what a week for McCain and Obama (July 25)

Well, I have been out of the loop due mostly to summer camp but this past week I have heard a few things about McCain and Obama that have been fascinating!

While Obama is on his trip to the Middle East and Europe McCain is campaigning back home. While Obama spoke to 200,000 people in Berlin waiving American flags and chanting "yes we can" McCain was eating sausage in a German restaurant (unbeknownst to him in a gay part of town).

McCain has complained that Obama is receiving more attention by the news media than he is. This is funny since McCain is the one who suggested Obama go to Iraq. He even had a clock on his web site counting the days since Obama had visited the war torn country we occupy. Be careful what you ask for. Of course Obama is making news, he is making HISTORY!! His speech in Berlin was inspiring and what the world HOPES the leader of the free world would say. Europeans, even conservative ones favor Obama 8 to 1 over McCain. Unfortunately the US public is not as well informed politically as Europeans are.

So a couple days ago McCain gives a speech about Iraq. He says there is a lot of work to do on the Iraq/Pakistan border. He said he was not implying he would start a war with Pakistan but they need to secure the border. Well sorry gramps, there is no Iraq/Pakistan border. There is a little country called Iran in between. And this war is supposed to be his strong point! Maybe he knows something we don't and he figures by the time he is president there won't be any Iran?? If he and his neo-con war mongers could have there way...

So lucky for McCain the press is not covering him like they are Obama or people might be informed of how clueless he is. Imagine if Obama made the mis-statements McCain had or if he had flip flopped like McCain has - just imagine the press coverage.

A good example of the kind of press Obama receives was in a recent paper (maybe the Post). The headline said something like 'American soldiers stationed in Germany upset by Obama's visit'. Then if you read the article they were upset because the Pentagon did not let him meet with injured soldiers and they were upset they did not get to see him.

So his visit! His speech in Germany was inspiring. Touching on Global Warming and tearing down the walls between religions and ethnicities. Powerful stuff. And the fact that he was greeted by hundreds of thousands of people waiving American flags. We NEED that kind of leader to represent us to the world!!! Compare that to Bush who is protested EVERYWHERE he goes!!! Imagine what the world will think if we fail to elect this inspiring man and instead chose a guy who wants to continue the failed economic, military, and environmental policies of Bush!

Please God help America make the right choice!