As a 31 year old woman, who has for the last three elections voted Republican and am now a registered Democrat. I believe I speak for many.I belive that the country is ready for a woman to hold the highest office in our government. However, I do not believe in voting for a candidate just because they are a woman. As a woman I want to be the one who makes decisions about my health, about my body. I do not believe the government has the right nor the need to make that decision for me.
I am a high school teacher. I've seen what our lack of a sex education program has done to our teenagers. It has created a lot of teenagers with one or more children, who as much as they try not to often drop out of school. Is this what you want? I know we want to believe that this education should be provided at home, but let's get real. It's not happening. For the most part, we as educators see these children more than their parents do and for a lot of them we may be the only person who listens, who gives them a hug, who notices that they need new shoes or that they are even pregnant.
I want to believe that mother nature takes care of herself and will adapt to us. But, we have gone and created things that no one thought was possible. These chemicals destroy the environment and the eco-systems around us. It's time for us to give back and that includes creating alternative energy sources. I mean even the biggest oil baron T. Boone Pickens has said that we can no longer rely on oil as our sole source of fuel. Someone give this lady a clue.
There is so much more I could say about her inexperience, about her ability to stand up with no remorse and lie to the American public about what she has and hasn't done as Governor or even the fact that she mocks the community activism that this country was founded on. ALL of which have nothing to do with the fact that she is a WOMAN and everything to do with the fact that she is the WRONG WOMAN.
A false assumption about John McCain
Where did the assumption come from that John McCain is always there for our troops?. His voting record clearly denies that:
April, 2003: He voted against $1 billion for National Guard and Reserve equipment.
October, 2003: He voted to table an amendment to give $322 million for safety equipment to our troops.
March, 2004: He voted to eliminate a loophole that, if removed, would increase veterans medical care.
April, 2006: He voted against $20 million for veteran health care facilities.
March, 2007: He did not vote at all on redeployment of our troops from Iraq by 2008.
September, 2007: He voted against the Webb amendment that would specify minimum rest periods for our troops.
May, 2008: He spoke against Senator Webb’s new GI Bill, then didn’t bother to vote, yet he accepted praise from President Bush when that bill passed.
Furthermore, the following veterans organizations have scored his voting record in support of the troops:
The Iran & Afghanistan Veterans of America gave Sen. McCain a ‘D’ for his voting record, compared to an A-plus for Sen. Barack Obama.
The Disabled American Veterans gave him a score of 20 percent compared to a score of 80 percent for Obama
I got this information from network news. Check it out.
Gainesville
