Now that the primaries are all but over, and it appears that Barrack Obama is in the super delegate lead at this point, one has to wonder just how well he will fair against someone like a John McCain. One also has to wonder how well this well intentioned man will do when it comes to dealing with the rest of the world. The one advantage a Hillary Clinton has is that she was a part of a White House administration, and has a former President along side of her. Obama, at least to me seems less likely to convince voters that he can overcome his lack of foreign policy experience and make a good choice for leader of this country.
While his platform for change on the domestic front is well intentioned, I often wonder just how much change one man can accomplish without the necessary backing. Also he has to surround himself with advisors and managers who feel as strongly about the things he wants to change as he does, not to mention the backing of the Congress. After all, it is the Congress that creates changes in our laws or public policies, more so than the President. I just have to wonder, what type of support Obama will receive, and whether or not he will be able to accomplish all that he has promised during his campaign for the nomination. We've all heard the rhetoric before in other campaigns, and seen some changes, but not nearly all that was promised, and certainly not as quickly as many of us would have liked.
In order to undue many of our past mistakes, will take someone with not only a great deal of determination, but patience as well. I hope the voting public truly realizes this, and doesn't lose confidence in Mr. Obama or whomever the voters decide to elect to the Presidency before they really have a chance to make any changes. Let's be honest, the changes we need to see in this country is immigration reform, more of a focus on our own people and problems, which includes lower gas and food prices, higher wages and plenty of jobs, and affordable health care for all of us. It will take a lot of perseverance, and patience on everyone's part to accomplish this, as well as many of the other problems facing this great nation of ours. The environment and alternate forms of energy, disease research and other pressing domestic issues must take the forefront of the President's agenda.
As far as the war in Iraq or against terrorism for that matter, they have to take a back seat to our own issues here at home. We need to bring our troops back and allow these countries and governments to resolve their own issues without outside interference. We claim to be on the side of democracy and human rights, yet we have our own human rights issues here at home. We have people living on the streets, people starving, living in poverty, and being discriminated against because of ethnicity, color, or origin. Our nation is overtaxed, and underemployed, and much of our tax dollars are spent overseas. We give tax breaks to oil companies and pharmaceutical companies who charge outrageous amounts for their products, and depend on foreign oil to produce those products, while we ship oil from the Alaskan Pipeline to countries like China and Japan. While China and Indias economies flourish ours flounders like a fish dead in the water.
I do not envy whoever becomes President, no matter what promises they make, they are going to have an uphill battle, unless and until they put special interest groups aside, and do what they know their hearts has to be done to get this country back on track and bring prosperity once again to its people. We need affordable homes, salaries that keep up with the cost of living, good and affordable health care, and politicians who really care about their constituancies and their needs and concerns. In terms of our foreign policies, I think we need to take a step back, and allow other countries to decide their own fates, without pressure and/or interference on our parts. Let's bring our troops home, and use our military to protect our own borders from illegal immigrants, and drug smugglers, as well as potential terrorists who would try to destroy the very foundation of this country.
No comments:
Post a Comment