Simplistic reasons why Barack Obama should be the President.
I don't know much about either McCain's or Obama's campaigns, but I'd vote for Obama for simple reasons:
We don't need another four years - or even worse, eight years - of Republicans. This country needs a change (I know, that buzzword) and change would come with a Democratic President.
Not only does the U.S. need a change, it needs a change that will get people excited again and mix things up to make them truly different than any Presidential term to date. With that said, a young black (or half-black) President is more needed than another old white one. Although I personally would have loved to see a woman finally become President, Hilary didn't quite cut it in the race. My next choice is obviously Obama.
The main argument against Obama is that he's inexperienced. I think this is a good thing. The way that people are doing things now in the White House are the same as they've been doing them since the Revolutionary War. And they're definitely not working too well nowadays. A new guy should come along and show us the way he thinks things should be done. Chances are it'll work because it'll be different.
Obama wants to get out of the war quickly. McCain wants to get out the “right way”, but the “right way” is also the long way. At this point, I don't think people care much about how we get out of the Middle East; we just simply want to get out.
I have nothing against McCain; I think he's a great war hero. My father met McCain's Hanoi Hilton roommate and listened to him tell stories about McCain's heroic acts. Like something out of a Sylvester Stallone or Chuck Norris movie, they tortured him yet he never told them what they wanted to know and he stayed incredibly loyal to the U.S. The guy can't lift his arm all the way up because his muscles were ripped out in torture. I have great respect for him, but I don't think he should be the president.
As Taz Arnold of Sa-Ra said, “This is real and not for play, I'ma vote Obama way.”
