First of all, I am not bashing or stirring. I have not decided for who I will vote......not that it matters with the Electoral College anyway.

I was listening to an interview on the radio the other day, the lady asked Senator Obama about his economic stimulous plan, to give $1000 tax rebate to couples.

She asked him how it would be paid for, he basically said that it would pay for itself through taxes collected on the money handed out. (I think it was on NPR about a month ago)

I am not very astute in such dealings, but that plan seems a little flawed.......what do yall think?

Mac and Nipper, with all respect to the opinions of others and especially to my friends here, I think you missed the point of that long post.
No one is saying being a POW qualifies someone to be president.
The point is that what you did, and how you lead up to that point, what you did and how you conduct yourself while you were a POW, under that incredibule, unbelievable stress and pain says a great deal about who you are and the incredible courage and compassion you have for your fellow man.
Also, McCain as a US. Senator for 23 years has been a royal pain in the *** for the republicans as a maverick, and your comment about being a 100% Bush supporter is way off the mark. Even the liberal media has stated that many times, grudgingly!
Change is being used as a marketing slogan and many are falling for it. As Lesterus post says most do not know why, just that they are disatisfied with the current situation.
Fine, me too. As a matter of fact I don't think you will find any one who is.
But the comment that Obama has surronded himself with the best minds is so far from the facts, so far from the truth that he has spent the past two years literally destroying records, secreting records and dodging questions and LYING about those he has surronded himself with all his adult life.
He is a standard chicago mob politico who is slickly packaged and lying thru his teeth with a big ear to ear smile and a great many good people are so upset with the current malaise they either don't care they are being duped or just don't know.
And the major media is trying to get him elected at all costs because they long for his socialist vision of America. They have lost all semblance of journalism they ever had and even half the leaders of the democratic party are infuriated with them, actually call it out right embarrassing.

Think hard this november when you pull the lever, if bend over and grab your anckles is the kind of change you want for yourself and your children go ahead and select the annointed one.
McCain is not perfect I agree, never found a perfect one. But he is an honorable man with good judgement, proven leadership and compassion and experience in the world that Obama cannot even pronounce, let alone claim to have. And please don't fall into the marketing trap that has been set up for everyone to believe that it will be four more years of Bush. Check his voting record, I have, he is called a maverick for a reason.

Check this out fellas

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y67...o/22693995.jpg

http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/22665562

Yes, Most Of Those "finnest" Minds Were Behind Jimmy Carter

Bottom Line Is: I'm Doing The Hiring For The #1 Federal Job In America, In Front Of Me I Have 2 Resumes, Without Picture, I'dont Know Eitther Of The Applicants,
But One Has 24 Years Of Experience On The Job, Has Voted Very Often With His Concience, Rather Than With His Party, The Other Has 2 Years On The Job And Nothing To Account For. Who Would You Choose?

Actually the other one only had 173 days of experience before he announced his candidacy, one hundred and seventy three days! It was less than 100 days before he announced his intentions to be POTUS that he himself said he didn't have enough experience to be POTUS. The wonderful liberal media helped to motivate him, and the party seen him as there savior. His own words helped me to decide that I will NOT EVER vote for him. His own words were "We live in the greates country in the world, now help me change it". If that don't scare the HE!! out of you, then I feel the USA is in ALOT worse condition than I ever feared.

I knew I should not have opened my big mouth.

You know, some how I feel like I've already cast my vote for this election, reason being, the vote went my way for a change.
SHE'S OUT, DONE, KAPUT. Or God, at least I hope so!!

not always whats popular is right and gets respect. IMO the last thing i want to be a european, main reason why my ancestors fled europe.

Besides, I thought we fought a big war to run them back across the big pond.