Monday, November 26, 2007

the issues

election season's heating up. less than a year until we'll have elected a new president. far be it from me as someone who doesn't really pay attention to the primaries to criticize any candidates. perhaps this is why.

there was an article in the washington post today with excerpts from the recent democratic debate in las vegas. (in case you're curious.) i know this wasn't the only issue brought up, but why is money and class such a huge issue for the campaign? they were debating who was rich and who was merely middle class. excuse me? i can see how that factors in to debates on taxes, but is that really a pressing issue right now?!

i seem to recall there's a war on, and i haven't read a single article or heard a single candidate mention anything whatsoever about education, except perhaps where they went to college in their online bios.

why can't there just be a candidate i want to vote for instead of choosing the lesser of two (or 10) evils?

1 comment:

rachel said...

This got me wondering just what each candidate says about education. I searched around a little and found a summary of their ideas. The author obviously has his opinions on the subject, but he got the information from the candidates' websites, so that part is factual. Just thought I'd share :)

republicans:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dan-brown/presidential-candidates-o_b_45399.html

democrats:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dan-brown/presidential-candidates-o_b_46008.html