I don't really like either of this election's candidates. The last
election was a clear choice for me, but I can't decide on this one... 

The only man who is worthy enough to run this country is Kucinich, but he's already out. So i think either Ralph Nadar or Obama.

Yay! I'm glad we can talk politics here.  At school it just gets you into arguments with your friends, you know?  Personally I like McCain.  I think he is the better choice because:  he knows how the government works, he is a war veteran and knows that it is impossible to "just pull out" of a war, and he doesn't have slam Obama campaigns.  Of course, there are other reasons but these are the big ones.  I wouldn't mind if Obama became president, but I think he's too inexperienced.  He has these big dreams, but as soon as he sits in the Oval Office he's gonna realize that Congress isn't gonna let him change the country.  Also if anyone watches TV, they're bound to see an ad that is approved by Obama and is just a slam McCain ad.  None of his ads say what he is going to do!  Also in his huge speech Wednesday (I think it was Wednesday...) he mentioned McCain every 80 seconds!  I really wish he'd tell me what HE was gonna do, not what McCain would screw up. 

One more thing: does anyone else have teachers who talk about the election?  I don't mean like history teachers where it's part of the class, but other teachers.  I have a couple teachers who always bring up the election and their favorite candidate, it's really annoying.  That talk should be saved for after class, right?

WOW. I am glad you guys are so involved. I watched the Democratic Debate a couple of nights ago and it was pretty interesting. Other than that, though, I really don't have anything else to say. I don't follow it that closely, but kids that do, GO YOU! That's just pretty cool that you are interested. Who knows? One of you that commented here could be running for president in thirty years!

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