Why I Support Obama
I couldn’t agree more with Andrew Sullivan’s reader. I also am 21 years old, and support Obama. In fact, I donated to the Feburary 12th Obama money bomb. Normally, I would never consider donating to anyone, and never donated to Ron Paul (even though I like RP) because it just didn’t seem right.
Obama is my candidate of choice, because having him as president would make me proud to say “I am an American” again.
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You’ll be a bankrupt american and so happy about it. You seriously want the democrat draft for ages 18-42? Our country is a single hair from the dollar being totally worthless and the democrats will finish it off.
When you pull the lever enjoy….. you will live to regret it.
Gosh and since you want to be taxed by the United Nations and complete gun control be the first in line to Pay UP and hand over any weapon. BIll is in the works.
You must feel really threatened, having to post twice.
I’d rather have higher taxes and more strict gun control than a president who LIES to use and breaks the LAWS he swore to upload. What makes you think that McCain won’t be the same lying and war-mongering as Bush?
I pulled for Obama in the MN primaries, and even if Hillary gets the nomination, I’ll still probably write-in Obama. When the other choices are a senile, war-hungry vet and a shameless, evil bitch… well, there’s not really a choice at all.
As for “Not Fooled Again,” I’m curious as to how you think a Democrat president will kill the dollar and how a Republican will save it, especially since it was a Republican that put us in this situation in the first place.
“taxed by the UN”? Helloo? The US was one of the founders of the UN, and we fail to support it financially. Why? So we can pay for the entire Iraq war ourselves? Mortgaging our children’s future so we can realize W’s dream of controlling the middle East? That’s certainly no dream of mine. More like a nightmare.
I’m sorry to keep talking so negatively towards y’all on your own blog but, Marty what the SHIT are you talking about? What issues are important to you and how does Hilary (evil?) vary from Obama on them? They’re so close on so many platforms and writing-in Obama if he isn’t the candidate is essentially not voting (also see: Green Party). I support Obama too, but it seems like so many people this election are so caught up in persona, party allegiance and making a personal statement that they’re further weakening the already minimal power they get with their vote.
And that first guy is just not making any sense whatsoever. USD totally worthless? Did you start paying attention to world economics two months ago? Our dollar may have depreciated against Canada’s, but a dollar in the states buys you a SHIT ton more than it does in Canada and our standard of living is RIDICULOUSLY high worldwide.
And Woody, if your pride in being an American is dependent on our president then you’re a fair weather pussy who needs to stop listening to every European as if they’re automatically some type of authority on international policy or move to France where you can contribute to their superficial sense of identity and brag about your president dating a former model. I know you’re not a pussy though, cause you totally held your own when you boxed Rowan in high school, you just need to appreciate the function of the US military in maintaining whatever world peace we have (despite a perhaps over zealous support of Israeli agenda in the middle east, no other country has the might to preserve the structure of the western world) and learn to love Americana for what it is: A RAAAAD BUNCH OF BOATING, GLOATING, GAS STATIONS, AND CLINT EASTWOOD MOVIES (not to mention jazz, blues, rock & roll and hip-hop).
Also, don’t think I don’t have my criticisms or that I hate Europe or something. I just hear a lot of people being like “the rest of the world hates you” and that’s bullshit/it’s really easy to chastise difficult decisions when you aren’t in charge of making them. We could stand to sacrifice some of that middle class standard of living in the name of social safety net, ecological footprint reduction, etc. I just hate to see knee-jerk liberalism confused with actual progressive thought.
Party allegiance? Are you high? What in the world makes you think I’d ever stick with anyone out of party allegiance? I’m not with either of the major parties- Republicans are hypocritical bastards and Democrats have proven themselves to be what the Republicans called them all along, which is pretty much spineless twerps (blanket statements, I know, but whatever).
Alex, you should know me better than to think I would support any candidate over persona, party allegiance or making some kind of personal statement. I recognize that Hillary and Obama’s stances are pretty close to each other. There’s a couple reasons I support him over her:
1) Clinton is a bitch, pure and simple. Whether it’s crying on television before a primary, agreeing with the DFL to remove their names from ballots in Florida and Michigan and then keeping her name on there anyway and then trying to get those delegates to count, to stating that she’ll get the nomination with or without the popular vote (superdelegates FTW?), I refuse to support her dirty tactics.
2) Obama strikes me as more honest in his values. I’m not the type of person to support a candidate just because they’re good at giving a speech (Hitler was a great orator, too), but stuff like releasing his tax documents to the public and supporting ideas such as a transparent government make him much more preferable in my eyes.
As for “throwing my vote away,” I don’t buy that school of thought. I understand the meaning behind it, but as long as you are voting for who you think should be the President, you are not throwing your vote away. Sacrificing your values or preferred choice and going with a “leading” candidate just because your vote will “count more” is throwing your vote away. Shit thinking like that is why we’re stuck with two parties that are looking more and more alike every day.
The party allegiance and personal statement parts weren’t directed at you, they’re just two other trends in political expression that I get sick of. As for persona, we could go back and forth arguing forever about it (lord knows we can both shut em, shut em, shut em down). I’d say something like, “both of your reasons tied into your interpretation of the candidates as individuals” and you’d say that that character is an intrinsic indicator of the manner in which they will actually carry out (or not) their plans of action. Then I’d run some other discourse and we’d be acting just as stupidly as the candidates themselves have to.
However, strategic voting is not shit thinking and I actually WOULD expect you to agree with that. Everyone knows that the polarized, two party system is far from ideal, but that’s the way it is (all the activism in the world isn’t going to restructure the US elective process, idealistic thinking just isn’t constructive in this case) and playing the game well is far more commendable in my book than complaining about the rules. Voting for who you want as president is righteous and all, but in the end of the day a write-in hasn’t ever come anywhere NEAR winning, or even making any difference in the ranking of the two main candidates (yet another reason this shit isn’t worth discussing), so it’s basically sacrificing practicality to assert your personal beliefs.
And yes, I was high. And very bored, otherwise you can be sure that I wouldn’t have commented on your blog like 5 times and started discussing politics, on the internet of all forums.
“all the activism in the world isn’t going to restructure the US elective process, idealistic thinking just isn’t constructive in this case”
What about just blowing it all up?
Man you’re quick with these responses. I wish I got this kind of service from my university; I’ve been waiting on some loan bullshit FOREVER.
Anyway, I believe blowing shit up surpasses activism and becomes terrorism. Which, you know… is a thing. It happens. It works sometimes. However, I don’t even think that Fatman could blow up the electoral process, seeing as it’s, you know, not a physical thing. Maybe he could though, Fatman is a fucking artist.
This is the part where I ban anybody from discussing that game ever again. Now I need to play MGS3 again to wash the dirty taste out of my mouth.
If anybody wants to discuss Fatman, rollerblading, giddiness or explosives come to Tallman/Smallman. Now entitled Tallman, Smallman & Fatman and it’s no longer a law blog, it’s a law firm…that discusses bullshit all day.
Don’t forget fine wine.