HELLO!!!! have you forgotten who got us into this mess in the first place? if you think fighting this war in Iraq needs to go on indefinetly where will the money come from. We can't support a war that costs this much money without getting money from somewhere. You don't want to raise taxes to pay for it but you don't mind taking my money and then cutting my social security, infrastrcture costs, education etc. yes Virginia there is no Santa, tooth fairy or rich uncle to pay for this.

I am not an Obama fan, but McCain (who, by the way) cannot remember what country we are fighting in, will not receive my vote. We need new blood - not another Republican in office. Republicans have made sure that the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. We are in a war that was uncalled for and we aren't even looking for the culprit that attacked us on 9/11 and yes, I do remember who we were fighting at first but not now. Oh, and now, we just received updated news that AlQuada is going to bomb us - hmmm - just before the elections again. Has anyone thought that perhaps the Bush Administration (ie Republicans) are in with them? Where has the billions of money gone when the war started and the money was reported missing?
Oh, and if you don't believe in the environment, perhaps you need to look at all the cancer patients in the hospitals.

What do you think Obamanation is going to do? He is going to help put us in the one world government. Thats his goal Yes he can!
McCain doesn' look half bad now , does he?

Mr. Prager's observations are not dire. He is being very realistic - and conservative - I might add. Obama's answer to our current economic plight would ensure that the dollar will collapse. A Republican president is the ONLY person who has any chance of getting us out of the mess we are now in. All Democrats know to do is raise taxes and create an even more bloated government.

As for change for the sake of change - that's as stupid and asinine as you can get. That completely leaves any sense of intelligence or thinking rationale out the door.

And the thought about putting a Democrat in office just so the people can see how bad it can get so they will choose Republican four years later - Mr. Prager is right, again, about how there is only so much camage control one man can do. But he neglected to mention that Americans have an extremely short memory. (Remember 9/11? That's why we're in a war in the first place - to keep terrorism off of American soil.) It won't take long for people to forget it was the Democrats who got America in the mess it will be in after a Democratic presidency and will blame it all on the Republicans.

I forgot to mention that that right wing controlled supreme court also elected a president for the first time in our history. I thought the people were supposed to vote for the president not have him appointed. why have elections if the court can do it. we could save a lot of money. also if we already have the nominees for both parties selected why have the conventions and waste more millions. it is luducrious to waste millions of dollars for a job that pays $400,000 a year. and we let these people run the country? doesn't say much for their fiscal responsibility does it.

what hyprocricy!! all democrats are not evil as you seem to think. you worry about what will happen to this country now? where have you been while Bush was ruining our world. he has bankrupted us, killed innocent women and children not to mention babies and unborn ones(the ones you right wing nuts are always claiming to want to protect)and a right wing controlled congress and supreme court have helped him do this. why do you think you are all gods and are the only ones who are right. that is why we are in this mess--you keep separating america by right and left instead of doing what is best for everyone. we pay the salaries and benefits of these people who are supposed to represent all of us not just select groups. remember it says of the people, by the people and for the people, not just for the far right or far left. it will take a real long time to fix the mess the republicans have gotten us into. I think the american people deserve a refund of the money the right has wasted without giving us the reasons for its use. as in any job, if they aren't doing well they should be fired without those perks like anyone else. when blue collar workers lose there jobs what do they get--a few weeks of unemployment.

I don't know Denis Prager, except that he is on "talk radio". I don't listen to him, read his books or receive his literature. I am NOT a "far rightist", but what he says makes sense to me. His arguments are not "thin" as far as history is concerned, as argued by one respondent. I am a student of History, lived through the Great Depression (yeah, I'm THAT old!) and seen more changes than a lot of folks. I've gone from depending on the horse & buggy for transportation to seeing a Space Station orbiting the earth. I've seen Santa Clara Co. with it's pastoral way of life change to Silicon Valley with "wall-to-wall people & wall-to-wall" cement. Very few knew where Santa Clara Valley is, but the whole world knows where "Silicon Valley" is! Talk about change!! Change can be good, but "change for the sake of change" can be a disaster. That seems to be the Mantra of the Obama supporters. "Change we can believe in". Believing in something does not make it so!

There are many big issues in this campaign, but I think one thing both Left & Right will agree on, whether secretly or openly, is that whoever controls the White House & most of Congress will control the destiny of our Country for generations to come. Why? The SUPREME COURT. I don't think the Writer's of the Constitution actually meant it to be that way, but that's the way it is! That's the BIG issue in this election, as it is in every other election. Regardless of economics, foreign policy, etc., it is the decisions of the Supreme Court that we and our descendants for generations to come will have to live with.

And to Mr. Boekhouer's comment: "The world is changing and so should the US.", he's right on one thing, the world IS changing--we are heading straight for a "one-world" government. Let's see how he & the rest of us enjoy that!

Casey42 I salute you for coming up with the ideal analogy. Shame on you MR. Prager for misusing your column for dire purposes!!!

I am amazed at the uneducated comments above. Do more research in the economy and the decisions the current President has made, dispite the congress he is dealing with. Obama is not capable of handling the job of President of this country, he can't handle anyone saying anything negative about him, how will he handle the pressures of that job and deal with critics and trust me he will be criticized.

Casey42, you are RIGHT ON!
Crone, the first phrase of your first sentence is exactly right! Where you are off base is the fact that the "greenhorn" we have in the office of President is lacking integrity and judgment. That is why "his advisors didn't know which end was up."

Obama has intelligence, integrity and judgment. The only thing of value Bush brought to us was Laura, and it doesn't appear that he ever listened to her.

McPain's idea for population control, 100 yrs of Iraq war.
McPain's solution for the energy crises, make the oil billionaires rich enough and maybe they will take pity on the rest of us and lower prices.
McPains solution for the illegal alien problem, make them legal so big business can hire cheap labor, end of problem.
McPain's dream, a total theocracy in the U.S. like the Taliban had in Afghanistan.

Your comment about supporting McCain makes me wonder whether Stanford is that conservative. God help us all to see such a prestigious University having visiting fellows like you. Any way I accept freedom of speech even at this cost.
Your view of world politics is very thin and you only see Iraq survival under US. This creates a dependant mentality and no nation wants to see that happening to them.
Barack may be the tax junkie but his views on world politics goes hand in hand with what we from outside the US see as the answer to world problems. We are tired of seeing America becoming victim of sponsored terror and remember that if the father panics so will the whole family. We see the US as a Superpower(father) and an example of a democracy. Bush has messed up that image big time and you dont need another Bush to carry the same policies over.
The world is changing and so should the US.. they should be leading from the front on foreign policy. Are you not tired about watching your back all the time. Good neighbours creates good relations. the US have been an example to our(South Africa) democracy now created enemies around the world. More counrtries are defying the US and more will when McCain takes over.
I am looking forward to a changed world.. "change we can believe in"

Things in USA are in such disrepair that no one can salvage the situation, but I will vote for McCain since I can't vote for Hillary. Obama in the White House would be a disaster. We had a green horn in there for 8 years, and the country was run by Bush advisors because he didn't know which end was up. We don't need another 4 years of bumbling around, by another inexperienced inept. This c--- that Obama chose to serve in grass roots positions is an euphamism for not being able to break into the high powered corporate world. If he was so grass roots, then why is he aspiring to the presidency, now??! Talk about doing a 180 ! He personifies flip flops, waffling and back pedaling, and we see this more and more as time goes on.