Election 2008

I am going to say it in the beginning, so when it happens, y'all will be able to remember that I called it.  Obama won the election.  It is a great time in America because the general public voted for an African American to be our president.  He is very charismatic and likable.  Although I did not appreciate the general media because they are completely biased and were the whole time Obama had been in the news.  I feel that Obama represents the "popular kid" at school and  McCain was the "nerd."  Everyone is attracted to the popular, cool kid and doesn't care what the other kid has to say.  My prediction for Obama's presidency is that the economy will turn around, as it always does.  It won't be anything he does, it is just how the cycle goes.  There have been multiple times where the economy has been similar, yet we have always been able to get out.  It is no ones fault but our own.  People spent money they didn't have on things they didn't need and couldn't afford.  So when the economy goes back up, people are going to contribute it to Obama, when it wasn't him at all.  And he plans on taxing corporations.  You think that is going to help the economy and the average Joe?  I don't think so.  If corporations get taxed heavier, they will send more jobs elsewhere, therefore eliminating jobs in the U.S.  And when they have to pay more for taxes, you know that extra cost will be placed on the consumer.  Also, the War in Iraq is not very popular as most people know.  But, it is getting better and has been better than before because it hasn't been on the news.  The news won't talk about it at all if it is going well.  So if the troops come home during Obama's presidency, it isn't because of his foreign policy.  It will have been because they were ready to come home.  So there is my soapbox.