Take Back the Flag’s Take on the Second Presidential Debate: Thank you

From the debate:

Obama: And the last point I just want to make. I think the young people of America are especially interested in how they can serve, and that’s one of the reasons why I’m interested in doubling the Peace Corps, making sure that we are creating a volunteer corps all across this country that can be involved in their community, involved in military service, so that military families and our troops are not the only ones bearing the burden of renewing America.

That’s something that all of us have to be involved with and that requires some leadership from Washington.

Senator Obama, thank you for seeing the truth and saying it.  We’re hungry to serve America, but too often that path is confusing or impossible.  Service to America today basically means military service, the most honorable of choices.  But while we’re involved in multiple overseas conflicts and those conflicts are controversial, enlisting is a scary thought.

Here at Take Back the Flag, we’ve heard a few stories from young Americans with the desire to serve.  But it always ends up with a question like “Should I really join the Air Force while we’re fighting in civil wars overseas and few can trust the government?”  And, as expected, the answer, is always no.

Thank you for seizing this opportunity and realizing the amazing potential it has for America.  It won’t immediately allow a middle-class family to afford much needed prescriptions like health insurance reform, or save the planet for our future generations like a responsible environmental policy, but service opportunities should be a top priority for your administration.

For all the young people out there, this is the chance.  Please remember to vote on November 4th.

Coming up:  our Take on the third and final debate and more cartoons.

Take Back the Flag’s Take on the second presidential debate is based on direct language from the CNN transcript.

Take Back the Flag’s Take on the Second Presidential Debate: The Robotic Republican

From the debate:

Obama: So we’re going to have to make some investments, but we’ve also got to make spending cuts. And what I’ve proposed, you’ll hear Sen. McCain say, well, he’s proposing a whole bunch of new spending, but actually I’m cutting more than I’m spending so that it will be a net spending cut. […]

McCain: Do you know that Sen. Obama has voted for — is proposing $860 billion of new spending now? New spending.

That’s right, Senator Obama and Democrats are now used to the Republican rhetoric enough to accurately predict the upcoming lies and offer the Republican a chance to say something else–or at least phrase it in a different way.  Yet McCain proved once again in this statement that he’s all systematic rhetoric programmed at the Republican National Committee headquarters.  How is this even considered civil discourse or productive debate in choosing a president?

McCain’s best argument for the presidency is that Obama is proposing new spending, an untruthful and boring Republican standard.  Of course he’s proposing new spending.  McCain is too!  Every candidate for every office promises new programs, new tax cuts, or maybe even both.  All involve new spending.

Obama specifically said yes to new spending, including investments in infrastructure and energy jobs across the country.  Then he stated in unequivocal terms that his plans involve more cuts then spending, leading to, wait for it, a “net spending cut.”

Senator McCain’s programmed statements are an insult to the American voter.  Please, Senator McCain, have some respect; don’t spew Republican rhetoric at us, when we all know its absolutely false.  You’re better than that, but you haven’t shown in in a long, long time.

Take Back the Flag’s Take on the second presidential debate is based on direct language from the CNN transcript.