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Looking for My Candidate: Barack Obama
Jan. 16th, 2008 12:01 pmAnd I've found him...
... although he's less than 50% aligned with my positions, and I had to back off my gun-rights stand to accept him.
This exercise has demonstrated yet again that I don't belong in either political party.
On the other hand, it's demonstrated something else, one actual positive good that I can attribute to George W. Bush: there is a definite difference between the big two parties now, where there was not even ten years ago. The Republicans have united and defined themselves under a single banner...
... and, if we're very lucky, the banner they've united under, the flag of Bush and his imperial presidency, will lead them to their utter destruction.
Unfortunately the Democrats are not so united, not in their legislative membership anyway.
As for Obama, the main reason I prefer him is one consistency in all his positions: unlike most Democrats, who prefer mandates and micromanagement of individual lives, Obama wants to allow American citizens to opt out of his programs if they wish- voluntary, not mandatory, healthcare; voluntary, not mandatory, public and military service; voluntarey, not mandatory, efficiency and environmental improvement. Obama supports individual freedom more than his opponents- particularly Clinton and Edwards, neither of whom have any use for individual freedom in their ideal societies.
So, gotta go by the local Democrats and get a yard sign...
... although he's less than 50% aligned with my positions, and I had to back off my gun-rights stand to accept him.
This exercise has demonstrated yet again that I don't belong in either political party.
On the other hand, it's demonstrated something else, one actual positive good that I can attribute to George W. Bush: there is a definite difference between the big two parties now, where there was not even ten years ago. The Republicans have united and defined themselves under a single banner...
... and, if we're very lucky, the banner they've united under, the flag of Bush and his imperial presidency, will lead them to their utter destruction.
Unfortunately the Democrats are not so united, not in their legislative membership anyway.
As for Obama, the main reason I prefer him is one consistency in all his positions: unlike most Democrats, who prefer mandates and micromanagement of individual lives, Obama wants to allow American citizens to opt out of his programs if they wish- voluntary, not mandatory, healthcare; voluntary, not mandatory, public and military service; voluntarey, not mandatory, efficiency and environmental improvement. Obama supports individual freedom more than his opponents- particularly Clinton and Edwards, neither of whom have any use for individual freedom in their ideal societies.
So, gotta go by the local Democrats and get a yard sign...
