by Allan Taylor

Created on: October 07, 2008

Republican by far.

I say this as a fascinated bystander not able to vote. All the world is watching with bated breath to see how this Federal Election of '09 is going to turn out.

I would sleep better at night if I knew John McCain is elected President with Sarah Palin as Vice President and I do my sleeping away off in Australia.

Why is this so?

It really depends on what issues you consider most important for the survival of the US as a viable national entity and respected world power.

The USA is at the cross roads for economic survival. What the voters decide on the 4th of November 2008 will determine whether it sinks out of sight, or swims to fight another decade or two. Always there will be political challenges to overcome and the USA has a pretty good batting average to draw upon for inspiration to achieve success in getting out of the present economic crisis.

Many of the domestic issues do not concern me as I do not live in the USA. However, maybe both the Democrats and Republicans could spend more time studying how other countries more successfully regulate their banks, savings & loan companies, and have national health care for their citizens. A civilized society must also provide adequate pensions and social services, and education for the many, irrespective of personal wealth.

At the 2000 Federal Election, Al Gore was almost elected President and the Democrats almost made it to the White House!

George W. Bush, for all his faults as propounded by the Democrats and the loony left media is in my view greatly preferable as US President compared to Al Gore! The Democrats do love Al Gore and use his global warming scare tactics to frighten people to their Green socialist cause. This factor alone should be enough to bolster the Republicans into a winning position.

I am pro-American and lived in the US for six years as a PhD student at Penn State Uni and later to work for Union Carbide Corporation in Buffalo, NY, as a research chemist This experience has influenced my thinking, as I am sure similar experiences have done for thousands of other lucky students who have had such an opportunity to live and study in the USA. As students we absorbed the American culture and all the political nuances, to come up with views that we thought were best. Then many of us went home and stirred the local pot, if thought necessary!

My prediction is that the USA and the Bush administration will eventually be remembered and admired for NOT having ratified the Kyoto Protocol, which

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