The Choice in this Election

The choice of the American people in this election is clear.

Do you want a responsible end to the Iraq war, with clear objectives and an agreed upon timeframe for withdrawal? Or do you want to prolong the war with no goal in sight, while Americans and Iraqis continue to die with no clear objective?

Do you want to continue squandering our national wealth and the lives and energy of our youth on an unending war while we ignore the roots of terrorism? Or do you want to recreate a nation whose wealth and energy are focused on the wellbeing and prosperity of all people both here and around the world?

Do you want our national debt to continue to mount, making us ever more beholding to nations who do not have our interests at heart? Or do you desire that as a nation we behave in a physically responsible way, bringing our budget back into balance at last and strengthening not only our economy but the world economy as well.

Do you desire middle class taxation to further increase, while those with higher income receive mounting tax breaks? Or do you want those with higher income to pay taxes commensurate with greater wealth, so that all pay a responsible share?

Do you want an energy policy that continues to rely on fossil fuels and the dubious hope of safe nuclear power, depending on the very companies who have prospered from conventional energy to solve the challenge of global warming? Or do you want to promote possibilities for new, environmentally friendly energy creation that may bring breakthroughs beyond our wildest dreams?

Do you want scientific research hindered by misinformed and misguided opinion so that our brightest researchers are forced to work in other countries? Or do you want to see lives saved by responsible and knowledgeable stem cell research that already has promise of cure for innumerable health conditions?

Finally, do you want a president who is thoughtful and who considers the genuine interests of the American people and of the environment? Or do you want a president who constantly changes his position in response to pressure groups and who has consequently proven himself to be only reactionary?

Were John McCain still the maverick he presented himself to be in his 2000 campaign, it would be one thing. Instead, McCain has sold out to the neo-conservatives, to big oil interests, and to those who cannot accept the proposition that our involvement in Iraq was a misguided adventure. He follows a path he once professed to abhor; one initiated by an administration that could find no immediate way to capture Osama Bin Laden, led by a president who wanted only to prove that he could succeed at bringing down Saddam Husain when his father had failed. Our entire economy has been ruined for this endeavor during the past eight years, and many Americans, Iraqis and others from many nations have lost their lives as a result.

Now McCain, rather than having a positive cause on which to run, mounts a campaign based solely on falsehood and misrepresentation of his opponent's positions. This, after his pledge to wage a positive campaign!

We are now in danger of losing sight of what it truly means to be American.

Do you want to see more of this? Then vote for John McCain.