joebshmoe said:
some little kid walked down the line and was doing some cute extra credit polling and asked who we are voting for and why. the previous 7 answers before me (i couldn't hear the other ones) were "OBAMA & the economy" (which i also replied). the guy in front of me looked PISSED and like he wasn't going to participate, but he eventually grunted "mccain" and wouldn't answer why. the kid looked confused and then moved on. it was awkward. the next 45 minutes this guy was really struggling. it was obvious obama was going to win WA and probably the election, and he just looked broken about it. wtf lame people.
Someone in my apartment complex must be a serious McCain supporter. Somewhere around 10:30 to 11:00, when Obama won that last state or two to put him over the top, a door downstairs
SLAMMED so hard the building literally shook. Then another one a second or two later (as the same person left the building itself).
I think the bottom line is that McCain was viewed as "Bush: The Next Generation" - an old career politician who knows how to manipulate the system to his own advantage - and people are tired of that...look where it's gotten us in the past few years.
Bush is a perfect example of why the 2 term limit should be eliminated and we should go back to the FDR days when a president can get re-elected as many times as people will put him back in. Follow me on this.
A guy gets elected president. Experience aside, he essentially spends the four years trying to figure out what he's doing. Assuming he doesn't seriously screw up and gets in for a second term, there's now no motivation for him to do anything right for the next four years because no matter how good he does, he can't come back for a third term anyway. Whatever he does do wrong becomes someone else's problem.
Getting rid of the term limits puts the president's re-election continually on the line every four years, so if he wants to stay in office, he's gotta prove it over that time. Now, to balance this out so that someone doesn't abuse the "perpetual re-election privilege" and turn into a dictator, it should be easier for Congress to be able to investigate the president's activities and impeach him with less "red-tape" should they find something questionable.
Basically, if he wants to stay around, he's gotta
work for a living and justify his job performance, just like the rest of us.