McCain VS Obama

I felt a little disappointed after I read their positions on various political issues. It is Ok when it comes to the domestic issues, however, when it comes to the international topic, they both seem to be narrow-minded and short-sighted. If I have to decide which one could be a better candidate, I prefer McCain. I will present my reasons from different aspects as following shows.

Energy aspect. Obama’s plan is quite charming and environmental-polite at the first sight, but I think it lacks of practicality. I don’t think it could be so easy to phasing out incandescent light bulbs by 2014 considering the huge amount of bulbs and the widely use. To look into clean coal uses as a way of freeing the US reliance on the foreign oil is a temporary action to encounter the pressing energy shortage and could be very costly regarding on the potential R&D found. What’s more, the exchange with US automakers seem naïve to me. It is not the political interference could make the hybrid production but the strong market economy to decide the way. It could be wiser to figure out some reforms on the economic system than merely using political actions.

Education aspect. Admittedly, the school vouchers have its side-effect in a certain way, but I believe the school vouchers ensure a larger flexibility for parents to choose a better school for children. Though the effect of market economy, the schools surely would spare no efforts on improving their education quality. That ultimately benefits the students and the whole education system. What’s more, the Obama’s idea of education seems elitist education. That’s could cause big unfair and social conflictions since the criteria on judging a student is high-quality or not could be various.

Marijuana aspect. I am really surprised someone could support the legalization of marijuana in this highly civilized society. I completely agree McCain’s idea that is a “gateway drug” that leads to use of harder, more harmful drugs. In contrast, the Obama’s idea seems naïve to me since when considering the potential high possibility of drug abuse, his position on Marijuana obviously fail to hold water.

Position on China. I think they are both narrow-minded and short-sighted because they still use the “Cold War mentality” to deal with international relationship. It is better to seek a win-win relationship rather than set up a new enemy. The “China threat theory” is an excuse for US to enforce their military to me. The potential danger of new Army Race cannot be ignored. The China’s economic boom is inevitable tend, but it never could be a “concern” or a “threaten” to US.

To sum up, McCain does a better job than Obama in domestic issues, while they both lack of foresight when it comes to international affairs.