Why I'm Voting for Clinton (and not Obama)
Bare with me....it's late and I'm waiting for my laundry to dry so I can pack..........
Here are the two quotes that started turning me off to Obama (these are from a positive article in the New Yorker):
Valerie, you're not a guy but let me explain it to you in sport terms. It's like we're in a basketball game, and I'm gonna fumble the ball, and someone's gonna steal the ball, and I'm gonna miss a free throw, but we're gonna win the game.
(YEAH, just because she's "not a guy" the sports analogy isn't appropriate!)
"I did what every black man does when confronted with a major decision like that: I prayed on it, and I asked my wife." "And so I did what every wise man does when confronted with such a decision: I prayed on it, and I asked my wife.
(these sort of blanket statements leave me less than "inspired")
Then there is this:
I'm a Christian. And so, although I try not to have my religious beliefs dominate or determine my political views on this issue, I do believe that tradition, and my religious beliefs say that marriage is something sanctified between a man and a woman.
I remain open to the possibility that my unwillingness to support gay marriage is misguided...I must admit that I may have been infected with society's prejudices and predilections and attributed them to God.
Newsday caught Obama as he was leaving the firefighters convention and asked him three times if he thought homosexuality is immoral.
Answer 1: "I think traditionally the Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman has restricted his public comments to military matters. That's probably a good tradition to follow."
Answer 2: "I think the question here is whether somebody is willing to sacrifice for their country, should they be able to if they're doing all the things that should be done."
Answer 3: Signed autograph, posed for snapshot, jumped athletically into town car.
(Now, I do appreciate his honesty in admitting that maybe his unwillingness to support is misguided, but I also believe that it is genuine. I know that Clinton has made mis-steps in this area as well, but from her it always seems that it is politically motivated- the knowledge that no one who supports gay marriage will actually get elected at this time. From Obama the unwillingness to support gay marriage seems to be a much more genuine, personal, religiously motivated conviction.)
Then there's all the big claims that he can't back up (the kid running for class president who promises an end to detention).
Like the comment he made about putting universal health care discussions on c-span, or making sure to visit controversial world leaders in his first year as President.
There is also his voting record and the amount of times that he has only voted as "present" instead of actually voting on issues.
Then there is Health Care reform, where Obama stumbles around trying to find some point to make himself sound better than Hillary (he can't) so he falls back on saying she's planning on forcing people to pay for health care they can't afford (that's not true and that is the type of argument that keeps us where we are with health care). Clinton has been fighting for health care and children (our future) for decades and I trust her.
I also find the argument that Barack will fare better against McCain because of their opposing stances on the war in Iraq absurd. The Republican party is going to blast Obama for being soft on terror and they are going to have a harder time saying that about Clinton.
He is a wonderful orator, and he is inspiring, but that is not all we need from a President. It's that sort of emotional "gut" voting that puts actors in the white house (or other governmental positions).
I think he will make a great Vice President and hopefully Clinton will swallow her pride and pick him up after she wins. I'll vote for him as president in 8 years!
posted by Kid Krusader @ 4:21 AM
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