With the presidential election coming closer and closer it is time to start taking a look at our candidates and their views on the issues. At 25 years old, this will be the first presidential election that I will be participating in because at 21 I was like most 21 year olds and didn’t give a sh!t about it and didn’t cast my vote. A sad but true statement.

So I have been doing my best to try and keep up on what is going on in the world of politics and look to use this blog to discuss what will affect me and you for at least the next four years.

My views are complicated and this election is going to be a very difficult decision for me. Originally I believed myself to be a true Republican and to often take stances on issues simply based on a republican agenda. As I age I become more and more middle of the road and find the issues to be more complicated than right/wrong or republican/democrat.

Over the next days/weeks/months I hope to spark some good debate and discussion over the issues to help me decide who the right candidate might be. I welcome your thoughts and opinions and hope that we can be civil in our discussion.

So what are the issues? According to CNN:

• Abortion
• Cuba
• Economic Stimulus
• Education
• Energy
• Environment
• Free Trade
• Guns
• Health Care
• Homeland Security
• Housing
• Immigration
• Iran
• Iraq
• Israel
• Same Sex Marriage
• Social Security
• Stem Cell Research
• Taxes

That is a mouthful, but hopefully we can at least briefly tackle all the issues. Many of these issues don’t affect you or me in your daily lives, however they are very important to some. I will try to give you my opinion and the two major candidates opinions on every issue.

I will start tomorrow with the first issue on the list. So go ahead and tell me your current party and what your basic beliefs are so that we can get things started.

Tags: 2008 Election Issues
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