In November 2008, we will have the most historic presidential election ever. For the first time, a political party will feature a black person as the nominee. His name is Barack Obama. “I suppose you want me to vote for Obama to contribute to history,” you are probably thinking. This is not the reason. The purpose of this article is to show you how Obama cares about the average person and why he is the best candidate. I will discuss what I know about Obama based on what I have seen on television and read in the newspaper.
Obama possesses brilliance. He is a great orator, he has offered many great proposals pertaining to improving our lives and he has run ads in which he personally speaks to us through the camera.
Barack has a good tax cut plan. I do not know if it is fair that he wants to raise taxes on the five percent of Americans who make over 250,000 dollars because I do not know how much of their income goes toward taxes now; however, I agree with his plan to cut taxes for 95 percent of American families and pay for these tax cuts by eliminating loopholes for special interests.
Consider his energy plan. He wants to focus on using solar power and wind power and create five million “green” jobs. He is not totally against offshore drilling and he said we need to conserve our use of gasoline to reduce its costs.
If you are a lady, Obama could become your best friend. He supports equal pay for women in the workforce, his running mate, Joe Biden, supported the Violence Against Women act in the Senate and Obama supports women's right to have an abortion while his opponent, John McCain, wants to overturn Roe V. Wade and opposes abortion in all cases including rape and incest. McCain could contribute to turning his wish into a reality by appointing Supreme Court judges who are extremely conservative.
Keep the prospect for good health care and schools in mind. Obama wants to make it easier for workers to afford health care while McCain's plan is likely to raise workers' income taxes to pay for health care and cause millions of workers to lose their health care benefits. Obama wants to help good teachers earn more money and he wants teachers to be held accountable for how well their students do.
Are you concerned about the job market? Obama wants to give tax breaks to businesses that keep jobs in America and remove tax breaks for businesses that ship jobs overseas. Obama has blasted McCain for supporting businesses that ship jobs overseas.
An Obama presidency should provide good security. Biden supported putting more cops on the streets and he would provide Obama with invaluable advice with his vast foreign affairs experience. Furthermore, Obama wants to responsibly end our illegal, futile war in Iraq. Biden has advocated letting the Iraqis take care of themselves with their surplus of 80 million dollars while we stop wasting billions of dollars and thousands of American and Iraqi lives occupying Iraq. Barack wants to shift more troops to Afghanistan where the real threat of terrorism lies; additionally, Obama supports diplomacy and wants to join our allies in talking with Iran to encourage them not to develop nuclear weapons.
Obama is the presidential candidate who is more likely to connect with you and help make life better for you and your kids. He represents and talks about helping the middle class. He was raised by a single mother. Biden grew up in a blue-collar family in Scranton, Pennsylvania and he is one of the least wealthy senators. Furthermore, Obama has run a platform that concerns bringing the change we need for a better nation. Consider everything you have learned today and vote for Obama!
