Do you trust Barack Obama?

[Danoff]

This seemed appropriate:
http://www.theonion.com/content/news/black_guy_asks_nation_for_change

 

[Year.Zero]

Wasn't Hilary the one who proposed some sort of ridiculous anti-Video-game campaign?

(On that basis alone, I'm more inclined to vote for Obama.)

 

[Denur]

This seemed appropriate:
http://www.theonion.com/content/news/black_guy_asks_nation_for_change

O dear, that story reads like something from SNL (but somehow feels like they mean it). And that really scares me (those guys have guns, you know).

Wasn't Hilary the one who proposed some sort of ridiculous anti-Video-game campaign?

(On that basis alone, I'm more inclined to vote for Obama.)

You've gotta be kiddinge me, who is she hoping to win with that kind of silly notion? Doesn't she know that the gaming industry is way bigger than "hollywood" and that the Porn industry is the biggest moneymaker of all? Hilly must be campaning as if Obama is already eating dust. I wonder if she knows that the Vatican is spending big bucks on religious video games. (I doubt if even the Pope knows, because I just came up with the idea)

 

[Barracuda]

As for the thread, Barack's name is spelled with only one, 'k'. Not to be anal-retentive or anything.

Fixed. Thanks for pointing it out, I didn't even know I had spelled it wrong

 

[Danoff]

O dear, that story reads like something from SNL (but somehow feels like they mean it). And that really scares me (those guys have guns, you know).

No, I'm sure they don't mean it.

 

[Denur]

No, I'm sure they don't mean it.

Phew, that takes some weigth from my meagure (someone please correct my spelling, I'm a little pissed - i.e. drunk - at the moment) shoulders.

 

[Gil]

I don't think I can b/c he's black. And before you bash me, remember. I'm just a typical white person.

He's the same kind of "black" as the girl currently in your avatar.

Barrack's father was indeed black, and he left the family when Barrack was just a boy.
He was raised in Kansas, but his white mother, and her (I presume) white family.

That said, I don't trust his ability.
If you actually listen to him he has spouted many words re: what he wants for America.
He has said nothing about how he intends to achieve it.

I also think that he is a "basically" good man. That does not bode well for a president.

Every president since Jimmy Carter has had a "bit of the snake" in him. That "bit of the snake" is what has kept America mostly strong and secure.

I think Hillary has what it takes, but I think she had her stint in the White House. I also believe that America did well while Hill & Billy were in office in spite of them in a lot of ways, not because of them.

 

[Joey D]

I don't understand what race has to do with it? A black person can do the same things as a white person, your skin tone doesn't change anything. It's like putting two 2008 Honda Civics next to one another but one is red and the other is blue, they are still both the same car.

 

[Gil]

I don't understand what race has to do with it? A black person can do the same things as a white person, your skin tone doesn't change anything. It's like putting two 2008 Honda Civics next to one another but one is red and the other is blue, they are still both the same car.

+100 Rep points.👍

 

[Sniffs]

if you ask the Conservitave right, and Sean Hannity, NONE of the presidental potential are good enough.

I have to listen to The Sean Hannity Show while hauling my crews home. Obama has been the latest target of the "Regan Conservitaves" Hannity and Limbaugh. several people Senator Obama is associated with, including his pastor, are raising eyebrows and questions. quotes are being banded about from these associates involving the Old Switcharoo. the quotes are vehement anti-white "lets take revenge on the (white racial slur) that used us". a link to the New Black Panthers was actually ON Obama's official website, and a quote from the current leader basically stated the same thing that Islam believes, that the Jewish Holocaust wasn't REAL (and that there's an ongoing African Holacaust).

as usual, the extremists on both sides, conservitave and Liberal, are so busy taking potshots at each other, they're smearing all three candidates to death, but are concentrating on obamas questionable reverse-racist connections. it's getting annoying.

basically, they're stating
1. Obama is a tinhorn, with no xperience and questionable connections
2. the Hill is a schemer that is not to be trusted
3. McCain is a freaky liberal leaning leftover.

they also constantly reitterate the fact that the ONLY way to fix this stuff is to install a fossil into the white house. *sigh*

 

[V1P3R]

I don't trust ANY politician...

 

[Zrow]

I don't think I can b/c he's black. And before you bash me, remember. I'm just a typical white person.

You can't trust him because he's black?

EDIT: Okay, now I know what this was referring to.

 

[Casio]

I don't understand what race has to do with it? A black person can do the same things as a white person, your skin tone doesn't change anything. It's like putting two 2008 Honda Civics next to one another but one is red and the other is blue, they are still both the same car.

Not a fair comparison.

Everyone knows red cars are faster.

 

[YSSMAN]

Yes, I trust him. Honestly, I trust him more than any other current or former candidate (other than Ron Paul).

Why?

Hes honest, sincere, and takes the time to talk to people in a manner in which I don't feel less intelligent in the process. There is a very positive aura about him, something that I don't think I've ever seen in a politician in the time I've been alive. I know my Mom has connected him to Bobby Kennedy on occasion, something my Grandmother has noted as well.

Lets get this out as well: I'm a Republican, I've been voting Republican as long as I have been able to. But this time around, I'm voting for Obama. Its not a matter of what I believe in, its a matter of doing whats right for America in general. Despite my general distaste for taxes, Obama is managing to fix the system and appropriate them correctly (ie, tax breaks for those of us who make less than $75,000 a year), creating a "socialized" healthcare system that IS NOT manditory, and putting our foreign policy back on track... Very similar to what Bush had promised way back in 2000.

Lets discuss this as well:

I've met John McCain. I think hes a great American. I think he could be a very good President, but that being said, he is not my preference here. I don't like his proposed foreign policy, I don't like his healthcare plan (its socialized, basically, you just pay your money to a private company), and I'm just a bit uneasy with him smoozing with Neo-Cons to get approval in the GOP. Without question, McCain wouldn't be the worst person to put in office (*cough*Hillary*cough*), but I don't trust him. He has proven to be a great senator, and he could make a great cabinet official, but I'm not for him being President.

As for Hillary... Well, come on. Is it really that necessary to go through her crap?

 

[McLaren]

I don't understand what race has to do with it? A black person can do the same things as a white person, your skin tone doesn't change anything. It's like putting two 2008 Honda Civics next to one another but one is red and the other is blue, they are still both the same car.

You're right. Race doesn't have anything to do with it. But my post (and I'm not sure if Gil caught it) is a play on Obama's latest controversity.

 

[Tornado]

Honestly? No. All I've heard from Obama is how America needs change, hope, magic and miracles (which will apparently all fix the world); how very, very Un-Reagan he is (and to hell with you if you think otherwise); and how he will definitely maybe bring troops out of Iraq sometime that may be in the near future. Hilary, as much as you may dislike her policies, actually has policies.

Obama actually comes off to me as kind of a dick, to be honest, simply because of his actions in debates. I also think his campaign's attempts at making so sure people know race isn't an issue (contesting it wasn't when no one was saying it was in the first place) has made race a huge issue, as if you are racist if you don't vote for him (which was probably the goal from the beginning).

 

[Sage]

Yes, I trust him to advocate for poor socialist policy.

Ditto.

I believe that, for a politician, he’s very honest and idealistic. Just not ideals that match mine. In fact, I’ll say for the record that he absolutely terrifies me, because he’s quite clearly the best candidate to push forward socialist policy, since people from across the political spectrum seem to like him.

 

[YSSMAN]

I don't think you have to worry about nanny-state socialism that we find across the pond, but certainly, there are some left-of-center policies that will likely succeed with Obama at the helm (assuming the Democrats can nab the senate as well). That being said, most Americans know enough to make a good call, and with the way the congress stands (not to mention the courts), you really don't have to worry about radical change.

People go on and on about him being a pinko commie, but like it or not, mainstream America identifies with his policies. Sure, we do want to protect the interests of the minority from that of the majority, but this is a nation of democratic sovereignty, and consequently, some political ideas aren't going to be followed.

Lets be happy about one thing: Obama, as far as I can tell, seems to be one who is willing to work across the isle and hear out opposing viewpoints. That has to be one crucial factor when becoming the President, and I think even Ron Paul noted his ability to do so on Leno (or was it one of the debates?). I don't agree with all of his policies on a personal level, but collectively speaking (there I go again), they're hard to argue against for much of America.

Worse comes to worse, we wait two years, elect a congress to oppose him (or Hillary... McCain won't win it), and try to lock him out after four years. Or, he does some modest and rational reforms that both sides can agree to, and we re-elect him for another four.

The great thing about American politics? We've got a cycle to prevent outrageous leadership... Problem is, it doesn't always work.

(Parliament FTW)

 

[Joey D]

(Parliament FTW)

The only way I would want a Parliament government is if they wore those funny wigs and got into huge debates. It sure would make C-Span more enjoyable.

 

[Sniffs]

here we go again with people automatically thinking the democrats are gonna turn the US into a welfare state socialist/communist state (from the right), or that the Republicans will turn the US into a christian dictatorship (from the left).

I wonder when there will be full cooperation?

 

[YSSMAN]

The only way I would want a Parliament government is if they wore those funny wigs and got into huge debates. It sure would make C-Span more enjoyable.

I was referring more or less to the way in which the government can hold a vote of confidence and the state of the political parties can be completely shifted within a few weeks. Personally, I think its an absolutely wonderful idea, particularly when certain parts of the government aren't working to the liking of the people.

 

[Year.Zero]

The only way I would want a Parliament government is if they wore those funny wigs and got into huge debates. It sure would make C-Span more enjoyable.

Why's that?

Everyone knows red cars are faster.

And that's why Ethiopians win all the 100m dashes



Kidding!


Edit:

Found the Hilary/videogame thing:

Clinton said she would soon author a bill to create a federal law that would "put some teeth into video game ratings." Reminiscent of a California bill introduced by Assemblyman Leland Yee (D-San Francisco) and similar measures in several other states, the legislation will "prohibit the sale of violent and sexually explicit video games to minors" and make such action a federal offense. Clinton said the penalty for violating the law would be a mandatory $5,000 fine.

The ESA's response to Clinton's proposed legislation was to claim the Senator's theories were based on flawed legal theory. "The legislation proposed by Senator Clinton is unconstitutional on its face as it amounts to government enacted restrictions on creative and artistic expression protected by the First Amendment," ESA president Douglas Lowenstein said in a statement today.

Framing the ESA perspective, Lowenstein added that, "this is not just our view, but the view of every Federal Court which has rendered final judgment on similar laws enacted by states in recent years, including appellate courts in the Seventh and Eighth Circuits, and the Western District United States District Court."

The ESA concluded that the Senator had the wrong set of goals, based on shaky legal grounds: "[W]hile we understand Senator Clinton's motivation, in the end her solution will never pass constitutional muster and thus will do nothing to help parents raise their kids," Lowenstein said.

 

[YSSMAN]

Heres something thats slid under the radar: Obama on Net Neutrality



I'm not sure where Hillary or McCain stand on the issue, furthermore, if they've even talked about it. This is absolutely crucial to so many of us here on GTP, as I'm sure we all want to have the highest quality internet access made available to everyone, equally.

 

[superberkut]

For Hilary on video games: I don't understand quite why anybody would want to play such video games at that age in the first place, but I have to commend her for her action. Given that more important issues lie ahead, however (to leave to the president in the end), I can't say anything else about what I think of how she will fare in the election.

 

[kikie]

Short and simple answer: YES!