Monday, May 5, 2008

Why I voted for Barack Obama

As I stated in my first blog post, this blog will be primarily about sports. Sports is a great way to get away from the real world. I love sports because it is unpredictable, unscripted, and is a great topic of conversation.


Of course, we live in the real world with real problems. As an American I am incredibly blessed with the right to criticize my government and choose its leaders. This year is an election year and tomorrow is election day here in Indiana. In early voting on Friday I cast my vote for Barack Obama in the Democratic primary and I hope to do so again in November. If you are undecided, please read why I voted for Obama:

  1. Saying NO to Special Interests: Special Interests and Lobbyists have become too powerful. It has gotten so bad that lobbyists are now writing legislation for Congressmen to act as sponsors. Of course if your job relied on having enough money to be re-elected, it would be hard for you to turn that money down. Obama is the ONLY candidate not to take money from specials interests or lobbyists. Therefore he will be accountable to those who are funding his campaign - individual citizens!
  2. Hope: Obama energizes younger and traditionally downtrodden people with his energy and optimistic outlook. I agree with Obama - this country can live closer to its ideals if ALL of us are part of it.
  3. Judgment and Vision: Obama has the vision to see what can be and is courageous enough to stand up for what he believes. Today that is clear is his (correct) stand against the gas tax holiday, which will decrease prices for a few days, increase demand, and take the prices back up, with that additional revenue going to the oil companies, not to our roads in disrepair. But on a far more important issue Obama took a far less popular stand in 2002:

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