I was browsing about for political information. real data, not what various pundits are saying (I do not need them to think for me). I wanted to learn something about the voting behavior of the candidates.
Change? Who is the agent for real change in Washington?
Here are facts, interpret them however you like, but keep in mind the President has an approval rating about 3 times higher than the Democratic Congress, and his is bad.
In the 109th Congress (not as disrupted by the primaries as the 110th):
Obama voted more with his party than either Ted Kennedy or Joe Biden, a whopping 94.8% of the time. My editorial comment: real original thinker, huh?
McCain voted party lines 79.4% of the time; he is the seventh least partisan voter in the Senate. My editorial comment: the 'maverick' tag fits better than others might think, that doesn't mean I like him.
Palin as Veep: More executive experience than McCain, Obama, or Biden. Has as many US Senate bills with her name on it as Obama (true, but twisted observation), though a woman who has done everything a woman can do (wife, mother, businessperson, mayor, governor of a state), 'people' wonder if she really represents women. Duh! That is like Jesse Jackson saying Colin Powell wasn't really black...(he really did say that!)
Want change in Washington and your state? Quit looking to the government (which in reality is the the people of the United States) to solve your problems (that's like telling everyone else in the USA they are responsible for helping you), and quit voting for these major parties.
"Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost." -- John Quincy Adams
