Ten reasons Obama’s a good choice
Until now, I have been very critical of Barack Obama and what I view as his extreme positions on many issues. With that said, I think there is a lot of good that can come out of the Barack Obama Presidency. Republicans are talking, jokingly I hope, about leaving America for another country. This mentality is absolutely ridiculous. America is probably the most capitalist nation on the face of the Earth. You aren’t gonna find a better place! For those of you still considering leaving, let me list the top ten reasons why an Obama victory is good for America.
10. Our standing in the world isn’t that high after the past eight years. Obama is nothing short of an international rock star. While I know conservatives don’t really care too much about what the world thinks. It still wouldn’t be a bad thing if they liked us more.
9. Obama’s foreign policy is not as outrageous as Republicans have claimed. In fact, Republicans used to have the same foreign policy of meeting diplomatically with enemies and not pre-emptively declaring war. Reagan met with Gorbachev and had a close relationship with him. Nixon went to China. I’m not saying that it is right for Obama to meet with Ahmadinejad…but Nixon and Reagan might have.
8. Obama has promised to be bipartisan and unite America. He has a huge majority in the House and a nearly filibuster proof Senate and if he doesn’t manage to get Republican support on most major legislation he will have broken his own campaign promise. Obama has tied his hands for himself so that the Republicans shouldn’t have to.
7. Joe Biden. Barack Obama being elected President means Biden is now Vice-President, which is a surprisingly less powerful position than his current role as Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee in the Senate. Republicans no longer have to face Biden in the Senate. Plus, he likes to say stupid things (I call this “foot in mouth disease”), so there should be plenty of laughs.
6. Democrats turn patriotic. Over the course of election night a wonderful sensation called patriotism hit Democrats all over the country. Our nation has always fared better when every American truly believes in our great nation. Republicans, it’s our job to match that patriotism.
5. Republicans can take the high road. For the past eight years, Democrats have bashed President Bush continuously with dirty, pathetic insults. Now that a Democrat is President, let’s take the high road and show President-Elect Obama the respect that we would show a President from our own party.
4. Marks the death of Affirmative Action. If an African-American can be elected to the highest office in all the land, then it goes to show that affirmative-action has worked and that in the near future there will be no more need for it. America is quickly on our way to becoming a post-race society, and this is a great thing.
3. Republicans can take time to rebuild. The GOP has become a monstrosity of big government in recent years. Republicans need to take the next few years to regroup and remember what true conservatives like Barry Goldwater and Ronald Reagan were like.
2. John McCain. McCain wouldn’t have been the best representative for the Republican Party anyway. He has proven himself to be a big government, Washington establishment moderate that flip-flops on a wide array of issues. He may have ended up doing more harm to the GOP than Nixon.
1. Obama shows America’s Promise. I’ve heard stories from all over the nation of African-American parents telling their children “Now you really can be anything you want!” I can’t even relate to the struggle African-Americans have been through as America has gone from slavery to civil rights abuses and along the way have only elected white males. On Nov. 4 that changed, and I know it has made America better.
A conservative friend of mine asked me if I wanted Obama and America to succeed over the next four years knowing that Obama will get the credit and be re-elected. I told him I want Obama and America to succeed so much that I campaign for President Obama when he runs for re-election. To my Republican and conservative friends, Barack Obama is going to be our next President. Do yourself, and your nation a favor, and support the President. America is the greatest nation on the face of the Earth, and I am confident it will remain so with Barack Obama as President.
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on Nov 14 2008. Filed under Opinion.
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