Why or why not you should vote for Barack Obama?

Question

I know for a lot of people the decision to vote for one of the candidates for the next Presidential election might be easy, because i mean we as Americans have an tendency not to change. You instantly know whether you will vote Republican or Democrat, male or female, or white or black without even knowing the true goals and personalities of the candidates. I have done this too, but my vote never counted before. I am 19 years old and the 2008 presidential election will be the first time i have the chance to vote for the President of the United States, and from just sticking to the norm that i was raise around I Barack Obama is number one candidate to me right now. But its said to say that I can't really tell you y because to me the only thing that sets him apart from the other candidates is his race, gender, and political party. i would like to learn for myself why i should or shouldn't vote for him, and i want to know why other people think they should or should not vote for him.

Answer 1

Mr jsimp,

I am a registered Independent. Party-wise I don't have a dog in this fight. My early impressions of Mr Obama are generally OK: a decent, hard-working young man with an 'itch' to help people; not much experience; seems to be sending a "I'll take care of you" message.

We don't need to be taken care of - this is a system of capitalism and government should 'take care' only of those folks that can't do it themselves or have no family members to care for them. If government is to step in it should be at the State level - even better, at the county/city/town level. Those local folks know what is necessary and are much better able to judge what's correct. People need help and we must help them. The Federal Government is terribly inefficient at things like this.

Experience at running the Departments in the cabinet, and those outside of it, is a rare find in the field of Presidential candidates. But some many years of being a successful mayor, governor or Congressman/Senator would be useful in its stead. Mr Obama hasn't garnered much of the requisite experience that I feel is necessary to be good at governing.

Lastly, I like Mr Obama as a person. But my outlook on Federal government is different than his. We ought to decentralize many of the functions currently the responsibility of today's DC folks. Too darn big, too darn inefficient and way too expensive. Mr Obama believes that the Feds are the answer - I believe that they are a big part of the problem. Mr Obama is an asset to this country but not enough of one, in my opinion, to do the work of the President of the United States.

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Answer 2

Then you should know, that there is a political organization that include both members of the Rep and Dem, to form only one background ideology. Therefore, even if you vote for Barack or almost any other candidate from any party, chance are that they belong to this political affiliation called Council on Foreign Relation. For your better understanding, it means that while their ways of doing things diverged, they all on the same goal to achieved, and this goal, is to provide the richest peoples in the western world, to control the world world by unifing it economically, politically, religiously and ideologically! Which means our rights, would get on the same level as totalitarian countries have, and will forbid anybody to work for themselve without giving these bankers a huge part of your income... In other words, it will become a kind of slavery, but post modern version of it...

So, you should research about this organization, to know who have formed it, and WHY!! So you will understand that voting today, don`t really mean anything good anymore!!

Answer 3

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Answer 4

I would want to vote for Obama as he seems to be a very promising leader and will bring equality to all people who live in America; whether they are gays or african-americans. Hillary is better as a Vice-President. I mean these two famalies have beed ruling the presidency for the past 20 years and I had enough.
He may not win because of the racism that exists in America, which is a very retarded thing.
Look here people vote for Obama
by doing that he'll support yo mamma
Peace~

Answer 5

I don't care what the personality or party of the candidate is. I care about where that candidate stands on the issues.

Barack Obama's position on everything is the same as Hillary's position. For example, he says that "nothing is off the table" regarding Iran, which as Mike Gravel pointed out in the one Democrat debate is code for "I might nuke Iran." It is absolutely impossible for me to support any candidate who threatens to nuke a country that has invaded nobody in centuries and is no threat to anybody.

The only candidates who oppose the idea of aggressive war are Dennis Kucinich and Mike Gravel on the Democrat side and Ron Paul on the Republican side. Out of those 3, Ron Paul is probably the best with regards to the economy. Gravel was telling the truth at the last debate when he mentioned that all the Democrats want to increase gas prices (they want to do so to "prevent global warming"). Ron Paul has called for the Federal Reserve, which is a government-created banking cartel that counterfeits money for the benefit of rich bankers and government contractors (such as the death merchants at Halliburton), to be shut down and replaced with a Gold Standard (thus leading to eventual deflation in prices, rather than inflation). Ron Paul also wants to shut down the IRS and replace it with nothing, saving everybody a bunch of money every year. He intends to permit you to opt-out of Social Security and thus not have those exorbitant taxes taken out of your paycheck.

I'm going to vote for Ron Paul because he's going to reinstate the Constitution and restore the Republic, to the benefit of the American people.

Answer 6

I do not know enough about him to make a definate decision, but I am leaning against him. Teh reason is because as a state senator he voted against parental consent for minors seeking abortions. As the father of 5 daughters, issues regarding sex and abortion in particular have ahigh priority for me. I see the idea of shutting parents out of the healthcare decisions of their minor children to be so far outside the role of government that I would have a really hard time voting for a person that advocates it. My daughter cannot even be given an asprin without parental consent, why should she be allowed to undergo a procedure that can and does have long term health issues?

Answer 7

http://www.ontheissues.org can give you take on all the candidates' stance on the issues.

http://www.selectsmart.com/president/2008.html can help you determine which candidate you side more strongly with based on issues.

For me, Obama is NOT an option because I've heard him lie with my own ears. At a fundraiser in San Antonio, TX in June, he said, "I am a Constitutionalist" and if you know ANYTHING about Obama, you'll know this is totally false.

Answer 8

You might read his The Audicity Of Hope. This political autobiography certainly set itself apart from many others I've read. It also moved him into my serious consideration for President. Hope this helps.

Answer 9

He sucks, just like Giuliani, Hillary, Romney, and the rest of the "politicians for profit" that infest Washington. Right now, none of the candidates look real promising, but with the choices I currently have, I'd support Nader, Gravel, or maybe Kucinich, long before I'd cast a vote for any of those other clowns running.

Answer 10

I wont vote for him. I dont agree with him on some issues that matter to me.