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Will You Vote for Obama?

Will You Vote for Obama

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Whovian said:
so, people who have seen waht Obama can do as President, and either don't like it or are not sure they like it... are just 'reactionaries. Got it :rolleyes:
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don't forget "racists"
 
ADG said:
As a Democrat, Liberal, Progressive, etc., if the election were to be held today, would you vote for President Obama?

I am on the fence at this point. He has done many good things, but he has also dissappointed me in grave ways as well.

What about you, my fellow bleeding heart? Will you vote for him?
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I didn't vote for him the first time and he has given me no reason to vote for him since. Indeed he has given me even more reasons not to vote for him than I had before.
 
ricksfolly said:
There are more tea partyers and prejudice than I first thought, and the others, for some reason hard to understand, just won't vote for their best interests. If they did, it would be Obama by 80 percent.

ricksfolly
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Well Racism goes strong and deep. It really is a sad thing:(

Of course I will be voting for Obama!
 
Amazing, isn't it, that the left can still only view opposition to the third worst "president" the United States has ever had as "racism"? They're completely incapable of perceiving that the real Americans do not like the damage that boob has been doing to the country and will contintue to do as long as he can.

They seriously beleive that racism is the motivation here, not patriotism.

That's because they understand racism just fine and have no concept of patriotism.
 
Andalublue said:
I make it 22 Yes, 23 No. Anonymous votes don't count since they could all be from the same person.
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Yeah, currently, the vote is 22-23 between yes/no, with the rest undecided. Close race.
 
Well given his recent track record, I was like "hmm"... now that he cares more about isreal's borders than our own, I don't think so. :doh
 
ReverendHellh0und said:
Well given his recent track record, I was like "hmm"... now that he cares more about isreal's borders than our own, I don't think so. :doh
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So up until recently, you were seriously considering a re-election vote for Obama?
 
Ockham said:
So up until recently, you were seriously considering a re-election vote for Obama?
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He wanted to lower taxes for all, he wanted to drill baby drill, he was doing the right things currently on the WoT.......


So it all depended on who the GOP put up. if they put up another rino like mccain, the decision would be much much harder. ;)
 
ReverendHellh0und said:
He wanted to lower taxes for all, he wanted to drill baby drill, he was doing the right things currently on the WoT.......
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I'm not getting the first s items. Obama has been fairly consistent that he wants to raise taxes on the wealthy and corporations. He's also not been a "drill baby drill" person in any stretch of the imagination, though I'll grant you he's done lots to muddy the water and walk the fence depending which nuanced speech you listen to - and the WoT is basically G.W.'s foreign policy with very little change, which probably isn't the best either.


So I think you lost me on this one.
 
Ockham said:
I'm not getting the first s items. Obama has been fairly consistent that he wants to raise taxes on the wealthy and corporations. He's also not been a "drill baby drill" person in any stretch of the imagination, though I'll grant you he's done lots to muddy the water and walk the fence depending which nuanced speech you listen to - and the WoT is basically G.W.'s foreign policy with very little change, which probably isn't the best either.


So I think you lost me on this one.
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It is a bit hyperbole to say I would actually vote for him, my point is, that if he were to follow through with some of his recent shifts, he would not be that much different than the RINO we had last election.....

I voted "present" last go round.
 
CaptainCourtesy said:
Yeah, currently, the vote is 22-23 between yes/no, with the rest undecided. Close race.
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I didn't vote because the OP specified he was only interested in knowing if other Democrats, Liberals and Bleeding Hearts (OP's words) would vote for him again.
 
X Factor said:
I didn't vote because the OP specified he was only interested in knowing if other Democrats, Liberals and Bleeding Hearts (OP's words) would vote for him again.
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That's a good point. I should take a look at it and eliminate anyone who is not a liberal and THEN see what the vote looks like.
 
I sure as hell won't!!!

I've had enough of his b.s.
 
Well, according to the poll results, the majority of self described liberals would vote for Obama as it stands right now. Me and a few others don't know. It was surprising to see so few "no" votes, but I guess it shouldn't be. He would be hard to vote against using the lesser of two evils philosophy. And I do like to think he can become the liberal President we hope he can be, once worrying about a second term is over. But that may be just wishful thinking.
 
TurtleDude said:
tell us Rick, why would a net tax payer want to vote for Obama

why would a prosperous small business owners vote for Obama

Gun owners

successful private practice doctors

Now i can understand why union leaders, plaintiff's attorneys, gays, libertines, etc would vote for Obama
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It's not about them, it's about the benefits and advantages YOU will get with a Democrat Congress.

ricksfolly
 
BentWingedAngel said:
I have to remind myself that he is playing chess while the rest of us are playing checkers. Also many pubs made it clear from the beginning that their goal was to make him fail. Failure no matter what the consequences would be to the nation. How patriotic is that?
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I keep reminding myself of that as well. I let him slide on a few issues that other libs seem to get hung up on, like the tax breaks for the wealthy, the DREAM act, and the compromises on health care reform. But on his foreign policy issues I cannot let him slide. He isn't playing chess with our foreign policy, he is playing rock, paper, scissors, just like the neo-cons that came before him. So far, there doesn't seem to be anything nuanced or thought out about our foreign policy, and he seems to be playing by the same rule book as Cheney. That is why I voted "I don't know". In the end I can't see myself voting for a Republican, and there is no chance that a viable third party would stand a chance in 2012. So there it is...
 
Redress said:
I voted yes, but with the obvious caveat that this assumes that the republicans don't find some one I would actually like. None of the front running republican candidates would get my vote, so Obama.
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I was trying to think about what Republican I could possibly vote for. Jon Huntsman, maybe, but probably not. What Republican would you vote for?
 
disneydude said:
It always amazes me when liberals say that Obama has disappointed them. We all knew that despite the right-wings attempts to paint him as a liberal, Obama is a total moderate. His senate record should have given everyone a clue. The reality is, while we all had hopes that perhaps he would govern a little more to the left, we should have known that in todays America, it is unlikely we are going to have a true liberal in the whitehouse.

Will I vote for Obama....pretty likely.
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That is what I say to my liberal family and friends. I read a terrific article about Obama before the election that said as much. It came as no surprise to me that he would compromise and attempt to build consensus. I still think he's better than Clinton would have been. I was also very happy with the lame duck session. Someone in the media has been saying he's playing chess, while the rest of us are playing checkers. That's exactly what happened at lame duck and though the Bush tax cuts were extended, we got the end of DADT. I hope the next four years he's a chess savant for liberals, as he has nothing to lose. Which, BTW, I agree with.
 
BentWingedAngel said:
I have to remind myself that he is playing chess while the rest of us are playing checkers. Also many pubs made it clear from the beginning that their goal was to make him fail. Failure no matter what the consequences would be to the nation. How patriotic is that?
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I didn't read the entire thread before replying, but I saw this quoted. Amen! I've heard the chess/checkers analogy too. I agree. We need to be more patient. I also agree with every word of this reply. Well said.
 
Gina said:
That is what I say to my liberal family and friends. I read a terrific article about Obama before the election that said as much. It came as no surprise to me that he would compromise and attempt to build consensus. I still think he's better than Clinton would have been. I was also very happy with the lame duck session. Someone in the media has been saying he's playing chess, while the rest of us are playing checkers. That's exactly what happened at lame duck and though the Bush tax cuts were extended, we got the end of DADT. I hope the next four years he's a chess savant for liberals, as he has nothing to lose. Which, BTW, I agree with.
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It may have been Jon Stewart that used the chess analogy. I know Stewart used a Jedi analogy as well which I thought was appropriate. He could be playing Jedi mind tricks on Boehner and company. :)
 
ADG said:
It may have been Jon Stewart that used the chess analogy. I know Stewart used a Jedi analogy as well which I thought was appropriate. He could be playing Jedi mind tricks on Boehner and company. :)
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Could very well be Stewart! I can't remember where I heard it first. I like the Jedi analogy too and he may having been using that during the week leading up to the attack on bin Laden. He sure was cool, while all that was going on! It didn't show the night before operation, at the correspondent's dinner, that's for sure.
 
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