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This man is far more intelligent, diplomatic and pragmatic on how to help American's not corporate
elite... 95% of our country will benefit from his agenda... McCain is crazy...where are his
children...Except for his poster Bangladesh adopted daughter who looks sad every time you see her...
Cindy looks pinched... This man is scary...please look beyond your narrow scope... If this man is
your candidate... |
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Does it matter? Do you truly believe that either candidate really represents their constituency in
any way? The main thing Obama has going for him is that he’s not McCain, Bush, or H. Clinton. To
misquote Jackie Mason said of another election, he’ll win because he’s running against McCain,
if he was running against no one, he’d lose. |
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I hope so. The last time the republicans picked Bush over McCain thinking they picked the best of
the two and look where we are now. Let's try a few changes. |
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Obama probably will win, but really, neither Obama nor McCain will do a good job. I am not going to
vote for Obama because I think he is a racist liar. I am not going to vote for McCain because is an
old geyser who will walk in Bush's shadow. Therefore, I will vote for whoever is on the open party
such as Ross Perot or some other idiot. America really is going to the dogs in terms of elections
and politicians. It is hard to make a good choice when all you have available is idiots to choose
from. Both candidates suck. John Edwards would have been the best choice, but Americans are blind
and cannot see that. It definitely will get worse before it gets better. |
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Obama definetly has a better chance than Bush Jr (McCain). There is no way I would vote for that
man. He would continue with our country the way Bush has and we can't deal with anymore of that.
Obama might not be the best candidate, but he does have a better plan than McCain. If Hilary decides
to be the V.P. Than we definetly have a winner! |
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Yes, although the credit for that is in large part due to the incredible lingering anger at the
Republicans and the far Right. It certainly helps that Obama walks the walk and talks the talk as a
good candidate, but many of the voters will be more rejecting the status quo than affirming the new
candidate. |
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He will should be an easy victory |
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On paper, Obama, or almost any Democrat, should win by a landslide. The Repugnicans under Bush have
destroyed America and the world. McCain is basically Bush 2. Though he differs from Bush in some
areas of policy, on the most important issues, those relating to war and peace, in some ways he is
even more unthinkingly militaristic than Bush. McCain has been posing as a war hero for 40 years
even though he only spent 20 hours in combat. If he got into office, he would need to keep
pretending, by sending in bombers instead of diplomats.
Besides the war, the economy is in the tank. All of the rational factors which might lead you to
predict the results of an election favour Obama.
Set against that is the obvious fact that Obama is a negro and that racial prejudice is still deeply
ingrained in America.
There is also the Republican election-rigging to take into account. Kerry won the last election, but
the effect of the Republican vote suppression and vote manipulation schemes tipped it to Bush.
Awareness of vote-rigging became much more widespread following the 2004 election steal. Voter's
rights movements have sprung up and drawn special attention to the dangers of electronic voting
machines. In some areas, for example, this has been effective in eliminating or mitigating the
problem. But in many other areas it still persists. The Republicans still have a strong capability
to more or less pick their own election results in certain areas. The question is : Will they use
it? Was Karl Rove orchestrating the whole thing and, now that his tenure is over, will no longer
consider it worth the risk of doing again? Or was a spontaneous Repugnican grassroots thing? Hard to
say.
In summary there are powerful factors on both sides. I still think Obama will probably win it,
though. He is more personally impressive than McCain. McCain looks really old. It's impossible not
to be struck by that when you see him. It may become even more obvious during the debates. |
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Well, duh! For one, he's ahead on all the polls, and if he chooses his veep wisely, it could push
him way ahead of McCain. I think most Americans (or, the sane ones at least) are sick of Bush's
policies, and McCain tried to deny he'll be anything like Bush, but he's so Bush's third term! In
fact, if Hilary agrees to be his veep, they'd be unstoppable. I have faith he'll win, and I'll be
laughing the whole time at the faces of Bush, Cheney, McCain, and even Rush!! Ahahah I can't wait. |
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I would like to see Obama win but I don't see it happening. |
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There is no doubt that Obama has a huge advantage. Unlike McCain, he is not associated with an
unpopular president and a deeply discredited political party, he is not hurt by the dismal state of
the US economy, he is simply far more charismatic and telegenic than his opponent and--most
importantly--Obama has far more money in his war chest. Nevertheless, it would be premature to think
that an Obama victory is inevitable, even if much of the US media and the Democratic candidate
himself thinks that the White House is in the bag.
Obama faces a couple of dangers, and one of them is of his own doing. First, Obama is at risk of
peaking too early. Obama leads McCain in one national poll by close to 10 points. No Democratic
presidential candidate ever beat the Republicans by such a wide margin in a recent election. The
Dems are not good at knock out blows. I predict that Obama may have already peaked too early and if
so, then he will start losing support to McCain, which may create the impression that the
Republicans have momentum. Obama's mawkish idea of speaking in front of Brandenburg Gate in Berlin
did him no favours.
Obama's other risk is that people are lying to pollsters. Most African American candidates--both at
the federal and state level--register more support when it comes to polls, but then end up getting
fewer votes on election day. This spells trouble in key states where the two candidates are
essentially tied. |
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Obama is an empty shell. He's going to get brutalized in heads up debates with McCain. That is why
he's avoiding them like the plague right now.
I think one of the important things the media is ignoring in this election is the mood of the
American people. The truth is that American's pretty much hate just about every aspect of their
government right now. Much is made about Republican Bush's approval ratings, but not much is said
when a Democratic congress dips into single digits. It gives you libs a false sense of hope. I
love it.
Look, 2006 was a let down for me and again when McCain won the primary. I don't like him very much.
He's a Democrat as far as I'm concerned. He and Leiberman are pretty similar. That said, I've
developed some great coping skills and would be happy to share with all the liberals in November.
You're in for a shock. |
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Wars aren't won by hope alone. |
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19 Jul 2008 19:59
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