Dear newspaper,

Being in the middle-class to most people isn’t considered making three million dollars per year. However, John McCain has said that he believes “anyone making $5 million or more is defined as rich”. Personally, I think that’s more than rich, and that the “rich level” should be a bit lower, as to accommodate a more intuitive tax plan.

As a newspaper, you’ve recently published many, maybe even dozens of stories regarding the recent financial crisis. You probably know very well what state this country is in. Pretty fragile, isn’t it? But Senator McCain thinks “the fundamentals of our economy are strong.” How can this be true, when millions of homes, jobs, and futures are being lost. These “fundamentals of our economy” have been set forth by President George Bush, whom which Sen. McCain has voted 100% of the time with.

Additionally, if you read McCain’s economic policies (available on JohnMcCain.com), you can see that they are extremely similar to those of President Bush, thus creating the smear, “John McSame”, and many others. As I said before, McCain thinks multimillionaires are part of the middle class. Does Big Oil need more tax breaks? Are homeowners to blame for the housing crisis? Once again, I don’t think so. I believe that tax breaks designated for large corporations should be given to families (Joe the Plumber, for instance). I believe that the housing crisis is caused by deregulation and too much Wall Street leeway, all of which are advocated by Senator McCain.

The middle class, the ones who need help, are Barack Obama’s first priority. Anyone making less than $250,000 a year will not see a single increase of taxes, but what they will see is 95% of Americans getting a tax cut of up to $1,000, a $4,000 tax break to help pay for college tuition (in turn for 100 hours of community service), and an emergency energy rebate to help people cope the rising gas costs. And just to top it off, he’ll raise the minimum wage and index it to inflation. That’s a change in the right direction. That’s a change for America. And that’s a change I believe in.

I’d very much appreciate it if this could be published in your newspaper, in order to help spread the truth.

Thanks,
Spencer Tweedy

I found this on TheOnion.com in the War For The White House section. They have more for the other candidates and running-mates. Enjoy!

As you’ve probably guessed, I am a supporter of Barack Obama. Over the past election season, I’ve tried my best to maintain a decent amount of respect for his opponents. But unfortunately, this week I might have let myself down. I just can’t stand the negativity from John McCain! Here’s what put me over the top.

This week, one man at a McCain/Palin rally screamed “terrorist” when a speaker asked “Who is Barack Obama?” Another man shouted “kill him” when McCain’s announcer said “Barack Hussein Obama” and yet another said “off with his head”. If those aren’t examples of their influence, I don’t know what is. John McCain is promoting hatred. Sarah Palin is promoting hatred. They are advocating such powerful feelings, that people are actually threatening death (and let-alone in a presidential election)! How can we have the most powerful man in the world be a fear-mongering, hate-promoting man? I believe this is a clear indicator that something is wrong, and we need to do something about it. So get out and vote!

Note: This is some-what unrelated but I thought I’d bring up the fact the McCain called us “comrades”. Being a student reading 1984 and previously Animal Farm, that makes me uneasy. Is this rational?