Life on the Road – Trucking News Blog

The 2008 presidential race is coming down to its last leg and the temperature in the room is rising.  McCain vs. Obama is becoming an ugly battle between the two presidential candidates.  It seems the two campaigns have really stepped up the advertisements on television in battle ground states.  I suppose it is at the point where they are trying to discredit the other party in attempt to try and win those last minute votes. The candidate bashing has really begun.

The things that both campaigns are saying about each other are really quite scary in my opinion.  The McCain campaign has been talking about Barrack Obama’s affiliation with domestic terrorists when he was younger.  The Obama campaign has been talking about John McCain’s role in the “Keating Five.”  I for one really don’t like negative campaigning.  I don’t think I am the only one that feels that way as I have read several articles that have called for a stop to it.  On the other hand it is important to know what kind of person is running for President.  I think the character of the person running is one of the biggest quality factors that should be looked at.  The bashing that is taking place doesn’t show much for either candidate’s character.  The issues from the past that are being brought up are also something to not take lightly, but we must make sure we have a correct understanding of the facts before we make judgment.

Yesterday at a campaign rally in Clearwater, Florida Governor Sarah Palin was extremely fired up.  She took a lot of shots at Obama’s interaction with domestic terrorists many years ago, which got the crowd fired up as well.  It seems like Sarah Palin has broken out from the protection she seemed to be under after it was announced she would be the Vice Presidential candidate for the Republican Party.  Her breakout seemed to come during the Vice Presidential debate that was on television last Thursday.  She seem to put to rest several of the rumors that were floating around that she was not fit to be one step away from being President.

With the latest polls showing Obama is gaining ground in those battleground states it is hard to say if the ugly campaigning is working for the Republican Party.  There are also a lot of factors that will come into play at voting time that are relatively unknown at this point such as what will the women voters do.  The election will end in less than a month and with the state our country is in this election is very important in many people’s eyes.

What do you think, will it really matter who wins the White House?  Will anything really change in our country?  I don’t see either candidate being able to keep the promises they are making.  The one thing I do know is that we have a really strong country and we will all come together to do what is right if comes to that point.  My vote is to stop battling each other and to start working together to get things done.