I endorse Barack Obama and You Should Too
I don’t talk too much about my addiction to reading news on my blog, but I spend a good part of every day reading Newsvine, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and various political blogs (both left and right leaning). I enjoy all news, but lately I’ve been absorbed with the presidential election.
I don’t like to talk too much about politics, other than with friends or family, but I feel like this presidential election is one of the most important in America’s history. While I am not optimistic that whoever is elected will make the changes people want to see, I feel like our best hope is Barack Obama. His message is one of change, one of hope, and I for one find him refreshing.
He’s black, so what?
Barack Obama could have run as the “black candidate.” It would have been easy - you run as the black candidate, you get some black votes, and you alienate a lot of other people while (probably) losing the election. Instead Barack is running a campaign about issues, and he is running as an American who wants to change the country for the better. I still say it’s easier to talk about change than make change, but Barack does a hell of a good job talking about it.
I feel like his opponent has run a campaign based on being a woman (yes, I’m biased, I don’t like her much) and I feel like his opponent in the general election (John McCain, most likely) will be running a campaign based on “Barack is liberal, eww!” type of statements.
I am tired of hearing politicians run on platforms of what they are not, Barack is running based on what he wants to do.
I was actually unsure of who I liked up until a few months ago - then I saw a video of Obama speaking at Google, and he made sense. That video convinced me that he is the guy I want running the country for the next 4 (and hopefully 8 ) years.
What about the issues?
I agree with him on most of the major issues.
He is one of the few candidates who addresses net neutrality directly on his website (which has a kick-ass design). As a computer nerd, this is a big issue for me.
A key reason the Internet has been such a success is because it is the most open network in history. It needs to stay that way.
He also has stances I agree with on education and teachers, energy and the environment, and foreign policy.
Do I agree with him on everything? Of course not. But realistically, I’ll never agree with anyone on every issue - and that’s okay. The point of a democracy is for people to disagree.
Politics sucks. Washington sucks.
Like a lot of young people, I’ve grown up during the Clinton and Bush administrations. One scandal after the next. I’ve seen politicians flat out lie on television. The reason I am so interested in this presidential campaign is because I am hoping that it can change the way Washington is run. But I’m not very optimistic about that, I am assuming in the end, we’ll all pick the lesser of two evils again.
Career politicians do whatever they have to do to be elected, even if that means talking about change. I think a lot of young people feel the same way. We’re tired of being lied to, we’re tired of politicians catering to the people who donate to their campaigns, and we’re tired of hearing about pet issues of Congressmen and women that don’t really change the way our daily lives go.
Anyway I’m voting for Obama. You should too.
17 responses so far ↓
10 Feb 2008 at 10:19 am
I do, too. I definitely used to think voting sucked but now I’m pushing for Barack and some serious change.
10 Feb 2008 at 12:01 pm
Barack the Vote 2008
http://www.cafepress.com/123vote
10 Feb 2008 at 2:27 pm
Do you endorse increased taxes to support his national health care plan, open borders and breaking down our military?
10 Feb 2008 at 5:31 pm
1. I think taxes are a price people have to pay in order to live in a civilized society. I don’t necessarily support his specific national health care plan, but I am not completely against national healthcare.
2. I don’t have a strong opinion on open borders, and I don’t have a problem with giving amnesty to illegal immigrants. I don’t care if english is a national language or not. If someone wants to get into our country bad enough, they’ll get in anyway - and those are the people we have to worry about, not illegal immigrants looking to make some money.
3. I support him getting our military out of Iraq, I don’t think we need a massive military anymore, and I’d prefer the United States not be the world police.
10 Feb 2008 at 7:15 pm
Any Democratic candidate who cannot win California and
New York should call it a day.
Obama could not win a single Electoral College megastate vital for
any Democratic candidate, with the sole exception of
his own home base of Illinois.
OBAMA TROUNCED IN THE MEGA-STATES
He proudly lists Alaska, Idaho, Kansas, North
Dakota, and Utah. What do these states have in common?
They are states which a Democrat could never win in a
general election.
Delaware is a perfect state for Obama ri h
Volvo-driving, chablis and brie elitists in the
Philadelphia suburbs, but it does not look like
America. Colorado is another Obama state where the
well-off suburban voter can be decisive in a
Democratic primary. True, Obama won Connecticut, which
has some union voters, but it looks like Greenwich,
Cos Cob, and Yale carried the day. Missouri might fall
to Clinton on a recount; in any case, the race was
very close. Minnesota is a special case because of the
Democrat Farmer-Labor Party; this was in any case a
state that went for Mondale, for various reasons not
a good bellwether.
Love your liberty? Why add amendment to the constitution?
Love your liberty? Why support warrantless wiretapping?
And a smoking ban.
Shalom,
— Prof. Leland Milton Goldblatt, Ph.D. ®
http://drgoldblatt.blogspot.com/
11 Feb 2008 at 4:27 pm
@Leland - are you suggesting people should vote based on who they think can win, not who they agree with?
The Ph.D. in your title sounds less impressive when you say stupid things.
11 Feb 2008 at 10:08 pm
That is NOT Leland Goldblatt, check out his website.. It’s a goof of some sort..
12 Feb 2008 at 10:04 pm
I support Ron Paul… Obama is more of the same…
14 Feb 2008 at 8:49 pm
$210 billion.
That’s how much Obama has said he will allocate for more bureaucratic spending.
Civilized society is one thing, but I don’t want my taxes raised to support more big government spending.
I’m sorry, but he’s not getting my vote.
15 Feb 2008 at 1:35 pm
Bush is the one who just introduced the first $3,000,000,000,000 budget - if you’re worried about government spending, don’t vote for anyone.
15 Feb 2008 at 10:58 pm
Ben, Hey. Good to know that you’re in Ohio AND voting for Barack Obama. I’m in Mississippi AND voting for Obama. “Yes We Can.”
I just followed your simple tutorial for using MAMP to install WordPress locally on my Mac. Thanks a million! Worked like a charm.
Peace.
18 Feb 2008 at 1:59 am
Gone are the days when people are responsible for themselves. Now we live in a nanny state where people expect things from the government. Health care, housing, jobs, etc. We forget that the reason this nation was started was to preserve liberty and escape excessive taxation and bureaucracy. Noe we are increasing taxation and bureaucracy and our liberty is fading.
McCain, Obama, Clinton, Huckabee; they are all leaves on the same tree. I wish the media didn’t sabotage Ron Paul, he is the only person offering something truly different — and all he is offering is to follow the constitution.
18 Feb 2008 at 3:01 am
Oh and we don’t live in a democracy. In a democracy, 51% of the population can tell the other 49% what to do. We live in a nation not ruled by people but laws. The people who are supposed to help manage our nation (congress, president, supreme court, etc..) are bound by those laws (the constitution).
This makes a Constitutional Republic. Democracy is a horrible form of government, mob rule basically.
Anywho, you do some good work. I’m impressed.
And remember: A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you have.
23 Feb 2008 at 8:16 am
I dont live in America, i havent got the opportunity to vote. But the damages that Bush has done to Americas reputation throughout the world can only be undone by someone that talks more than just hot air. Someone that understand the problems that the world faces. I hope that America sees that Hillary is the only candiate that came move America truly forward. Obama is like Bush was in 2000, the nice guy that people wanted to have a beer with. I hope you guys dont repeat that same mistake. Obama lacks the experience the job requires. Charisma alone wont improve America. America needs Hillary, but i bet Obama gets in. After all you guys have always been your own worst enemy.
23 Feb 2008 at 2:02 pm
Stewart - what experience does Clinton have? Since when is being the First Lady enough to run for President? The Press Secretary has more political experience than the First Lady.
Obama has more years as an elected official than Clinton does.
24 Feb 2008 at 6:49 am
Are we talking about Hillary Clinton here for Barbara Bush? Course Hillary has got political experience shes hardly a shrinking violet like the previous First Ladies.
Anyway you get to vote, so you get to choose. I dont
23 Apr 2008 at 12:25 pm
I was on the fence, but Hillary’s refusal to disassociate herself from Geraldine Ferraro’s comments made up my mind. Keith Olbermann says it better than I can–
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtAja20kTCA
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