I would vote for...

Today my class had to write a paragraph explaining their choice for president and why they would vote for that person if they were of age. Some of them were GREAT and I can't resist sharing. (I did correct spelling because it's impossible for me to type as atrociously as my students. I also put some periods in as needed, but left most of the grammar as is.)

I would vote for Obama. He will bring justice to American history. And he will be the first black president. Unlike McCain he doesn't believe in health insurance. But Obama wants us to live in peace. Obama will make a program to let them get life insurance if they don't have any. And that's why Obama is the right person for this country.
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I would like to vote for Barack Obama because he would help us become better citizens. Obama would make all the other presidents so happy and proud. I think Obama would love being a president and also love helping and supportng the US. I will love working for our country and our liberty. Would Obama be our next president or not?
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I would vote for Obama because he makes good choices for people. So people would be happy with their country. And because Obama wants to lower taxes so people will still have money. Obama wants people to be happy because he doesn't want people not having houses over their heads. So that is why I would vote for Obama.
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I vote for Obama because he has very great ideas for schools, and teachers, and less money for things at stores, and just too many great ideas for him to be the President of the United States.
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I would vote for Obama because he understands problems and wants to fix them. I also like his ideas to take people out of Irag and send more. Also I love his health plans, national security plans. I want Obama for president so he can make this country a better country. And because I think he is the bravest man to run for president. I like Obama because he doesn't want the USA to have big disagreements with those other countries he wants to talk to them unlike McCain.
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I would vote for Barack Obama. He will lower the taxes. He would help people that need it. He would help pay insurance. He wants to be fair. He wants to talk with other states.
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I would vote for Barack Obama because he will help people that don't have much money to pay the hospitals or like the doctors or something. He would help pay insurance for the people who need it. He would help that are on the streets and give them some money. If some stores have big prices that come with taxes he will lower the taxes so they won't have to pay a lot at the stores no more.
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I would vote for Obama because he will lower taxes. But increase taxes for people with hier incomes. He's supposedly very smart and intelligent. He will reward farmers, ranchers, and people who own forests. So vote for Obama. He should be our next president.
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I want McCain to win. I think he will help our country. I think since he does not want us to talk to disagreeable countries. I think that will stop wars. He will lower taxes for everyone. He will give top teachers a benefit.
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I want to vote for Obama because he would reward top teachers. He also cares about health care of all children. He wants to lower taxes but would raise taxes for people that have higher incomes and a lot of people aren't that rich. When Obama becomes president he wants to do all these things for us. Obama also cares about education in each school in the USA and would make math and science the most important thing.
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I would vote for Obama because I think he is more fair than McCain. He wants to increase the money for people that works at restuarants. I'm thinking that he will want gas prices to decrease the gas prices. He did not vote for Irag when he was in the war, but I'm not saying that he was in the war. Obama wants to reward top teachers with an invest $10 billions a year in early childhood education.
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I would like to vote for Barack Obama because he is a wealthy man he lives in Hawaii. When he grew up he said that he wanted to sail to America to live his dream by being and trying to get the job of being the president. When he got to America he though that in America he just had to get a lot of people to vote for him. But he was told that there were other people that wanted to be president that he had to beat and that he has to have a meeting with the judges to be president. When he got to the council he was up against John McCain and its been four days tonight you will know if he wins or not but if he does he is the first black man to be president.
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If I were 18 I would vote for John McCain. Why? Well John McCain wants to dig for oil in Alaska to lower gas prices here. He also offers better military health care for our soldiers in Iraq and Baghdad. We would also set some records! John McCain at 82 would be our oldest president. Sarah Palin, first woman Vice President. And people at my school laugh at me for hoping John McCain would be president and I think that is wrong. And Barack Obama promises higher gas prices. You wanna pay $6.00 per gallon by the end of the year?!?!? I didn't think so, so get out there and vote for John McCain today!
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I would vote for Obama because he is a Democrat. Obama promising change and tax cuts. He will fix the economy. Obama will also work with other countries. Barack Obama will stop unncessary wars like in Iraq.
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Senator Obama should be president because I think he understand more of what we need and what's going on about the economy and also he's a good pick for president and what's fair for the country and others if he's president for sure he's gonna bring peace to all countries and most of all our country. He's like the nicest person ever so vote for Senator Barack Obama.

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