Tuesday, October 14, 2008

McCain and Obama

With the upcoming United States presidential elections, only two names stand out: John McCain, and Barack Obama. Both of which hails from qualifying political and legislative pasts. Their campaigns, ideas, and debates has shook the world.

John McCain is a political figure who spent early years of national service in the U.S. military. In his years of service, he flew ground concentrated aerial weaponry, and flew through several missions including Vietnam. He was shot down by Korean AA guns and suffered from injuries that gave him physical limitations until today. But that didn't stop him. McCain entered politics, served two terms in the house of representatives, and then entered the senate. His work is made up of diplomatic relations in the international network, all-out support for the War in Iraq, dissolving of the pork barrel, and dissolved a crisis in judicial nominations.

Barack Obama on the hand did not serve in the army, instead, he graduated from Harvard Law School, and spent became president of the law review in the same institution. He then became a community organizer and practiced law as a civil rights attorney. Obama didn't get elected as part of the house of representatives, but he still made it to the senate. His ideas and work comprises of the minimized used of conventional weaponry, more intelligent usage of funds, new sources of energy, and the promotion of universal health care.

Both candidates exhibit pretty much enough capabilities and experience to be potentially good presidents. But their difference in ideas foresee two different paths that the country will undergo. Mr.McCain is a military man, Obama is a legislative lawyer. Whoever reigns supreme over the other pretty much wraps it up.
The country will adapt and go through the presidents plans, and presented ideas.

1 comment:

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