The 700 billion dollar bailout is going to the Senate. Tell your candidate, Obama, to stand up and be the President he claims he will be and the President we all need (badly).

Tweet Obama early and often with your protest: “@BarackObama say no to corporate bailouts”.

Bush tried to scare us all into thinking armageddon was coming if we didn’t push through and get behind a 700 billion dollar tax burden to save Wall Street. That should be your first red flag for everyone: Bush + the fear card. This tactic was used to get us into Iraq and the Democrats went for it hook line and sinker.

Why 700 billion dollars? According to a Treasury department spokeswoman, “It’s not based on any particular data point, we just wanted to choose a really large number.” Another red flag, and also reminds me of the Iraq war (no clear goals or plan).

What everyone should be frightened of, is that BOTH Presidential candidates are backing an ill conceived plan being promoted by fear and not fact.

Obama says he had the judgement to stand up to the Iraq war mongering, but he wasn’t in the Senate at the time of the Iraq vote so we have to assume he’d have stood up against the insanity. Now we have a chance to actually see him prove his ability to use good judgement in the face of pressure from the Bush White House and corporate interests. The 700 billion dollar bailout is insanity.

If you’re on Twitter, start tweeting Obama now. THERE ARE BETTER ALTERNATIVES: