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Proud2BAmurkin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 04:03 PM
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If you could wave a wand and put one of the three D's in the White House who would it be?
Like I've said here over and over, the candidates are all Clintonian Democrats. There is no real difference between them on policy.

So if I could tap one with a magic wand and put them in the White House it would be Obama.

Why? I don't like Obama. A level of hubris I've never seen in any political candidate, Rezko makes me think he's had shady dealings, and he has almost no experience which would scare the hell out of me on the national security issues. I'm unimpressed on any issue or personality trait other than he's good at reading a speech.

But he would be the first black president which would move the country ahead more in THAT way than anything else could. I know Clinton would be the first female but that's not as important because there are 16 female US senators and one black. Meaning women have caught up more than blacks and meaning it's' almost impossible for a black Senate candidate to win statewide elections.

Ironically that fact is also why I'm not supporting Obama. I dont' think he will win. 22% of the white vote in Florida. Am I willing to take a stand and vote for the one I would tap for the sake of what his win "would" symbolically mean for the country if he got elected? Uh no.

I don't think Obama losing 78% of the white vote in Florida amounts to "racism" either. Some of it does. Maybe up to a third. The real reason is that Obama doesn't offer anything beyond being the first black president to alot of people myself included.

I want to know, who would you tap to put in the White House, and is it the same candidate you're voting for?
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Clarkansas Donating Member (701 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 04:08 PM
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1. Not Hillary. She is the worst "Clintonian Democrat"
by far.
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KittyWampus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 04:09 PM
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2. how sad. you cannot EVER post anything positive.
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Proud2BAmurkin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 04:22 PM
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6. I thought this was positive
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Alexander Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 04:11 PM
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Occam Bandage Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 04:13 PM
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4. Quack
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aquart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 04:15 PM
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5. The same.
Even when my primary choice was Edwards, I believed I would be voting for Hillary in the general. And it felt completely comfortable. I've seen how she behaves under stress. I've seen how tirelessly she works. I've seen how she treats people: with respect.

I began liking and being impressed by Obama, but thinking he needs seasoning. Now I truly dislike him. I have noticed that he considers every victory a freebie to be nasty to the one he's defeated. I don't want that in the presidency. After winning SC and getting the Kennedy endorsement, he wouldn't sit next to Hillary Clinton. He wouldn't shake her hand or greet her. After winning Iowa, it was the "You're likable enough." The meanness he's hiding until he thinks he has enough points so that he can safely let it out...that he has a need to let it out...we've had seven years of petty spite and I don't want anymore.

I will vote for the Democratic candidate. If it's Obama, I will be frightened.
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