my daughter is 18 and voting for the first time candidate?

Question

we had a discussion over who was the best political candidate and she told me that she was going to vote for obama. the reason why was because he is black. i told her that was the dumbest reason to vote and she needs to know her facts about what the candidates are for and against. she said she doesn't care... this ..my fellow americans... is why the united states has stupid presidents who care for themselves and not others. isn't it just plain dumb to vote for someone because of race? anyone with a normal mind agree?

yes, my precious daughter is stupid!

i hate hilary

Answer 1

Your daughter need help. Is people like her that shouldn't be allowed to vote.

Answer 2

She definitely needs a better reason to be voting for Obama other than he's black. Unfortunately too many people base their vote on reasons just like this which IS why we get presidents with no substance or qualifications, i.e. George Bush, not once but TWICE!!

Tell her she needs to research other candidates and see their stands on the issues, including Barack's. She might be surprised that Obama is a supporter of the liquid coal industry which is detrimental to the environment which goes against all democratic principles.

Answer 3

I agree, but she's 18. There are a lot of people who vote by race too. Just use soft sell to educate her. Telling her it's stupid never works. Ask her why she needs to vote "black" Print out a list of Obama's platform and ask what she likes and dislike. Engage her in intelligent conversation rather than telling her what to do or don't do. Wisdom comes with age, but she needs to start somewhere.

Answer 4

I actually don't see a problem with your particular situation.

She is young. As she matures, she will realize the more important factors that play into it.

All teens are basically stupid when it comes to life issues. It takes time to get over that.

We, as a nation, are probably lucky that most teens don't exercise their voting privileges!

What does worry me is if mature ADULTS vote NOT Obama for the sole reason that he is black. That would be disturbing...and I'm sure it will happen if he is on the ticket.

Answer 5

I wouldnt say she is stupid. She is young. Obama is a good candidate for many issues. That is a very important aspect as well as likability. Encourage your daughter to dig around and tell her to see what is important to her and if his stance is where she wants him to be.

Its hard to know when your young. She is lucky to be 18 for her first presidential election. Some have to wait til their early twenties.

Best of luck to her :)

Answer 6

Make sure that she knows that republicans and democrats are one dragon with two heads. She needs to vote for people who want to be servants to society not people who want to bring other running mates down and spend all of our money we give in taxes on the propagated ideas of the day.

Answer 7

of course it is. people are ignorant as hell. they should raise the voting age and lower the drinking age, honestly. They say people are irresponsible and shouldn't drink at 18, but they can vote. if you're not responsible enough to drink they why the HELL would u be responsible enough to vote? voting is serious and people are ignorant and vote for the dumbest reasons. People vote for one just because they are republican, or they vote for another because they are democrat. it doesnt matter what party you are for, whoever is the better candidate is who you should vote for. If yo uare unsure who to vote for, DONT vote. Dont ask other people who u should vote for, just dont vote. race is an ignorant and ridiculous reason to vote.

Answer 8

Your daughter has the right to choose for the candidate she deems right to be the President. You can advise her but she has the choice.

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Answer 9

Obama though, is pulling the wool over every one’s eyes. He is saying all the right things and he is using the Imus situation to get some face time and press in the news but his actions speak louder than his words and Obama’s actions tell a very different story. You see, for a guy who thinks that gangsta rap mistreats women and for a guy who says he is guided by God, he has done a very strange thing. Sometime back in the infancy of his campaign, Obama enlisted the services of a gangsta rapper named Ludacris in order to help Obama connect with the young rap crowd. Here is a guy who uses the Imus situation to blast gangsta rap and he has used a gangsta rapper in order to get his message out to the kids.

I guess what Obama is telling us is, I think gangsta rappers send the wrong message about women but I am going to use them and their message to get my message out. It seems to me that Obama is sending the wrong message himself. Obama met with Ludacris to discuss the rapper’s work in charities dealing with AIDS and how to connect with today’s youth. Most of these artists have really nice charities so people think they are wonderful when all the while they are recording music that calls women hos, bitches and many other names as well as encourages violence against women and the police. Ludacris has a song titled “Ho” Tell me how Imus was the bad guy here and tell me where that jack*ssSharpton is on this one:

This is the music from the rapper that Obama met with to discuss young people. This is the music that Obama now says is terrible and degrading to women. Just to be clear, I agree with him on that point and if he did not use Ludacris as an ad-hoc youth advisor I might actually respect his stance (though I would still question why he never said a word about this until the Imus debacle).

It seems to me that when we were deciding on war in Iraq the blood for oil crowd made noise and said that Bush had secret meetings with oil executives. When gas prices were up last year the Democrats blamed Bush and said it was because he and Cheney were big oil men. How can we trust them to look out for your interests when they have the interests of oil at heart. To this day jacka*ss*s make this connection and swear that Bush is for the oil and that is why we can not trust him to make the right decisions and the MSM does not waste time in getting any hint of this to press or on the air. Why then, is there no mention of the Ludacris connection for Obama? Seems to me that this kind of contradiction would warrant further review. It seems to me that Obama would have to know that people would make this connection or is he confident in his newly found star status that he feels he can weather any potential storm? Maybe he thinks the MSM will ignore it, a thought I would have to agree with.

I think that this is no different than swearing to end organized crime but consulting with mob bosses. This stupidity is very similar to the ***** Al Gore pulled on everyone when he made one of his National Convention speeches during his term as VP. He was crying as he told everyone about his sister who died of lung cancer. He told everyone, in his emotional chocked up voice, that his sister pulled him close and said Al, take the tobacco from the kids. Don’t let them smoke Al. She died not long after. All in all this sounds very passionate and heartfelt and worthy. That is until you know that Al Gore’s family made its fortune by growing tobacco. Yes, Gore’s family grew the poison that killed his sister. This is like the crack dealer giving crack to his sister and then crying to get crack off the streets after she dies. Amazing.

Obama should have some explaining to do. He should have to explain how it is he has suddenly had this epiphany about rap music and he should have to explain why he opposes rap while consulting with a vulgar rap artist.

He should have to, but as a Democrat he probably won’t.

Obama proves himself a vote-pandering politician and not a statesman. He’s saying one thing and doing another.

Answer 10

yes i agree. hillary is a socialist (communist), obama is a globalist along with 99% of the others. a globalist is one who wants there to be a one world government where the people have no rights nor have sovereign citys states or even countries. i suggest she research a candidate named ron paul. YouTube: http://youtube.com/results?search_query=ron+paul and http://www.ronpaul2008.com/