Two Choices This Election Year

You now have TWO choices for president: 



The first one has one of the longest lines of political experience in history. He is exceedingly popular in congress. He was a soldier who volunteered to defend the United States in the Navy. 



The second one has no real political experience outside of Illinois. He is tall and lanky with big ears. He even lost a few of his first attempts at gaining political office. He is an excellent speechwriter and orator. He is a good attorney and has a successful law practice. 



So which one would you choose? 



This is a trick question because both were already Presidents of the United States. The first one is the 15th President of the United States, James Buchannan. He is the President who mired us in the Civil War by declaring the action illegal but doing nothing when the south decided to seceed from the Union. He is largely considered by historians as being the worst President in American history. 



He was followed by the other man who became the 16th President of the United States: Abraham Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln is credited with the end of slavery, the end of the Civil War, and unification of the nation. He became president at a dark time when our country was deeply divided over very polarizing issues. He had no experience in Washington prior to his Presidency. He is widely considered by historians as one of the best Presidents in American History. 



Sound familiar?

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We are facing the same two choices this election year, Barack Obama and John McCain. It is up to the electorate to decide which direction they want this country to take for the next four years. Obama is promising change, while McCain is offering us four more years of the failed Bush policies. The same policies that have led to over 4000 American deaths and an untold amount of civilian deaths in Iraq. Policies that have led to over $4.00 a gallon gas, while the oil companies are recording record profits. Policies that have led to record food prices, record mortgage foreclosures and a wider divide between the rich and the poor.

The fact is that America cannot afford a John McCain presidency.