic. But wait, this idea is actually true (I knew this beforehand) and it can save up to 1 - 2% on fuel costs (which if everyone did would save a lot). So, now the republicans are stooping to plain [cabbage] just to insult Obama. Very sophisticated. I traveled to the democratic party website (expecting the same thing) and instead i get a photo (below it a link to the actual website) of Obama and his supporters, encouraging the website viewer to "vote for change". Wow the democratic national congress is working the old fashioned way: encourage votes for your nominee. So simple. When i actually go to the website, the biggest article is a link to a video where a reporter asks Romney for one, yes only ONE example of an accomplishment for alternative energy in McCain's 26 year record in the senate (Obama has been in the senate for about 8 years i believe). And Mccain bses some random answer about how he's not a historian.... Again I find the republicans can't find ground to support their candidates but try at any dishonest tactic to grind the opposition. Great. Someone said that Obama had flip flopped on troop withdrawal. Obama was never for troop withdrawal, he was always against the war (from the start, just look at the wikipedia article) in Iraq because he believed the troops were better placed in Afghanistan. A CNN report like two weeks ago actually supported the fact that Osama bin laden is probably hiding in Afghanistan or pakistan, NOT in iraq. Finally, Since Obama wants to finish this war efficiently and quickly, al least he'd probably spend less time and not drag The US into the huge recession it is in currently. Which is all bush's fault for spending 10 billion or so a year on the war in Iraq. For what? a few specks of sand? Iraq will always be a wasteland, and the arraignment of American troops did not help ANYONE, except perhaps weapons manufacturers and the industrial complex that thrives within America. I really hope that voters vote for the right candidate this time. Also it turns out my post turned into a giant rant so I'm really sorry for all the eye soreness that will be caused. :?