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Democratic Presidential Nominee Barack Obama during Feb. '08 visit to Baltimore Arena.

Obama Slams McCain in First Debate

(BALTIMORE – September 27, 2008) – Was it me or did it really happen? Absolute denial was the first thing to come to my mind after hearing Republic Presidential nominee John McCain’s presentation at last night’s debate.

In my best estimation, he does not want to accept responsibility for his role nor his party’s role in the economic and military debacle we, as a nation, are in.

And if I hear one more “conservative” radio host talk about how Democratic Presidential nominee Barack Obama is somehow going to steal money from the upper 10% on the American economic ladder, I’ll scream. By some strange figment of the imagination, there are people in this country who oddly think the betterment of the few truly wealthy outweighs the need to help empower the masses.

Give me a break!

Hello! Does anybody see that the Titanic is going down?

During my days as a broker trainee in my early 20’s, names like Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch meant something. These financial institutions had stellar reputations for sound, prudent investing.

Today, these names are synonymous with being broke. Further, the economy is in worse shape than in 1929 – according to the experts.

Hello! Does anybody see that a $10 billion a month tab for an unwarranted war in Iraq, despite the initial military goal to stop al Qaeda in Afghanistan, is a major part of the problem?

If not that, does anybody see that a sub-prime mortgage-lending crisis that has exploded across America is playing a key role in the economic meltdown in which we find ourselves?

I could go on and on. It’s just that the body language alone of Senator John McCain, a war hero, tells me that he is in a fight that is way above him. Actually, I am afraid that a McCain-Palin ticket might send this country to the dark ages, further weaken the American dollar, and entirely remove the American economy from a position of strength to a position of permanent irrelevancy.

Clearly, our priorities as a nation under the obvious protectors of the super rich are putting the whole nation in dire straights. Americans cannot afford to be hoodwinked another moment.

Frankly, Obama made the better presentation, made more sense, did a better job at articulating a vision, and was more successful at convincing me that he better understands how to lead this nation.

Never mind that he is black and all of the other presidents of America have been white guys. He is right, for Pete’s sake!

So, I ask: Who makes you more comfortable? A C-student Republican war hero who hasn’t yet proved he can out-think George Walker Bush and who views himself and his running mate as mavericks – or a solid Democrat with a community organizing background and a top-notched education who clearly can articulate America’s needs and wishes on both a domestic and international level?

To choose the former would only lead this nation to 4 more years of Bush thinking.

Haven’t we already endured enough of the chicanery? 

One last thing. Experts point out that the sub-prime mortgage-lending crisis began with legislation by President Bill Clinton, a Democrat. Ok. Too many bad loans to low-income families caused banks to enlist predatory practices so as to fulfill the law. Ok.

The number needed to bail-out banks, according to news reports, is $700 billion. That’s a huge number. At the same time, Iraq is costing $10 billion a month. Do you think that if George Bush was paying more attention to home over the past 8 years than to issues like an imaginary enemy in Iraq, all of this economic crisis could have been averted?