The Reason I Will Vote For Barack Obama Tuesday
Two days and then we go to the polls although I believe a lot of you already have done that but I waited.
I waited because I wasn’t sure about who I wanted to vote for and I also waited because I needed to sit down and comprehensively read the issues. Honestly, I liked John Edwards platform the best overall but I wasn’t sold on a couple of things and I wavered between him and Obama. A year ago I wrote that I needed the candidates to talk to folks like me with intelligence and without the spin. If I’m honest, that still hasn’t happened so I went looking for them, gunning to see what would work for me and what would not. My optimism of my twenties and thirties when it came to the presidential race where I knew what I wanted in a president has sadly faded.
This year, I made a list of things that were important to me and weighed the pros and cons of each candidate. I studied their websites’ issues pages. I watched the candidates whittled out during the debates over the past couple of months. I listened to spin and blogs and weeded out folks that were shilling for their candidates and analyzed for my personal knowledge the truth between the real and the shill.
I thought about the one thing where my cynicism has been prevalent because I do believe whoever wins the presidency is going to have a lot of cleaning up to do. The executive privileges that were signed in to give the White House more control has been on my mind. The nightmare of Hurricane Katrina. The sad fact that this country had the support and good will of much of the world after 9/11 and how that was squandered.
And then I thought about how our government sold us a big whopping package of fear when I thought and was raised to believe that my country was about the hope of many. The poor, the downtrodden, anyone could indeed live the American dream with a bit of hard work and that things were possible. That we were the great American Melting Pot.
Because those were the things I was taught about my country, but I don’t feel that now with our current administration.
Many of the democrats have been a huge disappointment walking blindly behind any decision that the Rove/Bush/Cheney crew made that include a loss of some civil liberties and blatant disregard for common rights of each and every American. Borrowing money from other countries that will be passed on to my nieces and generations to come. Making the words “immigrant” and “gay” into dirty words said with a sneer and misconceptions by using Mainstream Media outlets to push a divisive agenda.
The democrats have dirt on their hands too for not being brave and following the issues that made me believe when I was in my younger years. They were never perfect. What is? But they aligned with my personal belief system.
As the democrats who are left in the race basically have very few difference in the issues they both say they will fight for, I made my mind up on who will get my vote Tuesday. Their platforms are basically the same when you break it down to its simplest form. We can nitpick it to death, but there aren’t that many fundamental differences in their platforms.
And that person will be Barack Obama.
It wasn’t the news or blogs that helped me make this decision.
It was simply I believe he will represent us globally the best. And I think he can unify this nation because we need it.
Do I think he will be perfect? No, I don’t. Do I think he will cure cancer, have a chicken in every pot and fight the dragons roaming the horizon? No.
But I do believe he is the candidate that is best for these turbulent times and I will give my one vote to him.
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Three cheers for Obamalot! Did I just coin that?
Probably not, but I haven’t heard it on “Meet the Press” yet, so I’m taking the credit…
Obamalot is absolutely a wonderful name.
Yes you did coin that and you get the credit, Smiley.
I’m voting for Obama Tuesday for the same reasons. I really identify with what you wrote about how much has been lost under this administration. I fell for the “compassionate conservative” and “change the tone” rhetoric in 2000 but wised up in 2004. I hope whomever arrives in the White House next January can help us as a nation recover from the damage that has been done.
Yep.
Yes, Obamalot…I love it!
Just thinking about the bobbling heads on McLaughlin Group, and all the handwringing about whether southern whites will vote for Obama. If the few regional blogs I’ve read in response to statements such as newscoma’s holds true, looks like a LOT of white people in the south are voting for Obama.
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Yes we can!
I do believe he is the best candidate, I just think we need someone totally new. I now he cant fix everything, but I believe he will make relevant changes and help heal our nation.
It’s interesting that ALL of the progressive bloggers throughout Tennessee are endorsing Obama. The exception is my friend egalia over at TGW.
Obama reminds me of Bobby Kennedy. The hope, the dreams the vision–it’s not like anything I’ve seen since the 60s.
I hope all of you have seen the ‘Yes We Can’ video from will.i.am. of the Black Eyed Peas and others. It’s one of the most positive, greatest theme songs for a Presidency I’ve ever heard.
Here’s to Obamalot!
I cast my ballot for Obama last Tuesday after many weeks of research, thought and prayer. And everything I see and hear is convincing me every day that I have done the right thing.
In 36 years of following politics and 28 years of voting eligibility, I have never before seen a candidate that can stand up and say, “Y’all come with me and let’s go fix this mess.” Maybe that’s because we’ve never been IN a mess like this in the last almost-40 years, or maybe it’s simply because no one else has stood up and reached out a hand and asked for the nation’s help and guidance as he/she leads it. You can pray to God all you want to for help and guidance, but if you aren’t listening to the people you lead as well (regardless of their party affiliation), your efforts will be for naught.
I was in tears at the end of the “Yes We Can” video. Because we can, indeed. We all can. Thank you for linking to that, ‘coma.
I have to say that of the mainstream candidates, Obama is my favourite.
Of course, I’m still toting the water for libertarianism, which means that my vote will go either to Dr. Paul or another write-in. But as far as realism is concerned, I don’t think I would be disappointed in an Obama presidency.
Isn’t an amazing thing? We did a story, incidentally, about local Ron Paul supporters, Katherine. There were a ton of them here.
The decision to back Obama was much like Grandfille’s quest.
With that said, exciting and strange election year.
I think KatCo just made my prostate tingle (remotely, mind you).
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Barack Obama is my choice for President!
Why? He is the only candidate that inspires, is passionate about bringing change and will be a uniter and restore America to its RESPECTED standing in the world.