A Minor Misconception

The Presidential Candidates have been known to be occupied around this time of year with November rapidly approaching. I think most voters of any party affliliation, would agree when I say that a lack of time is no excuse for not paying attention to what is said in your speeches. I have collected a few of the many contradictions made in both of our potential leader’s acceptance speeches, for your convenience.
Senator Barak Obama, while addressing over 75,000 people in Denver, Colorado’s Invesco Field, on August 29th made quite a few biting statements about his opponent. Not all of them were completely thought through. While critiquing McCain, Barak mentioned that his administration would be able to “pay for every dime” of his spending proposals. The Tax Policy Center reported that both Obama’s and McCain’s plans would “substantially increase the national debt.” Furthermore, Obama said to the L.A. Times that his tax cuts, which would be paid off by closing tax loopholes, would amount to be $130 Million. He also said at another time that closing loopholes would only save $80 Million. He also forgot to mention that he wants to raise taxes for families making more than $250,000, and singles making more than $200,000.
Mr. Obama also over looked that when McCain said he would "define middle-class as someone making under five million dollars a year," he meant that comment as a joke, getting a laugh and following up by saying, "But seriously ..." Yet Obama decided that he would hold that comment against him, and as his actual views when he mentioned it in his speech. Might I add that McCain mentioned, right after he said that joke, that he is “sure that comment will be distorted.”
The last mistake of Senator’s, that I will mention, is when he reprimanded McCain for not being the maverick that has "broken with his party," that he said he was. He brought proof to this by revealing that McCain has voted with the Republicans 90% of the time. Although this is true, Obama, whom represents “Change”, has voted with fellow Democrats in the Senate 97% of the time.
Senator John McCain was not so perfect either. He miscalculated when he made the announcement that oil imports send "$700 billion a year to countries that don't like us very much." But the U.S. is importing a total of only $536 billion worth of oil at current prices, and close to a third of that comes from Canada, Mexico and the United Kingdom. Not exactly from our enemies, and this does not exactly stress the idea he tried to convey.
Mr. McCain then continued on to promise to increase use of "wind, tide [and] solar energy.” Just two problems with this; One, his actual energy plan contains no new money for renewable energy. Two, at a Town Hall meeting on June 18th, He said that “renewable sources won’t produce as much as people think.” He now fights for what he does not believe in.
He made one more promise. He wants to save us money by "reducing government spending and getting rid of failed programs." As great as that sounds, he never made a plan to do so. He has never mentioned a single government program that he thought was failing, and that he planned on “getting rid of.”
Considering both candidates made such statements, we can not hold this against either of them. The only morale of this story is to keep our minds open during every polititions’ speech, because everything they say may be false. And it usually is.