I have become considerably distrubed by the amount of spin that the media and corporate politicians have put on the truth. Last night I saw a car sporting a "give peace a chance sticker," paired with a "Obama '08" sticker. The staunch hypocrisy of this bumper sticker couple is a frightening one indeed.
Senator Barak Obama would do anything but give peace a chance if he were elected to office. While I agree with his plan to withdraw troops from Iraq, I don't agree with expanding our bloated military budget to expand war in Afghanistan. That country is in ruins and perpetuators of violence are still at large. The only way to fix our eroding worldwide reputation is to particpate in a cooperative diplomatic case to bring terroists to trial. Senator Obama supports further violence.
The democratic incumbent is also a strong supporter of the death penalty, the patriot act, nuclear energy, the fradulent "war on drugs," immunity for telecom companies participating in illegal surveillance of citizens, the no child left behind act, and the most recent heist of taxpayer money to bail out corrupt wall street corporations. Senator Obam also opposes gay marriage, single-payer healthcare, the impeachment of George W. Bush and Dick Cheney, peaceful negotiations with Iran and is a strong supporter of Israeli apartheid over Palestine.
Why do U.S. citizens feel that Senator Obama will give peace a chance? I think a great deal of this confusion among the citizenry is the two-party system, the corporate-owned media and their lobbyists in congress. Mainstream politicians are governed by the interests of wall street and the political puppets in the white house. Every move is a career one and far from the interests of the American people, who overwhelmingly support withdrawal from the middle east, universal healthcare and a decent education. The media blackout of third-party candidates keeps the citizenry in the dark, making the American public feel like they need to vote for "the lesser of two evils," rather than with their beliefs and values.
There are many political parties that are committed to supporting a living wage, health for all, education for all, peaceful negotiation, ending poverty and bringing an end to genocide, like the current ethnic clensing in Darfur, Sudan. People don't vote for these candidates, because they are repeatedly denied participation in the electoral process. There was plenty of room on stage for the debate between John McCain and Barak Obama, to also include Green Party Candidate Cynthia McKinney, Independent Ralph Nader, and even Libertarian Candidate Bob Barr.
The American people are being fooled by the corporate-owned media, which prevents the United States from having free and fair elections. Please think about this before casting your vote.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
4 comments:
It can be quite confusing, with all of the different candidates and all the different issues. Your never going to 100% agree with a candidate. I guess you just have to chose someone you think is best. Cynthia McKinney doesn't look to bad. I took a political test and my score was closest with david cobbs.
This is how I'm looking at it right now:
I don't agree with a lot that either candidate is campaigning for. However, I am pretty certain that Barack Obama would have a better chance of pulling us out of the middle east, dipping our toes into renewable energy, and keeping our country from falling into another Great Depression. At this point I'm voting out of desperation. If I voted for somebody I truly thought would be BEST, that would be one less vote for Obama and one vote more likely that John McCaine would be elected. I just CANNOT let John McCaine and his band of clowns (Sarah Palin included) into the white house.
Barak Obama would get us out Iraq eventually, but he'd also make sure that we have permanent military bases there. The military budget would be increased for Afghanistan and we'd never get the long overdue social programs that most other first world countries have.
But I completely understand and sympathize with what you're saying as well. I guess my ideology is that my vote is hard to get, because its very meaningful to me. It has value and I can't let it go to the lesser of the two evils.
If we weren't so disillusioned by the two-party corporate system that controls the media, we'd be voting with our values, not our fears and we'd actually get a president who does care about the people.
A vote for someone other than a democrat or a republican is vote that says we take this seriously. Americans have voted for the lesser of two evils in nearly every presidential election and we still have not fundamentally changed anything. Democrats fund illegal war and take campaign contributions oil companies and HMOs. How is that not a conflict of interest? I can't sell myself out.
For me, voting for democrats is just giving into the cycle of corporate domination that controls our daily lives. I mean, Obama even considered lifting the offshore drilling ban just to get votes. He even made military threats against Iran. Thats fucked up. I can't vote for that.
I don't know if voting for my candidate will be a spoiler at all, but I can't live with a vote for Obama. The media blackout of all candidates isn't democratic and I have to challenge that.
As long as we don't allow the constitutional party's presidential candidate time to speak, ugh.
Can you blame politicians for making career moves at the expense of the american people? If a candidate's platform was his/her own mind they wouldn't stand a chance. This person would only receive a tiny margin of votes even if everyone know this candidate and what he/she stands for.
People rarely find common ground on all their issues.
There's only a couple thousand Americans who believe half the shit you do, and that's being generous. It's much easier to choose a side and stick with it through thick and thin, people usually pick to be a 'democrat' or a 'republican' despite their disagreements with the party. It's like a football game to most americans, your team (party) may suck ass at times but its your team (party) and you stick with them.
Post a Comment