Obama vs mccain... what do you think?

One of my mom's friends said that Obama is against homeschooling and wants to ban it. Is this true? I'm concered by it since I know of someone who is homeschooled. What are your thoughts about who our next president will be? Would you vote for Obama or...

McCain? I've heard some not good things about McCain, like he wants to raise taxes and stuff. That would be horrible. A lot of people couldn't get the medication they need or go to the doctor and stuff due to that.
What are your thoughts on these matters?

I believe this wonderful country has better qualified candidates than any that have been fielded in the past 2 elections and this one as well. Having said that one of these two men WILL be our president. The only candidate in this field who has ever run anything is Palin. She was mayor of a small town and was the Governor of the State of Alaska. All the others, McCain, Obama and Biden are sitting Senators. The largest thing any have run is their congressional staff. McCain has life experience that Obama doesn't. He is more of a moderate to liberal Conservative. He has worked with both sides of the Senate, and has often taken heat from the Republicans because of his position. But I believe he votes the way he sees and issue, not just because it is the official position of his party. Obama is about as liberal as the U.S. Senate has to offer. And has always voted along party lines. Obama's tax plan involves a lot of increased taxes. McCain's does not. McCain has fought for this country and paid a very high price for it. Obama worked on ACORN projects in Chicago with the former leader of the Weathermen Underground. He kicked off his political career at this man's house in Chicago. The Weathermen Underground was a terrorist organization in the early 70's who bombed a number of places around this country killing innocent American men, women and children. Obama also attended a church for 20 years and was married by the pastor of that church who is a racist and hates America. He down plays his association with the first and didn't disassociate himself from his minister until it was being so scrutinized by the press. Obama's wife made the statement that she had never been proud of the United States until Obama was nominated as the Democratic hopeful. I find that a trait I don't want to see in the First Lady. I think this country for a long time would accept anyone no matter the sex, race, creed or religious background as President. No one thought Jack Kennedy as a Catholic would be accepted in the 60's. However, the most powerful leader of the free world should be beyond any suspicion of being a racist or have associations with those who want to harm this country. I don't care for either of the men, however, I don't think this country will ever be ready for Obama, not because of his race, but because of his background, his associations and his inexperience at this point.

Well,it is bad enough that the taxes are as high as they are right now.So ya if McCain were to do that it would be very difficult.I have been asked if I felt that our country was ready for a black President,and in my oppinion the color of the skin dose'nt change who the man is within his heart.It is very sad that people are concerned with the races of our Presidents.Like it says in the Constitution,are men are created equal.We are all people,despite the color.We are living beings.But...Obama has managed anything,he has refused to Pledge Alligence to our country,in which he wishes to be President of.He dose'nt seem to understand the meaning of running for President.McCain,on the ther hand will stand and say the Pledge to our Country,he seems to have more sense.There are flaws for both.But in my oppinion,McCain is better off.
* This is my oppinon,those who disagree,have that right.As do I.Those who are offended,I do not apoligize.It is called Freedom Of Speech.Both McCain and Obama are great people,who happen to be running for a very important part of our country.

the two candidates are going to accuse the other of raising taxes, WHERE the candidates choose to raise the taxes is the difference.
obama wants to tax business owners - which if people follow the logic through- is going to result in more unemployment- and higher prices.
use your grocery store owner in your neighborhood for example ( place yourself in their shoes for a minute) if their (your) taxes get raised- are you going to simply just pay that extra tax, and keep business as usual? or are you going to offset your higher taxes by raising prices a little bit on items?

a business owner gets taxed higher, is this person going to simply pay the higher tax as well, while maintaining the same workforce? no, the higher obama tax is going to cut into that companies profit margin- the result- that company is going to cut back on expenditures ( I.e. employee payroll) which is going to result in the least a pay cut, in the middle- a short term lay-off, and in the third level- JOB CUTS!.
how obama's plan is supposed to HELP the country is beyond me.
and the SOCIALIST IDEA OF SPREADING THE WEALTH AROUND- another bad idea.
the real question is whether YOU want to be in control of YOUR destiny, for BETTER- or WORSE- and make choices for YOURSELF- (VOTE McCAIN).

if you want the GOVERNMENT telling you where you can go to seek healthcare, and a GOVERNMENT taking care of everyone, regardless of whether you have the initiative to go out and get a job, if you want your hard earned dollars going to keep some SLACKER fed and housed, and be subjugated by the GOVERNMENT and TOLD what to do- the SOCIALIST ideal then vote for obama.

I am voting McCAIN.

One of my mom's friends said that Obama is against homeschooling and wants to ban it. Is this true?

No it's not true. The reason people think that is because he hasn't been as open in supporting home school as they'd like him to be. But the federal government's interest is the country's public school system, not its home school system, so that's probably why you haven't heard Obama talk a lot about it. What do you think would happen if Obama said I fully support home schooling, it's the best choice and I think more parents should do it??? Um, yeah. Teachers unions would complain, all kinds of associations would complain, and there would be a general perception that the next president of the United States has zero faith in the public school system. His job is to show suport for it, take interest in it, and work with Congress and the state governments to improve it. I would say Obama is benevolently neutral toward home schooling, which is how the federal government should be.

I've heard some not good things about McCain, like he wants to raise taxes and stuff. That would be horrible. A lot of people couldn't get the medication they need or go to the doctor and stuff due to that.

McCain's plan calls for ending the tax-deductible status of health benefits paid for by employers. The idea is to then provide refundable tax credits to most of these people. Justification is twofold: first, the government theoretically will rake in loads of money from taxing employer-provided health care benefits, which will pay for the health care tax credit, and then some. Second, people with company health plans sometimes purchase gold-plated health insurance meaning they but more than they need because the company pays them for it and it's tax-free. This drives up the overall cost of health care, even for those who don't buy it from their employers. By making this health care income taxable, people are discouraged from doing this. The results of such a plan, and the justification for it, are up for debate. It could raise costs for some people, and lower costs for others.

In general homeschooling is regulated by state laws, not federal ones. Some states don't regulate homeschooling at all while others make parents who homeschool jump through a lot of hoops. I've never heard Obama say anything against homeschooling. Obama is very supportive of public education which is unpopular among a lot of homeschoolilng proponents. There are a lot of people in homeschooling who consider public education an evil to be eliminated; to that mindset anyone who wants to support or improve public education would be seen as against homeschooling. As I see it being pro-Public education doesn't make you anti-homeschooling.

In general conservatives are more supportive of homeschooling because most of the first wave of homeschooling came from socially conservative parents wishing to protect their kids from worldly influences. Today people of all viewpoints homeschool for a variety of reasons. As everyone knows I'm a bleeding heart liberal but we homeschool our daughter. In this respect I benefit from living in a conservative state. If I lived in a more liberal state, homeschooling would be more difficult.

It is unlikely our choice of president would have much effect on homeschooling. Choice of governors would have a larger one.

I don't want to get to caught up in the tangent this thread is taking but consider this.

Everyone wants to cut taxes.

Everyone wants to fund new programs.

Everyone wants to cut the deficit.

Doing all three is very difficult.

As far as the stuff about Obama and the pledge of alegience and that look at snopes. This stuff has all been debunked long ago.

These are all good answers. And I didn't really believe it about homeschooling but I was just wondering because of my friend who's homeschooled. I wouldn't want higher taxes because my family has good insurance... but if it goes up we might have to pay more and we probably couldn't afford it so that'd be bad. And I know there's other people out there like me too who are saying oh no... I hope they don't pick somebody who's going to make things more pricey!. I don't really care who gets it, I just want it to be the right choice... someone who won't up taxes so and who actually is interested in helping to make this country better.

***Obama also attended a church for 20 years and was married by the pastor of that church who is a racist and hates America***

This is the number one thing that turned me off to Obama completely...He can disassociate all he wants...but it is a 20 year relationship, between a man 20 years older than Obama...who, until the relationship was made public was a mentor, pastor and friend...and probably father figure. The disassociation is completely unbelievable... human beings don't dump people they love...they might SAY they did, but it's not to be believed. To sit for 20 years in Wright's church says to me, that these two men see the world thru the same peephole...The disassociation was a political move, only...and I'm sure that they discussed this move, and mutually agreed that this is what would need to be done...(appearances only, of course).

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everytime I try to talk about McCain and Obama im let down everyone says that Obama`s going to change America c`mon people get real, a guy with no GOOD background who has been at a church for 20 years that hates America and white people, the unhopeful First Lady who is for the first time proud of America how good of a combination is that for real? the ONLY thing Obama has going for him is that he can talk the talk but he won`t follow through with it. if I ould vote, then I would vote for McCain

I'll give an easy simple answer

GO McCAIN !!!

obama :]

im not old enough 2 vote but if I was id say I may live in AZ but I was bornand raisle in IL so screw McCain go OBOMA