Please be the first person ever to tell me what would make Obama a good president? Or what qualifies him? I can understand why dems do not want palin, but can not for the life of me figure out what is so great about O.
Please clarify the greatness.
Scott I will try to explain it to you
Scott its all about Ideology and it really is about change. Many dems don't know if he will be a great President, but how do any of know if anyone will be a great President. None of us know if McCain would be a good president or Bushes would be or that matter Harry Truman or Lincoln there's no way to know until they are in office so we, all of us make decisions on what we hear, what is told to us, what our gut feeling is or yes party line or just you don't want the other guy or party.
Look at it this way McCain picked Palin, do we really know anything about her really but the Republicans are excited about her, she has had some major gaffs can't answer follow up questions in interviews, they weren't trick questions or questions that weren't asked to others, she really avoids answering things. She did a real good convention speech, got the Republicans ALL excited and everyone was behind her 100% Got the republican base all EXCITED and now most republicans are ready to put her a heartbeat away from the presidencies WHY? Do we know if she will be a great President is there something other than her right thinking ways that says she will be a great president. NO we either think or hope she would be a good president, we just don't know.
Now what about this? McCain didn't pick Palin instead he picked a black man with the same or less experience than Obama or Palin and he had a great convention speech like Palin did, and he was on the right of social issues like the Republican party is. WOULD YOU NOT ALL BE cheering and saying he would be a great Vice president and possibly some day a great president? YES the republican party would be behind the Black VP just like they are with Palin. You would think he great like many think Palin is. Why because partisanship and he follows the ideology of the republican party, not because you really know he would be a great republican president
OK Now about Obama. 1st of all most Dems will vote party line just like most republicans do. Once again do we know if Obama will be a great or even just an OK president. No we dont but he follows some of our ideologies and our party line. Do I and every democrat follow every one of his views? No! but does every Republican follow all of McCain?Palins views? No Do you follow all of Bushes views? NO
Now we like Obama because its obvious he is a smart man, He has experience in State government and has experience in national government, he is well spoken and can explain his message pretty well. He is for many things the represent the democratic party. So for us is he a better choice than McCain? YES!
Now I can say the party line sound bites............ Do we want another 8 years of the same Bush policies. Do we want the same old same old republican party running our country? Scott these aren't just sound bites. Democrats REALLY don't want Bush policies or Republican policies. We all hear the same crap but take it in according to our ideologies. You hear and I hear Bush, McCain and the Republican are for the Rich or Big Biz or only want to give tax breaks to the big corps. You and I hear Obama, Clintons & Democrats want Universal health Care, Tax everyone, turn the country into a socialist country. Now you say its bullshit, the Republican are for growth and moral issues and I say Dems are for the working man. Its all about Ideologies and party line.
I do not want more republican control of the Whitehouse I dont like what I have seen in the past 8 years, I haven't like how republicans in my eyes have been on many issues, I dont follow republican ideologies, I dont follow all there social issues so I wont vote republican.
I personally think Obama is a smart man, I think he has some good government experience, I think he has good life experience. I like his choice of Biden, he's a man with experience and Obama picked him for that experience, Do I know if Obam will be a good president or Biden will be? no. Do I think, hope & pray he will be? YES. The same goes for the Republicans and McCain, yes he's been around a long time, but we really dont know if he will be a good prez
So I do not want what I think is the failed policies of Republican rule we think its caused many if not all of the economic problems, we think he has brought us down in world view, We think Bush & republican have made way to many mistakes and we think Obama will CHANGE a lot of that. He will be change its a fact, just because of his ideologies. If Bush wasn't such a failure in many eyes and if Mccain had a better message some dems might vote for him, but by what he has said there wont be much change, we think he is out of touch on the economy and other things so we will go with Obama who has more of our views.
Scott we dont live in a perfect world but we all make choices with our hearts and brains and my heart or brain is going is going with the man & party I think will do a better job
You know something If the Republican put a a good talking Elephant and the Democrats put up a good talking Donkey, we would probably vote for them because they follow our party line. Its sad we really dont always have GREAT choices. This year Democrats think we have at very least a good choice so we are going for New & Change over what we see is the Old and same old same old
I dont know if this really explains why we are voting for Obama. We think he's smart and Change
Fact is that Elephant & Donkey most would just vote for them stickily on party line
Have a good day and life is good and I hope who ever gets in does good for our great country
Jeff