John McCain vs. Barack Obama
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tue 10/28/2008
| name | John Sidney McCain III. | Barack Hussein Obama, Jr. |
| birthdate | August 29, 1936 (71 years old). | August 4, 1961 (46 years old). |
| born in | Panama Canal Zone. | Honolulu, Hawaii. |
| religion | Christian. | Christian. |
| current job | U.S. Senator (Arizona). | U.S. Senator (Illinois). |
| married to | Businesswoman Cindy Hensley McCain. | Former community affairs executive Michelle Obama. |
| education | United States Naval Academy. | B.A. in Political Science from Columbia University, Law Degree from Harvard Law School. |
| started out as | Navy pilot. | Community organizer. |
| skeletons | Connected to the Keating Five savings & loan scandal. | Admitted to doing hard drugs in high school. |
| self-described | Maverick. | Skinny kid with a funny name. |
| opponents chide him for | Constantly bringing up his POW status. | Being a celebrity. |
| time out | Suspended campaign to address the "historic crisis in our financial system." | Took time off to visit sick grandmother. |
| critics | He's erratic. | He's inexperienced. |
| on Iraq | "By January 2013, America [will welcome] home most of the servicemen and women who have sacrificed terribly so that America might be secure in her freedom. The Iraq war [will have been] won. Iraq [will be] a functioning democracy, although still suffering from the lingering effects of decades of tyranny and centuries of sectarian tension." | "What President Bush and Senator McCain don't understand is that the central front in the war on terror is not in Iraq, and it never was. The central front is in Afghanistan and Pakistan, where the terrorists who hit us on 9/11 are still plotting attacks seven years later." |
| on the fence | Voted in favor of the U.S.-México border fence. Supports comprehensive immigration reform. | Voted in favor of the U.S.-México border fence. Supports comprehensive immigration reform. |
| on immigration | "I want to assure you we will enact comprehensive immigration reform so we can put people – after they have to do certain things obviously – on a path to citizenship in this country as part of an overall immigration reform policy." | "We're not going to be able to deal with the 12 million people who are living in the shadows and give them a way of getting out of the shadows if we don't also deal with the problem of this constant influx of undocumented workers. That's why comprehensive reform is so important." |
| on education | “John McCain will place parents and children at the center of the education process, empowering parents by greatly expanding the ability of parents to choose among schools for their children. He believes all federal financial support must be predicated on providing parents the ability to move their children, and the dollars associated with them, from a failing school." - Official site. | "Barack Obama is committed to strengthening our public schools to maximize our country's greatest natural resource - the American people. Obama believes that we must equip poor and struggling districts, both rural and urban, with the support and resources they need to provide disadvantaged students with an opportunity to reach their full potential." - Official site. |
| calls opponent's economic policy | A move to redistribute wealth in the U.S. | A continuation of Bush policies that favor wealthy Americans and big business. |
| books | Hard Call, Faith of My Fathers, Why Courage Matters, Character is Destiny and Worth Fighting For. | Dreams from My Father and The Audacity of Hope. |
| ipod | ABBA, Beatles, Frank Sinatra, '50s and '60s rock. | Fugees, Frank Sinatra, Marvin Gaye, Kanye West. |
| webprops | 202,774 friends on official MySpace. | 786,056 friends on official MySpace. |
| in their own words | "I do not seek the presidency on the presumption that I am blessed with such personal greatness that history has anointed me to save my country in its hour of need. I seek the presidency with the humility of a man who cannot forget that my country saved me. I am running to serve America, and... to make in our time, and from our challenges, a stronger country and a better world." | "Hope is what led me here today. With a father from Kenya, a mother from Kansas and a story that could only happen in the United States of America. Hope is the bedrock of this nation. The belief that our destiny will not be written for us, but by us, by all those men and women who are not content to settle for the world as it is, who have the courage to remake the world as it should be." |
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Yay 1st comment
Obama all da way!!!!
He needs to win!!
if mccain wins it could be 4 or even 8 more years of hell!!!
|-His Wifey|
10/28/2008
Senator Obama, my mother and I send you our strongest blessings every day so that you may be freed of all harm aimed at you, and reach the hearts of all Americans who have become blinded by ignorance and hate. We need you as our new President on Nov 4th! We believe in you, and see a true leader in you, one who will be our OWN. Best wishes to you, in the final leg of this important campaign for CHANGE.
Paintergirlliz
(Port Chester, NY)
10/28/2008
Obama pleace help the Mexican people because we work the 2x harder then any other people because we want the some respect don't send the people that need help and pleace stop seperaating families from all around the world. Please help us get some identification card because we want to drive but we can't because we don't have a licence or an Id card. Thank you and I vote for you
Sexy-Mexicana
10/28/2008
yeah obama needs to win ASAP with mccain were gonna live in hell look how we ended up with bush for 8 years. he'll probably give us the worst great depression ever. the economy is going to go soo bad and all our money is going to go to the pointless war in Iraq. With obama he at least is going to try to ditribute wealth to the people.
ingrid babyy :)
10/28/2008
HELL YEA...... OBAMA ALL DAY EVERY DAY...HE NEEDS TO WIN F*** THAT OTHER OLDIE?!!!!
:LIL CHICANA:
(WACK CHARLOTTE I'M, FROM CALIFORNIA!!!!THAT WHAT ^)
10/28/2008
Obama all the way.We need good examples for our families.Not somebody thats been marry two or three times like McCain!!!We want the best for us Hispanic people to.You need to WIN OBAMA!!!...
Estefany
10/28/2008
i wonder if the people on here know that the majority of latinos are actually for mccain...?? hm something to think about, let me tell u something else, Neither of these candidates can or will do most of what they promise, all they want is your vote. Once they're in office, you wil sit there watching and waiting for all those tax promises and education promises and health care promises...im definitely for voting and having your voice heard but know what your talking about and research it
labOriiX612
10/28/2008
ME AND OBAMA SHARE MORE THAN THE SAME VIEWS ON POLITICS. WE SHARE A B-DAY WOOP WOOP!! =]
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10/28/2008
ok. if you want the same kind of thing we had going on with george bush then go for mccain. but like pretty much a lot of young people i go for obama.
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10/28/2008
no matter who gets voted in nobody will be able to do something to fix the economy, thats something that will take at least 5-8 years, also they both promise a lot but once in office expect a lot of those promises to slip thru the cracks
Mrjam7
10/28/2008
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