The “Change” Candidate

  Lately it seems that you can’t turn on the news without hearing the word “change.” It is the word that both presidential candidates have been trying so hard to identify with. In fact, this single word has gotten more attention in this election than all of the other issues combined.

            The reality is: no matter which candidate you choose to support, he will bring some kind of change.

            The fact that Barack Obama is Democrat is one reason that he will bring change. John McCain is a Republican (like Bush), but his policy differs in many ways from core Republican beliefs, also translates to change.

            But there is one issue that voters never hear about. This issue is perhaps the most important reason why these new candidates differ from President Bush. This all-important difference lies not in policy, party, race or age, but in astrological sign.

Bush is a Gemini, McCain is a Virgo, and Obama is a Leo.

            Virgos, like McCain, are sensitive people, who tend to be most interested in giving to others. They are able to maintain confidence and faith through the most difficult of times. Virgos often conflict with Geminis, who are generally logical in nature, making decisions based on statistics rather than emotions.

            On the other hand, Leos and Geminis, such as Obama and Bush, are very compatible. But that doesn’t necessarily mean that they will have the same policies. After all, Leos are known to be bold and courageous. They make decisions from the heart, whereas Geminis always take a chess-like approach to situations.

            These astrological signs affect all sorts of policy, such as economics, war, and gun control.        

There are many other issues that the two presidential candidates differ from Bush due to their astrological signs. For example, both candidates are likely to bring new innovations to alternative energy.

Where the logical Gemini Bush did very little to help stop Global Warming, Obama and McCain both wish to do something about climate change.

When Obama says he wants to change the US global warming policy because he feels that it is the right thing to do, he is just following his heart just like every other Leo. McCain wishes to change global warming policy because he knows that global warming is hurting so many people and animals. He simply cannot stand the images of polar bears struggling to survive on thin pieces of ice.

            Obama wants to explore new energies such as wind and solar power, and McCain wants a “Cap and Trade” system, where companies are allotted a certain amount of carbon emissions. In this system, if a company does not need all of its allotted carbon emissions; it can trade what remains to larger companies who need more carbon than their cap allows them.

            Another incredibly important issue that gets very little media attention is height. President Bush is 5’11’’ tall, which is far too average for an American president. It is easy to see that his policies stem from his height (along with his Zodiac sign).

            Obama towers a full three inches over Bush at 6’2’’. These three inches are what make his policies so different from Bush. McCain is only 5’6’’ tall, which is far shorter than Bush. This difference in height is yet another reason why their policies are so dissimilar.

One great example of how height affects policy is the issue of illegal immigration. Our current President Bush has cracked down on immigrants and has offered no path to citizenship for illegals. But, do not blame him if you do not support his policies. The truth of the matter is that this policy was not really up to him. His height causes him to think the way he does. Everyone between the heights of 5’8’’ and 6’ believe in this type of immigration policy. Everyone outside this bracket has a different sort of immigration policy.

John McCain, on the other hand, is far too short to think that simply deporting immigrants will work. Obama is too tall to support Bush’s policies. Both Obama and McCain support a plan to help illegal immigrants gain citizenship. Under their policies, immigrants must learn English and pay fines. Then they can become citizens.

Each time that a new president is elected, many things change within the government. In the immortal words of American transcendentalist Ralph Waldo Emerson: “We change, whether we like it or not.”