Why I am voting for Senator Obama
Bijan is the classic VC - going with hope and vision. I think I may be close behind him on this one. The Gotham Gal and I seem to talking about this decision every day now.
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Until last night I’ve been sitting on the fence about Obama vs Clinton.
Both candidates are highly intelligent, passionate and either should be a significant upgrade to life under Bush/Cheney.That is why I will support either of them should they win the nomination.
I’ve been on the fence because I’ve been frustrated with the “Republican-lite” nature of these candidates at times. By Republican-lite I mean that it’s tough to tell our democratic leaders from their republican counterpart.
For example, neither Obama or Clinton have come out against the death penalty. You can’t be the anti-war candidate if you have funded the war (again & again). Both candidates supported the Patriot Act v2.0. Bill Clinton signed the Defense of Marriage Act and both H. Clinton and Obama have said they believe the nonesensical bullshit that a marriage should be reserved for only between a man and a woman. I’m sure my progressive friends can list other issues that support my Republican-lite concern. But as Charlie says, no one is going to perfect.
With all of these things in mind I was also the fence about Obama vs Clinton because I couldn’t decide between the experience/plan vs vision/hope debate.
But last night it came to me. My nature is to always go with hope & vision vs experience & plans.
In my experience hope & vision always yield the best results. Always.
And I believe in Obama’s hope & vision.
— bijan
