I have for sure decided that I will be voting for Obama. I want things to really change in our government, we need to start takeing better care of our country and not worry about other countries as much. We need to not let things go and do something about them. The lack of good health care in this country is crazy and really makes me feel like our government does not care about it’s own citizens health and ability to presue happiness that is given in our constitution.

Yes I know that many people are scared of socialism and I’m not saying that it’s completely a good thing, but haveing a universal health care system is something that all developed countries have, and no they do not have the issues that so many think they do, talk to a real person from the countries that have this and they will tell you the wait for a doctor is the same as in the US or even better because people will go to a doctor instead of wait.

Anyway that’s just one reason I’m voting the way I am. So have you decided who you are voting for yet? Even if you are not sure, you should still try to vote, it’s something that is a right and a privilege to do and everyone who can should vote. If you can’t vote who would you vote for?

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I have had the TV on for just about an hour. In that hour I have seen a McCain ad at least 7 times. I’m tired of hearing all of the problems Obama has or the democrats have, the republicans are just as bad and they need to shut up.

I think there needs to be a ban on too many ads, it needs to be you can only show so many a day and that’s it. I think some of these ad’s are turning people off to voting, they figure all it is is a race to see who can make the other look worse, really at this point that’s about all it is as all I see are the very negitive McCain ads. Yes Obama has them too, but I have yet to see an ad for him today. I wouldn’t mind it so much if McCain’s ad’s would talk more about what he will do, not trying to make up things or push facts to the limit about what he has done in the past. I think both parties need to tell us what they are going to attempt to get done as president. That is what the American people need to hear, not them acting like babies and trying to make the other look bad.

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This is not completely new, most of the US presidential candidates have a my space account and you can leave your comments on their page, but what if you could ask a question and get a response. Well you can now, kind of. There is a pretty cool website out there called AskTheCandidates2008.com - Talk with AI presidential candidates. This site will allow you to ask a candidate a question and the computer will give you an answer based on quotes from the candidate themselves.

I know that sound weird and like it wouldn’t be accurate but the system uses artificial intelligence to answer the question, so it learns from you and from others.  The following is a question I asked and the response I got. It was interesting, but needs a little fine tuning I think. This can be done by suggesting a better quote for an answer.

Hillary Clinton’s Answer:

What do you plan to do about health care?

Well, let me start by saying that all of the ideas that you’re going to hear about in this campaign are very important to get out to the public so that people can actually think about them, examine how they would affect their lives because I do have the experience of having put forth a plan, with many of the features that John and Barack just mentioned. And people were enthusiastic about it initially, but then after the insurance companies and the pharmaceutical companies got finished working on it, everybody got nervous and so politically we were not successful. Well, I’m ready to try again, and there’s three things we’ve got to do. We’ve got to control and decrease costs for everyone. This is not just about the uninsured. Yes, we have nearly 47 million, but we’ve got many millions more who have an insurance policy that they can barely afford and that they can’t get the treatments they need under it. We have to cover everybody but we’ve got to improve quality. We can save money within the existing system. I am not ready to put new money into a system that doesn’t work until we’ve tried to figure out how to get the best outcomes from the money we already have.

South Carolina Democratic Debate, April 26, 2007

I was happy with the answer since I know they can’t actually talk to me, but I can find out what they have said about an issue and decide if I like it or if I don’t. That I think is the best part about this website. I still am not sure who to vote for, I know who I’m not going to be, so this site may help me to learn more about these candidates and their view on the issues that affect me.

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