Monday, March 10, 2008


Elections Show 2008 Part 1

For the beginning two months of this year, due to schedule conflictions and studio problems, we have been unable to shoot any shows for Speak On It. Luckily, on the first day of March, we were finally able to get into the studio and produce two incredible shows on the 2008 presidential elections over the past two months.

The first of these two shows on the 2008 presidential elections dealt with three main topics of interests that really developed in the discussion. The first topic of discussion was about which candidate best represents change in America. With a panel that was equally balanced between democrats and republicans, each person agreed that any of three candidates left is going to bring some change to the White House. But, the greatest change will probably be demonstrated by Senator Clinton or Senator Obama. Personally, I agreed with this statement that change will come and the democratic candidates will definitely make the most changes in the White House.

Following this first topic came the next topic of discussion that dealt with the War in Iraq. As you probably know, the republican representatives argued that it’s beneficial for our country to stay in Iraq until the War is over, while others like myself totally disagreed with their stance. Instead of talking about the constant debates that occurred on the show, the key points discussed were that one panelist believed that the War was a personal agenda verses a fight against terrorism. Another panelist believed that we should stay in Iraq until the Iraqi people are able to run the country themselves. My belief was that we should exit Iraq slowly, deal with the issues in this country in a diplomatic way, and stop trying make these people adopt our ways of living when they have total different beliefs from us.

As you know, this heated debate on the War in Iraq continued into the third segment and we were only able to ask one more question before the entire show was complete. The question was, “What key issue will determine the upcoming elections in 2008?” Ironically, instead of hearing about each of these intelligent guests talk about a specific issue they thought was key in the General Election this November, three out of the four panelists believed that issues likeability will be the determining factor instead of a specific issue. I could see their point, but personally, I believe their will be a common issue that will determine this upcoming elections. At this point, I do not want to share until I know exactly which two candidates will be running against each other in November.

For these next few moments, please take the time to comment on these three topics of discussion and tell the Speak On It staff how you feel about the three connected topics to the 2008 Presidential Elections?

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