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the election
Feb. 18th, 2008 07:07 pmI got a call from that Brock O'Bama guy today, urging me to vote for him tomorrow.
I like the guy, personally. I dislike Clinton, personally. She engenders no trust. She's an off-the-rack lying Washington politician. Some regard this among her strengths.
Another thing I don't like about Hillary is that she's not very liberal. like Bill before her, she's a moderate. She says she supports liberal causes, but I don't trust her.
When I take those candidate finder quizzes, Clinton and Obama always score within a couple of percentage points of each other. So they're pretty close on the issues, but I don't trust that completely. Like I said, I don't trust Clinton to actually give her support to the causes that she says she's behind. But I'm not sure how much stock I can put in Obama, either. Clinton seems beholden to the lobbyists and big donors. But Obama doesn't really seem to have the ability to get things done. He's new.
So how much sway will he have as president? Can he get health care reform pushed through? That's the one thing that I trust Clinton to get done. Can he get the CIA to scale back torture? Can he push better care of the environment? I think he can manage education reform.
And what about the war? I don't think any new president will be able to bring the troops back from Iraq quickly. That's been some campaign rhetoric, but it's not going to happen. Any president is going to have to work some hard issues to get it done in less than a year. The only difference between Clinton and Obama is that Clinton will be able to better shape the public's opinion of her when she doesn't bring the troops home. Obama's going to look more like a failure.
So like I said, I don't like Clinton. She would be a more "successful" president. But I think Obama would be a better president for me.
Or maybe I'll just vote for Gravel. Is he still in?
I like the guy, personally. I dislike Clinton, personally. She engenders no trust. She's an off-the-rack lying Washington politician. Some regard this among her strengths.
Another thing I don't like about Hillary is that she's not very liberal. like Bill before her, she's a moderate. She says she supports liberal causes, but I don't trust her.
When I take those candidate finder quizzes, Clinton and Obama always score within a couple of percentage points of each other. So they're pretty close on the issues, but I don't trust that completely. Like I said, I don't trust Clinton to actually give her support to the causes that she says she's behind. But I'm not sure how much stock I can put in Obama, either. Clinton seems beholden to the lobbyists and big donors. But Obama doesn't really seem to have the ability to get things done. He's new.
So how much sway will he have as president? Can he get health care reform pushed through? That's the one thing that I trust Clinton to get done. Can he get the CIA to scale back torture? Can he push better care of the environment? I think he can manage education reform.
And what about the war? I don't think any new president will be able to bring the troops back from Iraq quickly. That's been some campaign rhetoric, but it's not going to happen. Any president is going to have to work some hard issues to get it done in less than a year. The only difference between Clinton and Obama is that Clinton will be able to better shape the public's opinion of her when she doesn't bring the troops home. Obama's going to look more like a failure.
So like I said, I don't like Clinton. She would be a more "successful" president. But I think Obama would be a better president for me.
Or maybe I'll just vote for Gravel. Is he still in?
