I interviewed my mom: Emily Beddoes
This is what she said:
Q1) What is one good and bad thing about McCain?
A1)Good: "He is basically a selfless indiv. who has given his whole life to this country"
Bad: "He is associated with president Bush, just by being in the republican party"
Q2)What is one good and bad thing regarding Obama?
A2)Good: "Hes got a Hugh number of people willing to go out and vote for him. Therefore the most people in history will have voted, because normally only ~20% vote. So we will have the biggest turn out of voters ever in history"
Bad: "I dislike his tax plan/'Death Tax'"
Q3)What are some differences between Biden and Palin?
A3)Biden: "He has more experience with foreign policy"
Palin: "She only had but a couple months to prepare"
Q4)Who are you voting for and why?
A4) "McCain, because I believe that he will make the right decisions regarding the economy and Obama will not."
Q5)What is your opinions regarding race and gender and how that is entering into the election?
A5)"I think that people should vote for the person that will most benefit the country and not on gender and race, but I'm afraid that some adults will vote on according to race but lie and say otherwise."
Political Cartoon #1
Due to the current economic crisis the U.S. treasury is throwing billions of dollars into large corporation furthering the U.S. into a larger debt. For example, this cartoon depicts a man talking to McCain saying “Sir, you’ve got to get on top of this economic crisis…FAST! Before your running mate starts to field dress it.” This shows how Palin will ruin the economy even further, because she is young and inexperienced and thinks she is doing the right thing when actually she is making it worse. This cartoon also depicts Palin on top of a bull, representing the dead economy. This further shows how Palin thinks she is fixing the crisis, when in actuality she is just making it more of a mess. If we have a wrong political candidate doing the job incorrectly, then that makes the crisis works.
Political Cartoon #2
The current election is all about change, and how the candidates different from the “classical” presidents. For example, this cartoon shows an African-American boy saying how there is an “African-American in the race,” and a young girl saying that there is also a “dynamic woman” running. This shows how each party has something different about their parties. This cartoon also depicts a young boy saying “And the only white guys running have senior citizen discounts.” This further shows how the Republican Parties elected president has not changed, and remains the same stereotypes: male, elder, and white. John McCain fits these stereotypes for a president; therefore he is not getting as much as an advantage as Obama.
Joe Biden
Here at home, when Americans were standing in long lines to give blood after the attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, we squandered an obvious opportunity to make service a noble cause again, and rekindle an American spirit of community.
Barack Obama
If the people cannot trust their government to do the job for which it exists - to protect them and to promote their common welfare - all else is lost.
Sarah Palin
"Politics isn't just a game of competing interests and clashing parties. The people of America expect us to seek public office and to serve for the right reasons. And the right reason is to challenge the status quo and to serve the common good." -
John McCain
And, if we lost, then who win? Did Al Qaida win? When on the floor of the House of Representatives they cheer - they cheer - when they pass a withdrawal motion that is a certain date for surrender, what were they cheering? Surrender? Defeat?
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