I personally am not so “yay save the environment”-y but I think it’s a good idea anyway…as do all the Presidential candidates. Of course. If their voters like it, they like it. I bet if everyone was all for saving spiders or worried about using up all the space on the internet, the candidates would be into that too…just a thought…
Anyway, it seems that in comparison to others – well, John McCain specifically – Hillary Clinton has all her “green ideas” figured out, right down to which lightbulbs will be used (in case you were wondering, not incandescent ones). Clinton would increase fuel efficiency standards, and reduce America’s reliance on foreign oil. As far as foreign oil goes, McCain also wants America to be more independent, fuel-wise. I can see their point.
According to McCain’s website (exploringmccain.com), “John McCain believes that America’s economic and environmental interests are not mutually exclusive, but rather inextricably linked”. In other words, it all boils back down to money. The environment needs money, and the economy needs the environment. Clinton also stresses a green economy – being green and saving energy will provide more jobs, according to her. Perhaps both candidates are subtly expressing that it’s not really about saving our rainforests…
While I’m on the topic of Presidential candidates, I’d like to point out that part of the reason I have no interest in politics is that how will knowing about politics make my life any better? Why should I listen to all these people say what they want, change their mind a few times, have their secret lives exposed, any more than I should pay attention to the lives of pop stars? Movie stars say things all the time, influencing possibly more people than presidential candidates, and I don’t care about them. Saying that the future President will spell my future doesn’t really sway me. Whoever is voted President will do what they want, probably not even half of what they promised, so what they say now doesn’t matter anyway. As for who we think can handle our country? Well, we’ve had some stupid people as President before, and there’s only so much damage they can do. If Congress finds the need, impeach the Prez and change everything back. They all “want to do what’s good for us” – if they say raising the taxes is good, fine. If they say saving the environment is good, fine. They’ll do it anyway, with or without my permission. I can live the rest of my life happily without ever reading an article about what the President changed today or promises for tomorrow. And worst comes to worst, I’ll move to Israel or someplace safe like that. Maybe daily rocket attacks are easier to face than a corrupt or useless government.
