Out of all of my regular readers, perhaps two or three don't inhabit the left side of the American political spectrum. For my Democrat friends and detractors, I have a serious question that I by no means intend to turn into a debate:
What the hell is so special about Barack Obama? As far as I can tell, he's just a stuffy dickhole who gives a bunch of pretentious, phony speeches that elicit rapturous applause from the goons in his audience. Why should I or anyone ever consider voting for him? Real answers, please, none of the hollow campaign crap that is spewn fourth from virtually every contender.
Right now, it's looking like I'll be voting Libertarian in 2008. None of the Republicans impress me, and the only Democrat I like has no chance of winning. I even met Mitt Romney and was seriously unimpressed, instead, I was only depressed.
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Personally, I haven't been that impressed either (and yes, I lean rather strongly toward the left). But then, I'm pretty disillusioned with the presidential scene overall- honestly, I have a hard time getting behind anyone who would want and actively pursue that much power.
And not to be shallow, but I'd also have a hard time getting behind anyone whose name made him sound like a baseball glove.
Barrack Obama is good for one major reason.
He is NOT a Clinton!!!
Paul, you just reminded me that I had intended to refer to Romney as "Catcher's Mitt" Romney. I'll not make that omission in the future.
Obama certainly isn't a Clinton, but I don't know which one I dislike more. At least one thing I can be sure of about the Clinton's is that they will move towards the center if polls suggest they should. Obama? Who knows.
I posted this question because I genuinely don't understand Obama's appeal. I know a few really smart people that really like Obama yet can give me one good reason why.
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