RSSThe first inspiring politician of my generation
Mar 18
I would be proud to live on the same continent as a President Obama. Maybe if he hits the term limit restriction in the US he should come to Canada and run.
The difference with Obama vs. other high-profile politicians is that he really sounds genuine. He can discuss the real facts and concerns underlying issues, not just give a few buzzwords and pander. He doesn’t spout the easy answers that other politicians assume people want to hear.
This is a great article: The Obama I Know
Mar 21, 2008 @ 09:01:13
You know, until Dubya came along, I don’t think people worried as much about the qualifications of a president. Most people assumed that any president will bring along a team of experts and advisers that would generally keep the president and the country on track.
Now people are realizing that even teams of experts with decades of foreign policy experience can go off on wild goose chases (which is all the hunt for Bin Laden ever was). Now people are looking very closely at the decision making and policy making ability of each candidate. People are examining the voting records, speaches, and even tax returns of the candidates for any sign of greed or deception.
Where once voters asked, “would this candidate cheat on his wife?” they are now asking “would this candidate enrich themselves at the taxpayer’s expense?”, “would this candidate start another war?”, “would this candidate be in the pocket of lobbyists?”, and “would this candidate do in private what he/she says in public?”
(Answers)
McCain: no, no, yes, no, yes.
Clinton: no, yes, yes, no, yes.
Obama: no, no, no, no, yes.
Mar 21, 2008 @ 19:59:05
Woah! Bill Richardson endorsed Obama?! I was certain he was going to endorse Hillary; he spent Superbowl weekend with Bill! But more importantly than that, Bill Richardson is the key to the all-important Latino vote. The only reason Clinton is still in the race is the support of southern Latinos.
I mean, you had to have heard Barack’s “si! se puede!” campaign! I thought it would be too little, too late for him to win over a demograhic that 4 years ago was solidly in the pocket of Republicans, until the party’s fist-shaking over immigration drove them away. The Iraq war has also had a high cost among the Latino community, whose poor working class families have sacrificed a disproportionate number of their youth.
But if the country’s only Latino governor puts aside his personal friendships and urges the entire Democratic party to come together around Obama so they can move forward to the general election without division, then maybe he really is the one who can bring the country together.