When I first heard the news, I was excited. Ever since Dennis Kucinich dropped out of the race, I've had my fingers crossed for Obama. To be honest, I haven't been able to keep up with the nuances of politics so much recently. We got rid of our Dish and I've been busy with a part time job. But I do know each of the main candidates platforms and I've watched some of the debates online. I consider myself reasonably informed. Obama seemed to be a terrific speaker, a much more honest person than Hillary Clinton, and simply a background that I find more respectable. Hillary is wrapped up in old time politics. Obama represents a new turn, change, as we've heard so often. Or at least I thought.
I woke up this morning to read a blogpost by Obama. He was giving his usual spiel about change and turning a new leaf, now that he is the official democratic candidate. And then he said something I didn't quite like.
"I want to make sure you understand what's ahead of us. Earlier tonight, John McCain outlined a vision of America that's very different from ours -- a vision that continues the disastrous policies of George W. Bush."
Maybe I just haven't been paying enough attention, but this doesn't seem like the Obama I supported! This seems much more like what Hillary would say. McCain is war-focused and a republican, but other than that he's relatively different than Bush, and Obama comparing McCain to such a well-hated politician is just dirty politics.
So that made me stop in my tracks.
On the other hand, however, I'm quite proud of Obama for winning the nomination. Many people have suggested that America is not ready for a black president. Well apparently at least a majority of the democrats are! This is a huge deal. Obama rejects many of the stereotypes for african americans. You're never going to see a campaign ad for him juking next to PDiddy. No. It's just not going to happen. Obama as president can do a lot to really negate many of the stereotypes existing about African Americans.
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You're never going to see a campaign ad for him juking next to PDiddy. No. It's just not going to happen. .
Ah man that would be funny as all... Excellent post by the way.
An obama lover becoming no so sure about him as the election gets underway?! I think the Dems are going to see alot of that.
Isn't 'presidential election' latin for mud slinging contest?
~T
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"McCain is war-focused and a republican, but other than that he's relatively different than Bush."
That's an interesting statement. I've been grappling with that opinion lately. Honestly I don't see many new ideas coming out of the Republican Party this go around and I feel the complex problems that came out of the last eight years necessitate something more than the "straight talking express."
You might agree--There's a fine line between being critical of another's views and the type of politics that Hillary Clinton was pushing throughout her campaign. I don't know if it's exactly right to put Barrack Obama's recent talking points in the same realm of Clinton.
Do you think we should be criticizing John McCain and publicizing videos like this--http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEtZlR3zp4c?
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You're never going to see a campaign ad for him juking next to PDiddy.
I dunno. Clinton and his saxophone was a good chunk of his appeal. =P
Maybe I just haven't been paying enough attention, but this doesn't seem like the Obama I supported! This seems much more like what Hillary would say. McCain is war-focused and a republican, but other than that he's relatively different than Bush, and Obama comparing McCain to such a well-hated politician is just dirty politics.
It's still the presidential elections. Hillary basically dug her own grave by starting in too early on the mud-slinging. McCain just stayed out of it until the Dems decided, now it's his turn.
Perhaps I've missed some things, but all the stuff I've seen Obama talk about have been vague and seem more like empty words. For how much talking he does, he doesn't really actually say anything. There's very little substance.
At best, he was being vague about his plans. That's evident from your reaction.
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McCain is war-focused and a republican, but other than that he's relatively different than Bush
This used to be true. But McCain "The Maverick" has long since been gone. Before this last year he was against torture (since he had been tortured) , was against the Bush tax cuts, and sponsored his own innovative immigration bill. In the last year, he's changed his view on torture (to agree with Bush), promised to make the Bush tax cuts permanent, and said that he wouldn't even vote for his own immigration bill (to agree with Bush).
Criticizing your opponent, especially when you have facts to back it up, isn't dirty politics. Obama has done an excellent job of refusing to resort to petty insults and rumor spreading. McCain can't quite claim the same.
Common sense is as rare as genius. ~Emerson
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