Obama '08 Support Thread!

Skull Mason · 02-08-2008

I don't give a shit how likable anyone is, my health insurance is fucking outrageous and whoever can do anything about it gets my props. I did watch obamas little super tuesday evening speech and it reminded me a little bit of a religious cult rally with all the people behaving the way they were, behind him and what not. Like a south park episode or something.

It also reminded me a bit of high school or middle school when some random cat is running for class president and gets up there and starts promising more recess time and saying they will demand more free periods and everyone goes crazy and are actually stupid enough to vote for them based on that. Its like yeahhhhhh riiiight, buddy.

With that said I like him too and would have no problem with him (or him and billary- or mccain to that extent as I believe he would destory the republic), but find people's reaction to him a little possessed, zombie like and cognitive miserish for the most part. That doesn't extend to everyone though.

I was watching the dreaded fox news for a minute (I do it to just laugh at those fools), and they were in a room with a bunch of undecided/obama supporters, and the reporter was told by sean assclown hannity to ask everyone in the room to name a major accomplishment (or just one good thing) done by obama and not one person gave a real answer. Most just said "cause I like him" or "he speaks well" or "change", shit like that not even answering the question asked. Those are cognitive misers. It was kinda embarrassing that hannity got that off.

sadfeet · 02-08-2008

omg that's so gay

Act2_Begins_Now · 02-08-2008

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I don't give a shit how likable anyone is, my health insurance is fucking outrageous and whoever can do anything about it gets my props.

Healthcare is broken. But truly think about this ... how many federal 'programs' work well? Or if you prefer how many are broken? Do we really want the feds to attempt to fix healthcare?

sadfeet · 02-08-2008

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Originally Posted by Act2_Begins_Now

Healthcare is broken. But truly think about this ... how many federal 'programs' work well? Or if you prefer how many are broken? Do we really want the feds to attempt to fix healthcare?

omg that's so gay

JustAsking · 02-08-2008

Support for Obama here, too. Yes I know. It's so gay.

astrosfan · 02-08-2008

I will support Obama for V.P. He needs a little more experience before he gets my vote.Just a question, but why is there so much hate for Hillary? What exactly has she doe wrong? Or is it her husband thats not likes? I remember the 90's being one of the greatest times in economic history. We had a surplus instead of a deficit, we weren't in an endless war, and life was all around alot better.

whatireallywant · 02-08-2008

We haven't had our primary here yet, and my first choice candidate, Kucinich (who I knew had no chance) has already dropped out... so my vote is going to Obama!

sadfeet · 02-09-2008

omg kucinich is so gay

sadfeet · 02-09-2008

like omg that's so gay

Skull Mason · 02-09-2008

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Originally Posted by astrosfan

I will support Obama for V.P. He needs a little more experience before he gets my vote.Just a question, but why is there so much hate for Hillary? What exactly has she doe wrong? Or is it her husband thats not likes? I remember the 90's being one of the greatest times in economic history. We had a surplus instead of a deficit, we weren't in an endless war, and life was all around alot better.

I agree 100% I threw my shorty hill a vote on tuesday (provisional albeit)

jnp · 02-09-2008

Bill Clinton made sure his presidency was all nice and clean, and then it fell apart, when considering this from an economic standpoint. I was young, so I don't honestly have an opinion about him, but I know for a fact thousands of jobs in a local city were shipped to China, and THEY say (along with the delegates) that Clinton's economic trade plans that were supposed to be so beneficial forced them to remain profitable by going overseas. I'm not saying this personally, I'm just telling you what was said, and what did happen.

Skull Mason · 02-09-2008

Bill Clinton held it down jersey style

Freddie53 · 02-09-2008

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Originally Posted by jnp

Bill Clinton made sure his presidency was all nice and clean, and then it fell apart, when considering this from an economic standpoint. I was young, so I don't honestly have an opinion about him, but I know for a fact thousands of jobs in a local city were shipped to China, and THEY say (along with the delegates) that Clinton's economic trade plans that were supposed to be so beneficial forced them to remain profitable by going overseas. I'm not saying this personally, I'm just telling you what was said, and what did happen.

The record shows that is has been under Bush that the most jobs have gone over seas like crazy. The Clinton presidency didn't fall apart under him. It was economic decisions made by Bush that caused the prosperity of the 90's under Bill to end. It is Bush that has caused the misery index to riise steadily here in America unless you are rich, Bush is all about making rich people richer.

I too wonder why such hatred for Hillary. Her platform is not really that different from Obama's.

The only thing I can figure out is there is an intense prejudice against the idea of a woman being President of the United States.

This gender hatred is unexcusable in modern day America.

Bill Clinton was about the age Obama is now when he was first elected president. He may be old now, but he wasn't then.

I would ilke a Clinton/Obama ticket. I think it would be unbeatable in November. Which ever one gets the nomination will get my vote in the general election.

whatireallywant · 02-09-2008

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Originally Posted by Freddie53

I too wonder why such hatred for Hillary. Her platform is not really that different from Obama's.

The only thing I can figure out is there is an intense prejudice against the idea of a woman being President of the United States.

This gender hatred is unexcusable in modern day America.

I think this too, and it pisses me off to no end!

Sexism is the one thing that really gets me angry over just about everything else.

And oh yeah... that thing about jobs going overseas for cheaper labor pisses me off too. (I've seen that happen a lot in my field of work - a lot of the jobs are being outsourced to India... and are about to be outsourced to China as well.)

jnp · 02-09-2008

I live near Martinsville, the once 'Textile Capital Of The World.' They had a large DuPont, Were headquarters to Bassett, Stanley, hooker, Vaughn, etc furniture companies, and so on and so forth...pretty much every job was a good paying industrial job. They employed tens of thousands in the furniture industry alone. Now, you would be very hard pressed to find a thousand with all combined. The city is so sad, and it makes me sad to drive there.....these are the people that blame Clintons programs, not me. Bush is possibly the worst president in American history, I will totally agree on this, so I'm not trying to hold a rally session for him or anything. He was terrible, enough said.

And if we didn;t vote for Barack, then the people that are calling voters sexists would be calling them racists, so either way, you're going to be considered wrong somehow.