Why we need Obama
March 9th 2008 19:16
There is only one candidate that can deliver anything close to the kind of change we need. There are endemic problems that are going to take a new approach to leadership that goes beyond the politics of money and influence. And the candidate that can begin to bring about that kind of change is Barack Obama. Don't believe me? Look at what the right wing is doing. They are virtually forgetting Hillary Clinton and starting to go after Obama with their dirty tricks and falsehoods. And unfortunately, so is the Clinton campaign. The race seems to be nearing Obama vs. everybody else. Why?
The powers that be are very afraid of a candidate who doesn't owe them anything and who can run without kissing up to them. There hasn't been a presidential candidate with a chance of winning like that since Jimmy Carter. They have no idea how to approach the thought of a president who they don't have a handle on, to one degree or another. That includes the far right. They weren't that happy with John McCain for awhile. But as he has morphed into McBushCain, they have rallied behind him. The evangelical base is even coming around now that McBushCain has kissed up to Bush and the likes of John Hagee. He has backed away from Hagee's comments slightly, but still knows he needs the end-timer's and dominionists to be with him.
Hillary Clinton has held on tightly to her corporate backers, refusing to fore-go money from lobbyists or to keep them out of her campaign. And she has done some troubling things lately, resorting to so-called "Rovian" tactics in a campaign in which she seems to be willing to throw anything out if it seems like it might garner votes. And through some comments lately she seems to be more in favor of a McBushCain presidency than an Obama presidency. Perhaps she feels that if McBushCain wins he will be a one-termer and she can try again in four years. Or maybe she is so in bed with corporate interests that she too its afraid of an Obama presidency. Time will tell.
Barack Obama has been criticized for offering "hope." Truth is, of course, he offers alot more. He will bring real and quantifiable change and he has laid out how he would begin to do it. And yes, he will bring hope. Hope that it isn't too late to bring our government back. Hope that a president could actually be concerned with all the people, not just his base. Hope that America could stop being the most feared nation and return to being among the most admired. Hope that the "coat-tail" effect will sweep enough progressives into Congress so that his agenda can come to fruition. Hope that people who have not felt the need to be part of the process will wake up and help bring change.
Barack Obama can become president and not owe anything to anyone but the people. That is something so foreign to American politics that he scares the hell out of some. And they will try anything to keep him from getting there. It is up to us, the people, to give him his chance.
The powers that be are very afraid of a candidate who doesn't owe them anything and who can run without kissing up to them. There hasn't been a presidential candidate with a chance of winning like that since Jimmy Carter. They have no idea how to approach the thought of a president who they don't have a handle on, to one degree or another. That includes the far right. They weren't that happy with John McCain for awhile. But as he has morphed into McBushCain, they have rallied behind him. The evangelical base is even coming around now that McBushCain has kissed up to Bush and the likes of John Hagee. He has backed away from Hagee's comments slightly, but still knows he needs the end-timer's and dominionists to be with him.
Hillary Clinton has held on tightly to her corporate backers, refusing to fore-go money from lobbyists or to keep them out of her campaign. And she has done some troubling things lately, resorting to so-called "Rovian" tactics in a campaign in which she seems to be willing to throw anything out if it seems like it might garner votes. And through some comments lately she seems to be more in favor of a McBushCain presidency than an Obama presidency. Perhaps she feels that if McBushCain wins he will be a one-termer and she can try again in four years. Or maybe she is so in bed with corporate interests that she too its afraid of an Obama presidency. Time will tell.
Barack Obama has been criticized for offering "hope." Truth is, of course, he offers alot more. He will bring real and quantifiable change and he has laid out how he would begin to do it. And yes, he will bring hope. Hope that it isn't too late to bring our government back. Hope that a president could actually be concerned with all the people, not just his base. Hope that America could stop being the most feared nation and return to being among the most admired. Hope that the "coat-tail" effect will sweep enough progressives into Congress so that his agenda can come to fruition. Hope that people who have not felt the need to be part of the process will wake up and help bring change.
Barack Obama can become president and not owe anything to anyone but the people. That is something so foreign to American politics that he scares the hell out of some. And they will try anything to keep him from getting there. It is up to us, the people, to give him his chance.
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Comment by tlcorbin
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I have a hunch Obama is going to get hammered by the press shortly over his past associations with shady individuals. BTW, "What is the substantive platform that Obama is running upon?" inquiring minds want to know.
Hillary has been very careful as a senator to avoid voting or doing anything that she might be judged for later; and then blew it when she allowed Bill to shill for her. Which shows me that she isn't mature or experienced enough for the office of President.
Hmmm, maybe we should keep Bush in place as warlord in chief.
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Comment by Cibbuano
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After all, Clinton has experience, but what does that mean? Experience having lunch with lobby groups? Experience voting for the Iraq war?
Sometimes it feels like experience is a nice-smelling word for 'established Washington fat-cat'.
I say bring in Obama, see if his integrity is as resolute as his speeches.