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Our Workplace Press articlesObama versus McCain
The Democrats primary campaign is settled, and the November campaign has begun.
A large part of the population is fed up after eight years of Republican rule. We have every reason to be. We find ourselves in the midst of a disastrous war, with no end in sight.
We are trapped in an economic crisis, with unemployment up, prices up, and waves of speculation threatening a financial collapse.
Government is cutting back social programs, public services and education – just when they are needed – even while handing more money over to Wall Street.
McCain, who once had a reputation for being “independent,” is going out of his way to align himself with the Bush administration – on the war, the economy and government programs. In other words, he promises only more of the same.
Obama, on the other hand, talks about bringing “change” to Washington.
His record, unfortunately, shows that he’s opposed all those measures that might bring about change.
He says he didn’t vote for the war – he couldn’t, he wasn’t yet in the Senate when the vote was taken. But he’s voted for every funding measure for the war since he’s been in the Senate.
He opposed impeaching Bush-Cheney.
Funded by big medical corporations, he voted against the Conyers-Kucinich bill that would have brought some reform to the medical system.
Funded by the nuclear power industry, he voted against a bill requiring it to report accidents.
Funded by big Wall Street firms, he hasn’t said even a peep about reining in Wall Street.
It’s understandable that working people want to vote against Bush and make the Republican Party pay. But when people pin all their hopes on the elections, they get burned.
Many working people may vote November. But remember this: our struggles can force any politician to drastically change the direction of government. The change we need is the change that we can get only by imposing it on government.