McCain is an older gentleman of 72 years of age. It is obvious age is a factor regarding him. Obama is 47, 25 years younger than McCain that is another advantage to Obama.

If elected McCain would become the oldest man elected President of the USA. 2 years older than the previous oldest President in Regan who was 70 when he became President.

I don't want another republican President or a woman. Well Should I care since I don't live in the U.S. anymore? Yes because the U.S. runs the whole world.

Opposed to what the right wing side of the media will do if Obama is elected? This topic is fail.

It looks like someone's humour engine isn't running properly.

Also, way to go insulting other people's intelligence.  Bad form.

I'll shoot him myself if given the chance. Anarchy in the UK!

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Wait, what?

 So let me get this straight... Your main criteria for voting on a president is whether or not he votes with president bush... Now that is ignorant. You have obviously been brainwashed by the media into believing Bush is satin incarnate...

You do realize that Lincoln was one of the least popular presidents when he was assinated. You know why? Because people said that he was wasting hundreds of thousands of lives in a "pointless" war. Hindsight is 20/20, and I believe we will look back and see Bush for who he was. A strong leader who did what he believed was right for the country regardless of what the no-nothing said.

The dems have made Iraq into what you see it as, and they have done so for political reasons.

Right on.

So tax cuts that helped end the recession the country was going into BEFORE Bush took office (a recession that was exacerbated by 9/11), years of sustained growth after this fast recovery, some of the lowest unemployment numbers in history, etc, but Bush gets no credit for that.

But policies mostly supported by Democrats (the poor should own houses too!), lead in part to the irrisponsible lending practices of giving mortgages to unqualified borrowers, leading to forclosures and a housing downturn, largely contributing to the slowdown we see now, that's all Bush's fault.

The economy has had a great run for most of the time Bush has been in office, but the economy is also cyclical. We are currently in a slowdown due to many different factors, most of which Bush (or any president) has no direct responsibility for or control over.

Example of media bias leading to your ignorance:

Something you will never hear from the mainstream news...
The average unemployment rate during the Bush years is running lower than during the Clinton years.

Numbers from US Misery Index

June 7, 1996-- Here is how the mainstream news (Dan Rather) reported that the unemployment rate jumped up to 5.6%:

“The government came out today with its latest report on unemployment. It says the unemployment rate rose slightly, 2/10ths of a point last month, up to 5.6 percent – still low overall. And the numbers, pure and simple, can be misleading. Economics correspondent Ray Brady tonight has the story behind them.”

January 4, 2007-- And, here is how the AP reported on the current unemployment rate of 5.0%:

Hiring practically stalled in December, driving the nation's unemployment rate up to a two-year high of 5 percent and fanning fears of a recession.

Employers last month added the fewest new jobs to their payrolls in more than four years, according to the employment report released Friday by the Labor Department. The report showed that employment conditions are deteriorating, strained by a housing slump and credit crunch that are sapping economic strength.

"The economy is getting hit by some body blows. The big question is whether the economy can withstand it or will it take a fall," said Ken Mayland, president of ClearView Economics.

UPDATE: Here's CNN's headline :
"Jobs weak, unemployment soars"
Since when is a 5% unemplyment rate described as soaring?

I feel your pain Timmah. People just regurgitate what they hear on the news, which is always slanted in some direction.

But I still feel this topic is a complete joke, as are the vast majority of political topics on this site or most sites.

when it gets the media more viewers