Originally Posted by LazyHippy

Fuck, what's wrong... I'm agreeing with you again! lol (Well, apart from left bit.. and the US is the only superpower.. winning a race of one)

But yeah, Obama doesn't seem to have much substance is way too focussed on image. I can't see him being prepared to take potentially unpopular action to sort out the debt, avert global recession and deal with the root causes of terrorism.

But what a fucking choice... McCain and Obama or Clinton... about the same as here - lesser of two evils. I think you have more say in some ways as you directly pick the candidates and can influence policy that way, here we don't have as much influence before an election, but then we don't give one person anywhere near as much power. Both our systems are outdated though, not changed much since the days when the votes were delivered by horse, they should be updated to ensure one person's vote has the same value as someone else's vote elsewhere in the country.