Comments on: Promises, Promises: Why PUMAs Don’t Trust Barack Obama

By: Believing In Action « Oooh, nuance!

Believing In Action « Oooh, nuance! — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:00:17 +0000

[...] claims it was done for “the right reasons.” Thus, Obama backtracks and flip-flops on issue after issue, including warrantless wiretapping, the war in Iraq, and a woman’s right to control her own [...]

By: The DemFather: A Play In One Powerful Act. « Oooh, nuance!

The DemFather: A Play In One Powerful Act. « Oooh, nuance! — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 16:35:15 +0000

[...] can be head of the Democratic Family? That means you gotta have respect for the rules. You gotta keep your promises on the issues they care about. You gotta adhere to the traditions. And you gotta treat every member of the Family, like family. [...]

By: Attack of the Sweeties! An Anti-Troll Rant for Monday Morning « Oooh, nuance!

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:05:20 +0000

[...] about stupid and naive. Senator Obama has no intentions of keeping ANY of his promises. Was the FISA vote really not a clue for you? The softening on abortion, on the Iraq withdrawal? [...]

By: AD

AD — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 02:52:00 +0000

As an Obama supporter (please don’t write me off immediately), I am interested in getting supporters of Hillary Clinton (I went from Edwards to Hillary to Obama) behind Barack. What I’m trying to understand from individuals such as yourself is why you would sit out this election, write-in Hillary, or vote for John McCain.

I can understand your concern about Obama and his flip-flopping (I’m not happy about public financing not to mention FISA), but I’ve never considered any candidate for president to be perfect. After all, it IS the presidency we’re talking about. This is politics we’re talking about - we learn in kindergarten we can never please everyone.

I guess my logic with voting is that since no politician is ever perfect, I cast my vote in the direction I want the country to move. I think the country is too far right in terms of “values” and economics, and I want it to move left. I also don’t want to cede my right to choose which direction to point the country to someone else by not voting. I have no illusions about Obama doing exactly what he says, but I doubt he’s going to suddenly swing to the far right after being elected. By my logic, I wouldn’t sit out, I wouldn’t write-in Hillary because I believe that’s equivalent to sitting out (though I can appreciate taking a stand) and I won’t vote for McCain because he’s over to the right of where I want America to end up (and I won’t vote out of spite - my country is worth more than that).

According to your writings, though, there’s something missing in my logic. Where’s the rub?

-A Dave

By: Flying Junior

Flying Junior — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 23:14:00 +0000

Thank you for this informative argument. I learned alot following the links. Clearly Hillary has a superior plan for healthcare reform and universal coverage. She is the heart candidate for all true believers. Still, I do not share your mistrust of Obama. I realize that you back up your claim of Obama’s untruthfulness with good documentation. The reference to the passage of the Defense Authorization Act of 2008, in which Obama was a no-show, is irrefutable. And his assertion is troubling. I don’t see a widespread pattern of lying. It certainly is not fair to say that his position on Iraq is indistinguishable from that of McCain based upon the words of the Iraqi foreign minister. Similarly, he can’t be held fully responsible for every e-mail his campaign generates, although he has shown a lack of leadership in the management of his campaign. There are concerns, but no one can really say today what Obama will or will not do as president. I am willing to take a chance and pray that he will become the man that he needs to be to lead our nation.