My Boy, McCain

This presidential race is being called one of the biggest and most historical race in a long time for the United States. Our nation needs a president with moderate views to unify the nation. I'm very excited to vote for the first time in my life, but its scary to think that which ever presidential hopeful wins will be the president for the next four years. (My college years) Therefore, the most important issue to me is the economy. Even as a nation one of the most important topics is the economy. McCain stated on the economy issue, The first thing we need to do is stop the out-of-control spending. Out-of-control spending is what caused the interest rates to rise. It causes people to be less able to afford to own their own homes. The second thing that we need to do, of course, is stop spending $400 billion a year overseas to oil-producing countries. Our economy is driven by consumers, we need to reverse our consumer economy.

The other big issue important to me and that our nation needs to address is the energy crisis. The energy crisis is a key factor to fixing our economy. McCain encourages development of alternative energy to reduce pollution and wants to strengthen emission controls on all gasoline or diesel powered engines, including cars and trucks. He is also for increased domestic off shore drilling. McCain recently stated, We have got to achieve energy independence, oil independence in this nation. I will make it a Manhattan Project, and we will in five years become oil independent. Although experts have serious doubts that our nation can become energy independent in five years, as a nation we should strive for this goal.

I really like McCain's stances on social issues such as gun control, crime, and abortion.

On gun control, McCain stands by the second ammendment, which reads, a well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed. McCain said he was open to voting for an assault weapon ban. Assault rifles are guns that fire multiple rounds everytime you pull the trigger, making them useless for hunting. They can only be used for attacking a person. Because I believe that a "well regulated Militia" should be interprepted as the police, national gaurd, or army, these weapons should be banned from citizens.

On crime, McCain stated, we must not allow the First Amendment to be abused as a shield for those who advocate or conspire to commit acts of violence. He is also infavor of the death penalty for violent offenders rather than paying ridiculous amounts of money to keep them in prision for the rest of their lives. (The average cost to keep an inmate in jail is around $31,650.)

On abortion, McCain said, Roe v. Wade should be overturned and said he would support exceptions to a ban on abortion in cases of rape, incest, and when the mother’s life is in danger. I'm pro-life and I love this exact stance. Regarding this same issue, McCain said, I believe that we need to fund [stem cell research]. This is a tough issue for those of us in the pro-life community.We need to do what we can to relieve human suffering. It's a tough issue, but I support federal funding. I believe that stem cell research could do wonders to cure diseases.