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the physical dependability required of a president. Since rich to McCain is earning over $5 million year, it is no wonder that he has so many former lobbyists on his staff, favors nuclear power (for which there is no responsible disposal method for the toxic byproducts) and endorses continued tax breaks for the wealthy and expanded corporate welfare for big business.

Instead of McBush policies of sacrificing the health of our planet in an effort to maintain unsustainable lifesytes, Obama has endorsed Al Gore's old idea of investing $15 billion/year for 10 years in renewable energy resources, such as wind and solar, etc. He also endorses tighter gas mileage standards. This is the responsible route to energy independence. McCain says he supports use of all possible energy sources (although he has not voted for sustainable alternatives), as if all polluted equally, an absurd proposition. Like Bush, McCain evidently doesn't grasp the demonstrable scientific fact that mankind is causing unprecedentedly rapid climate change that soon will be irreversible. Again, like his apparent mentor, G.W. Bush, McCain is out of touch with the extreme hardship imposed on most of the country by the economic meltdown including high inflation, collapse of the housing market, fewer good paying jobs and understated unemployment, etc. That's no wonder, since McCain is surrounded by elitist neo-con advisers who are equally out of touch with reality, like Phil Graham, who says America is in a "mental recession", not a real one.

Obama opposes unbridled Congressional spending and says all programs must have funding source decided before enactment. Whether he can maintain that stricture is anyone's guess, but McCain's main budget deficit reduction proposal is ending ear marks, certainly admirable, yet woefully insufficient to have much of an impact. In fact, McCain's belated support for continuing the Bush tax reductions and even expanded tax breaks for the rich would only exaserbate the deficit. Obama seeks to replace the Bush tax breaks that disproportionately favor the rich with new middle class tax reductions. Obama favors universal health care, while McCain opposes it and would leave the uninsured that way. The McBush prescription would continue the gapping difference between the haves and the have-nots, while Obama would work to close the gap. McBush would continue to promote confrontation overseas, while Obama promotes diplomacy as the principle means to resolve international issues.

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