Miguel G. Rivera
Mr. Brasof
2nd period
Who should be the next President of the United States.
Many of my classmates do not know about the issues that surround the upcoming election. When we were given this assignment, we had to determine what is most important to us. For me, it is clear. I want to know what the next president wants to do about the war in Afghanistan. My father is one of the Thousands of troops in the Middle East. I don’t know about you but I do not want my dad or anybody else’s family members(s) to be sent back over seas. I’ll be covering a couple of Obama and McCain’s top issues in the upcoming election. Personally I think Barack Obama should become the next president of the United States.
Generally speaking gun laws are one of the main issues in the 2008 Presidential election. Barack Obama, in 2005 voted against a law prohibiting lawsuits against gun manufacturers stemming from acts committed by others using there guns. On the other hand John McCain voted for that same law. It sounds like Obama would like for people to be held accountable for what they make and who the sell it to, and McCain could really care less about who guns are sold to and why, weather it could be to hurt someone or to protect their selves. Barack Obama insists on having criminal background checks on who ever wants to buy a gun. He wants to make a law saying that all guns should be childproof, and voted for a 2005 child safety lock amendment. Obama said he believes "that the Constitution confers an individual right to bear arms. But just because you have an individual right does not mean that the state or local government can't constrain the exercise of that right.” I think that what Obama is saying is right, manufacturers should make criminal background checks on all people that are trying to by a gun.
Nobody denies that the war in Afghanistan is a very important topic in the election. This section is about where Obama & McCain stand on the very important topic AFGHANISTAN. Barack Obama says he will send two additional large groups of troops to Afghanistan. John McCain wants to send three more groups over seas. Obama plans on training more afghan security so our troops don’t have to be over all the time. Barack Obama wants to fund Afghanistan for a little bit longer and start cracking down on more terrorist camps. John McCain just wants to pay for some troop increase, with United States’ money. Obama doesn’t focus on other countries, mainly because they are not us. I think we should just focus on us for now because we are falling apart as a country. We need to get ourselves at the top of the chain again because us helping almost all of the Middle East our government is not focused on us. After getting us back up if those other countries still need help then we should proudly help them. My father is in Afghanistan rite now fighting as a combat medic, so I may come off a little bit bias about this topic but I am not.
In final consideration I do think that Barack Obama needs to become our president for the next four years if we want to move on and be successful as a nation. Barack Obama is America’s future. McCain rite now is not an option. Because he is focused on making other countries better instead of making America better as one.
