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ljmac -> RE: Clinton, McCain or Obama (3/25/2008 12:48:45 PM)
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ORIGINAL: rainbowtvp
I have typically voted republican (in every presidential election except Bush's 2nd try). However, I personally prefer Obama to the other candidates, because:
1) I agree with his stance on IRAQ/military. At the rally I attended, he voiced strong support for military personnel and the need to care for them in a way that they have not been- with proper pay, medical attentions, and leave/rotations and proper equipment/support; he proposed a controlled departure from IRAQ and voiced his opinion, which I share, that we should never have been there.
2) I agree with his stance on abortion. At the rally I went to he stated (when questioned by a very militant "reproductive rights" advocate, "I believe every abortion, on some level, is a tragedy..." and his stance was that we should try to decrease the need (though education & health care) and make alternatives (adoption, etc) more accesible. I personally HATE abortion (as a woman who was pregnant as a teen and kept my child) but I do not think the legislation is the way to end it.
3) I like his ideas for a more "transparent" government, where the general public will be able to see where govt grant money is going and how it is being used.
4) He seems to say what he believes and sticks with that- unlike many others who say what you want to hear and change with the political winds... He answered questions several times at the rally I attended with, "No, we won't be able to do that; but I understand your problem and here is what I can tell you..."
4) I like his health care package. It will be available for everyone, but not required of anyone.
5) I like his idea of cutting the banks out of the federal student loan program.
6) I do disagree with him on some economic issues, esp raising the min wage yearly.
McCain: I have a lot of respect for him as a person, but disagree with his stance on IRAQ. He doesn't seem to have a single originial idea. He doesn't seem to be working hard to campaign... I'm am interested to see how his campaign changes after the primaries. I think he has the attitude of "I will either be running against a black man or a woman- either way, I can't lose."
Clinton: I think she has too many questionable dealings in the past. She also seems to set to a personal agenda, rather than listening to others and thinking things through. And I didn't liek the crying. It seemed disingenuous and like she just wanted to show everyone she has a feminine side (since she was losing female votes to Obama). Which to me was insulting. A woman can be stable enough and professional enough to not cry in public!
I think a lot of the Obama controversies have been stirred up by her staff, and that gives me a bad feeling of under-handed practices. BUT IMO, if the worst dirt they can find is that his church is controversial and his name sounds funny... that gives me more respect for Obama!
Tara P
Obama and abortion:
There is nothing so mean, so vicious, so nasty done in the name of abortion that Obama has not defended it. He believes in giving money to organizations to abort the poor. He believes it should be legal to stab a baby in the skull and suck her brains out. And if a child accidentally slips out, he believes in denying her medical care, or at least not mandating it.
Jill Stanek, a nurse in Obama's home state of Illinois, exposed the practice of setting abortion survivors on shelves. They were denied human compassion and left to gasp, turn blue and suffocate. When the Illinois legislature proposed requiring medical care to these babies, Obama had multiple votes. Sometimes he cast no vote, sometimes he voted no. At no time did he ever vote yes.
If you believe in abortion at any time, for any reason or no reason, no matter how brutal, paid for by our tax money, then Obama is your man.
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