Numbers

2000 Election

Bush 50,456,169 Popular Vote
Gore 50,996,116 Popular Vote

Difference = 539,947

Notice that Gore had the MAJORITY of the popular vote, yet was not elected president. And for those of you who will say Obama did not win the Popular vote in the Democratic Primary, you are wrong. He won the popular vote, see for yourself HERE. You can also see HERE how the delegate system works.

2004 Election

Bush 62,040,606 Popular Vote
Kerry 59,028,109 Popular Vote

Difference = 3,012,497

2008 Election

McCain 56,412,952 Popular Vote
Obama 63,905,968 Popular Vote

Difference = 7,493,016

There are a few reasons why this was a landslide victory for Obama. First off, one of the only elections in our history to be considered a landslide victory was the 1936 landslide for Roosevelt. This win for Obama trumps that when you look at percentage points. Look HERE to see what I mean.

Also, Obama won Virginia, which has not been won by a democratic nominee since 1964. So to say this isn't a landslide, is an uneducated assumption.

Please, take a look at issues. I have a very close person in my life who has no health insurance. Our country, the greatest country on earth, does not cover this person. What if something happens? What if this person gets sick? Who will help them? I bet most Americans would be willing to chip in to help. What is so wrong with all of us coming together to help each other.

Do the heads of big Health Corporation HAVE to be so rich? Why do health care providers in other countries choose to put the citizens of their nation as FIRST priorities and not their wallets?

Is it the UN CHRISTIAN thing to choose to provide assistance to the MAJORITY of our country, which is the middle class?

I know what some of you will say. If you raise taxes on big business, the cost will trickle down to their product or service and the middle class will pay for it anyways. Part of that is true. But when that is coupled with cuts for the middle class, they will be able to afford it. The difference is still in favor of the middle class.

And at the end of the day, even though the rich will be paying more in taxes then they were before, they will STILL have more money then everyone else. I would think that God would WANT us to help the less fortunate if we were so blessed with EXCESS. I would think it would be the RIGHT thing to do. But it seems there are many people out there, especially in my family, that feel it's BETTER for the rich to keep all of their money, while the construction worker or truck driver or every other normal guy that makes up the MAJORITY of this country struggles.

I don't think people should give away money. I don't think it shoudl be a free ride for everyone. But what is so bad about giving a little extra of your millions so that the guy who is working on the roads or cleaning bathrooms as a janitor can have a good life too?

Please try and think about EVERYONE in this country, and not just yourselves.

It's really ok. At the end of the day, we will all stand before God. He will look at our lives and what we've done. I hope he will look at my focus on helping others as a good thing. If I become rich with my business, I will NEVER have a problem paying a little more in taxes so I can help assist those that are less fortunate.