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Originally Posted by SpankyTheWhale
What FACTS do you have that lead you to want to vote for Obama? I might have to start there.
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Well I already gave a few...
I am a fan of his health care plan (essentially that he wants to require it for children)
He has outlined many plans to take care of the environment which I think is something that is a high priority.
He has made it clear that he is willing to talk to ALL nations. I like the idea of talking to ones enemies. He has made it very clear that he is a guy who will talk to resolve problems and will use force as only a last resort. In this day and age I think that is what we need.
He was opposed to the Iraq war from the start. The other two who are running both supported it. I WILL say that at this point it would be stupid to just pull out because chaos would ensue. I agree with McCain on that point. He also was an advocate of the surge LONG before it got implemented and the surge seems to be working well from a military and strategic standpoint.
He has shown himself to be the least bigoted towards gays and I think that the amount of bigotry in this nation towards gays is no better than what was being done to blacks before the civil rights movement.
He has made it clear with his speeches that he wants to unify the country (I understand that most politicians say it. Honestly I just happen to believe him more...Thats not really a fact though and I understand that).
And yes the "change" factor is big to me. I admire John McCain but he is an old man. I am 26 years old and besides his military service I cant even really relate to the guy. Like I already said I cant stand Hillary Clinton and would honestly rather vote for Bush than her. I mean lets just say that Hillary got elected and won a 2nd term as well.....That would mean 28 straight years of either Bush's or Clintons in the white house. And thats not even considering George Sr as vice president.
So there are some of my reasons.