So tomorrow I cast my vote in Ohio...

[souvlaki]

And congrats to both of you. I think you both made the right choice. How busy were your polling places?

 

[Comicfilmer]

Not busy at all. I was one of only five people voting at the time and got to the machine without any wait. During the last election (2006), the polling station was really busy but I went at a much later time (about half an hour before they closed it down). Today I went on my lunch hour.

 

[redfirebird2008]

They don't have many policy differences.

In regards to Iraq, Clinton wants to have a time table set up for withdrawl where we meet certain benchmarks throughout. Obama wants to immeidietly pull out all but 5,000 troops. He claims however he will send troops back if there is evidence of Al-Queda bases being established in Iraq (which is odd as we know there are. They are called "Al-Queda in Iraq,").

You are wrong on Obama's Iraq proposal. He wants to remove 1 to 2 brigades per month and have them all out within 16 months. That is NOT immediate withdrawal. Clinton wants to begin removing them within 60 days and have them home within a similar timeframe to Obama's plan. Stop making crap up and check your facts.

http://www.barackobama.com/issues/iraq/#bring-home

Obama will immediately begin to remove our troops from Iraq. He will remove one to two combat brigades each month, and have all of our combat brigades out of Iraq within 16 months.

 

[hippie_hunter]

You are wrong on Obama's Iraq proposal. He wants to remove 1 to 2 brigades per month and have them all out within 16 months. That is NOT immediate withdrawal. Clinton wants to begin removing them within 60 days and have them home within a similar timeframe to Obama's plan. Stop making crap up and check your facts.

http://www.barackobama.com/issues/iraq/#bring-home

Obama will immediately begin to remove our troops from Iraq. He will remove one to two combat brigades each month, and have all of our combat brigades out of Iraq within 16 months.

But you ignore and so that that link you mention, Obama's comments, which he has said as recent as the last debate, that he will leave a brigade or two (about 5,000 troops) for counter-terrorism operations, protecting American operations, and assisting the Iraqi government. He also says that if al-Qaeda turns Iraq into a base for them he'll go right back in.

 

[redfirebird2008]

But you ignore and so that that link you mention, Obama's comments, which he has said as recent as the last debate, that he will leave a brigade or two (about 5,000 troops) for counter-terrorism operations, protecting American operations, and assisting the Iraqi government. He also says that if al-Qaeda turns Iraq into a base for them he'll go right back in.

Yes, he's said that and his website says that. What is wrong with that? Absolutely nothing. Hillary's plan is very similar. She wants to leave some troops there to help with counter-terrorism and aiding the government. It is wrong to say that he wants to pull all but 5,000 troops out immediately OVERNIGHT, which I think anyone with half a brain realizes would be a DISASTER.

 

[Matt]

The stupidity of both of their plans is that there are already several Al-Queda bases in Iraq and they are both very aware of that which implies to me they are using the promise of withdrawl for the election but the second they are in office they will suddenly talk about how they can't because of the Al-Queda presence in Iraq.