Obama, McCain — What's the Difference
by James Glaser
June 5, 2008

If I've heard it once, I have heard a thousand times, "McCain will be Bush's third term." And you know Barack Obama is trying to brand McCain with that "third term" line. I have to ask, what about Obama?

People keep saying John McCain, if elected President, will be just like George Bush, and I have to ask, will Barack Obama be any different? Voters have to remember that both of these men are politicians. Sure, John McCain has been at it longer, but Barack Obama has been politicking for well over a decade.

It has been said that John McCain's Campaign staff is filled with lobbyists and former lobbyists. Well, guess what, the same is true for Obama. Barack Obama might not have the years in politics that McCain has, but he has already figured out how to get money from corporations.

The Obama campaign, as of late March 2007, has accepted $159,800 from executives and employees of Exelon, the nation's largest nuclear power plant operator.
The Illinois-based company also helped Obama's 2004 senatorial campaign. As Ken Silverstein reported in the November 2006 issue of Harper's, "[Exelon] is Obama's fourth largest patron, having donated a total of $74,350 to his campaigns.

Now, I'm not picking on Obama trying to make McCain look good, I'm just trying to point out that both of these candidates are politicians through and through. Barack Obama may sound better, but he, like McCain has sold his soul to the Corporations a long time ago. Both these guys are playing the Washington political game.

Both men are surrounded by Washington insiders, they both take money from whomever will give it to them, and which ever one becomes President, he will be beholding to those people who helped him get elected.

Barack Obama would not have been able to claim the nomination until the convention if it weren't for the so-called "Super Delegates." If he gets elected this fall, I want you to know that each Super Delegate will be standing there waiting for their pay-off.

It doesn't matter who wins, Washington, and Washington's politics will stay the same. Every politician for the last fifty years has talked about "change," but change never happens because the fix is in before the election takes place.

Corporations and special interest groups will continue to get their way, because they have enough money that they can give to both candidates. So no matter who wins, they will be there with their hands out waiting for a return on their money.

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