Good thread! To all those who would vote Obama, may I ask why? I'm just curious... :hug:
I can't believe I amgoing to post my political view in public lol- I make a BIG point to never do that, but here we go
I voted on Monday last week (we have early voting here in Colorado USA), and I voted for Obama/Biden.
I am what you could call a CONSERVATIVE Liberal, meaning I am mostly liberal, but not extreme in any way.
Some of you may not remember that when I joined this site i was still living in Alaska- living in Palmer, right over the fence from Wasilla, where Sarah Palin is from, and was mayor- I lived in and around Palmer the entire time she was Mayor, and voted for her for Governor when she ran, and I won't make that mistake again.
And here is why:
She wants control over my ******. And I would like to keep that TYVM.
I believe in Gay rights, and their right to a civil union.
She also wants to "do God's work" from whatever office she holds. And as a United States Citizen, I believe in freedom of religion, and also in seperation of church and state.
She wants creationism taught in schools, and I believe in evolution.
While mayor of Wasilla, she cut funding for rape kits. This means when a victim is raped, and wants it investigated further, the woman that was victimized gets a bill if she wants to proceed. And this in one of the states with the highest rape incidence in the US.
She related foreign relations experience by seeing russia in her backyard.
Oh and she isn't sure she believes in global warming.
Wasilla is southeast Alaska, and all you can see in this VALLEY are HUGE MOUNTAINS.
I lived in Alaska for 18 years, and loved it there. I would never have left had my husband not gotten the job offer here.
Now I know I might hear, "But you are voting for the president, not the Vice President," He chose Sarah Palin to try and grab some of Hilary's voters, and that insults my ******. The pick was not thoughtful or sincere, and I think it says alot about the kind of president he will be. And poor old John is just that- VERY OLD. In fact, if he is elected, he will be the oldest president in US history. But that's not what bothers me- some of the wisest people I have ever known were elderly. But John MCCain is not an average elderly man-He also suffers from PTSD, and has had 4 bouts with cancer, which drops his life expectancy that only averages him 11 more years if he were completely HEALTHY. So we may very well be voting for Sarah Palin, although I wouldn't vote for JM even if he were younger and healthier. I simply don't agree with his voting record or resume.
He graduated 394th out of 399th in his class at the Naval Academy, and has voted 90% of the time with Bush's administration, who is nearing record lows in his approval ratings of any other president in US history.
Barack Obama graduated Magna Cum Laude from Harvard Law with a Juris Doctor, and was president of the Harvard Law Review. He has a BA from Columbia University in Political Science specializing in International relations. For 11 years, he was a Visiting Law and Government Fellow, then Senior Lecturer, in Constitutional Law at the University of Chicago Law School, teaching courses on the due process and equal protection areas of constitutional law, on voting rights, and on racism and law. Helped develop a casebook on voting rights.
If I were to remove the names of either candidate, and I was an employer looking for a new hire to protect the consitution, and make thoughtful judgements instead of brash ones, would I choose the guy who skated through the Naval Academy? Or would I choose the guy that TAUGHT consitutional law? I also have been reading what the rest of the world thinks of our elections on other sites on the net, and it seems more likely that the damage that Bush has done for our country's image and relations can't be repaired by JM.
Hmmmm.
Ok I have ranted enough for 2 years lol.
I will say though, that with about half of my friends, I simply agree to disagree. Variety is the spice of life, and we can't all be liberal or conservative- there has to be a balance. I love debate with educated voters, where at the end we have to call a draw because we can't change the others mind. But as long as it's give and take information, and not sheer stubborness lol.
Ok I'm done now. REALLY.:smack:
