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A Fact Based Review of the Major Political Issues of 2008
A Fact Based Review of the Major Political Issues of 2008
OVERVIEW - POLITICAL REALITY ONLINE
It is not an exaggeration to say that the 2008 election for President and the U.S. Congress is the most important in recent American history. The stakes of the national security and economic issues are extremely high, and the competing visions of America's future are extraordinarily different. Therefore, the decisions voters make this year are of critical importance to the future of America and its children.
As part of my work, I continuously monitor the political mood of the country through poll trends and the actual political discourse among the candidates, the media, the pundits, the political blogs and the expressed views of the voting public. The very disturbing observation from this ongoing exercise is that a huge gap exists between the voting public's perception of the issues and the substance of the underlying realities. Therefore, many voters are reaching misguided conclusions in this critical election without an accurate understanding of the international, geo-strategic, military, and economic consequences of their decisions.
POLITICAL REALITY - 2008
Normally it is the responsibility of the media and politicians to help inform voters about the often complex facts underlying the issues we all face together. However, the media has become driven by their own political agendas, and our political leaders do not possess the insight and wisdom to grasp the truth of the issues themselves much less communicate them to the voters in a compelling fashion.
Please consider a few key points about our current political environment:
This is understandable because the media leaders and the politicians themselves largely do not possess the vision to lead voters to understand the fragility of our collective situation. Rather than addressing these issues on substance, the political class is largely choosing to rely on traditional, image and emotion driven campaigns that often distort rather than illuminate the issues and potential solutions.
THE MISSION OF THIS WEBSITE
Almost no one in the political discourse talks about the true substance of the issues, or offers profound wisdom, leadership or credible solutions. The purpose of this website is to examine the facts and offer compelling perspectives on the underlying realities of the major issues of the 2008 election.
The goal is to challenge the virulent, self destructive hatreds, and disillusionment voters are feeling, and to correct the many alarming misperceptions about the issues by exposing facts and insights that most people have not considered. Different people may reach contrary conclusions from this data, but I encourage readers to invest the time to seriously consider these perspectives as one point of reference before voting in 2008.
The hope is that readers of this site will find merit in the message and forward it on to their friends, family and acquaintances who might appreciate insights into the vitally important issues that will determine America's future.
Six degrees of separation through the internet can be a very powerful tool if people care enough about these issues to take action to inform others.
THE CURRENT SITUATION
Most voters are familiar with the major issues in the current political campaign as viewed through the lens of their personal concerns and perceptions. However, many voters do not have the time, the education or inclination to fully understand the underlying substance of these complex issues. Despite this reality, almost no one on the political spectrum is educating voters about:
The concept on this website is to offer a resource to counter the prevailing political demagoguery and ineptitude by closely examining the facts and trying to reach conclusions and suggest real world solutions to the problems all Americans face together.
THE MAJOR ISSUES - 2008
Given the political landscape described above, this website is designed:
After reviewing the substance of the issues, we will examine the positions of the Democrats and Republicans on separate tabs.
Finally we will review the topics and reach some conclusions on the 2008 Summary tab.
Please invest the time to read and consider these perspectives before voting in 2008. If you find merit in these insights, please forward this site to your friends for their review.
You can begin this journey with the "Crude Oil" tab on the column to the left.
It is not an exaggeration to say that the 2008 election for President and the U.S. Congress is the most important in recent American history. The stakes of the national security and economic issues are extremely high, and the competing visions of America's future are extraordinarily different. Therefore, the decisions voters make this year are of critical importance to the future of America and its children.
As part of my work, I continuously monitor the political mood of the country through poll trends and the actual political discourse among the candidates, the media, the pundits, the political blogs and the expressed views of the voting public. The very disturbing observation from this ongoing exercise is that a huge gap exists between the voting public's perception of the issues and the substance of the underlying realities. Therefore, many voters are reaching misguided conclusions in this critical election without an accurate understanding of the international, geo-strategic, military, and economic consequences of their decisions.
POLITICAL REALITY - 2008
Normally it is the responsibility of the media and politicians to help inform voters about the often complex facts underlying the issues we all face together. However, the media has become driven by their own political agendas, and our political leaders do not possess the insight and wisdom to grasp the truth of the issues themselves much less communicate them to the voters in a compelling fashion.
Please consider a few key points about our current political environment:
- President
Bush has governed in a time of turmoil and war, but he has done an
unbelievably poor job of articulating the rationales for his policies.
Even when he is right, he seems to feel no responsibility to fully
explain his positions, and this permits his opponents to define and
distort the issues to match their political agenda. Voters often
interpret his unwillingness to defend his policies in compelling
fashion as incompetence or arrogance that creates resentment and
disillusionment among large sectors of voters.
- In the current election cycle, irresponsible pandering, demagoguery, manipulative imagery
and economic class warfare tactics are the political order of the day.
- In
Washington, expansion of personal and party political power has become
more important than doing what is right for the country.
- Many voters on the American left have allowed their political disagreements with Bush to spin into irrational hatreds that cause them to oppose everything Bush does even to their own detriment.
- Many voters of the American right are so disillusioned with politics that they are sitting out the political process to their own detriment.
- Many
voters in the American center are disheartened by the phony imagery and
self-serving political pandering and demagoguery on the the left and
the right.
- The issues in the 2008 are major, and the stakes of the outcome have never been higher, and yet most voters do not grasp the complexity of the issues or the implications of the policies being offered by the political parties.
- Despite this reality, politicians are too often motivated by their personal ambitions which override any sense of higher purpose. They relentlessly pursue their personal goals by almost any means, and make almost no attempt to educate voters about the substance of the critical issues that we all face together.
- There is an almost total dearth of positive, innovative, credible, solutions oriented political leadership.
This is understandable because the media leaders and the politicians themselves largely do not possess the vision to lead voters to understand the fragility of our collective situation. Rather than addressing these issues on substance, the political class is largely choosing to rely on traditional, image and emotion driven campaigns that often distort rather than illuminate the issues and potential solutions.
THE MISSION OF THIS WEBSITE
Almost no one in the political discourse talks about the true substance of the issues, or offers profound wisdom, leadership or credible solutions. The purpose of this website is to examine the facts and offer compelling perspectives on the underlying realities of the major issues of the 2008 election.
The goal is to challenge the virulent, self destructive hatreds, and disillusionment voters are feeling, and to correct the many alarming misperceptions about the issues by exposing facts and insights that most people have not considered. Different people may reach contrary conclusions from this data, but I encourage readers to invest the time to seriously consider these perspectives as one point of reference before voting in 2008.
The hope is that readers of this site will find merit in the message and forward it on to their friends, family and acquaintances who might appreciate insights into the vitally important issues that will determine America's future.
Six degrees of separation through the internet can be a very powerful tool if people care enough about these issues to take action to inform others.
THE CURRENT SITUATION
Most voters are familiar with the major issues in the current political campaign as viewed through the lens of their personal concerns and perceptions. However, many voters do not have the time, the education or inclination to fully understand the underlying substance of these complex issues. Despite this reality, almost no one on the political spectrum is educating voters about:
- the core substance of the issues, or
- the vital interrelationship between the major issues, or
- the real world consequences of the various courses of action.
The concept on this website is to offer a resource to counter the prevailing political demagoguery and ineptitude by closely examining the facts and trying to reach conclusions and suggest real world solutions to the problems all Americans face together.
THE MAJOR ISSUES - 2008
Given the political landscape described above, this website is designed:
- To examine the substance of the major issues that Americans face together.
- To examine the positions of each political party on these issues.
- To reach logic and fact driven conclusions about who offers the best vision for America's future.
- Crude Oil
- Energy Prices
- Iraq
- Al Qaeda
- Income Taxes
- The Economy
After reviewing the substance of the issues, we will examine the positions of the Democrats and Republicans on separate tabs.
Finally we will review the topics and reach some conclusions on the 2008 Summary tab.
Please invest the time to read and consider these perspectives before voting in 2008. If you find merit in these insights, please forward this site to your friends for their review.
You can begin this journey with the "Crude Oil" tab on the column to the left.
Comments: Please send your feedback and suggestions to PoliticalRealityOnline@Yahoo.com
