{"id":2377,"date":"2008-02-04T18:05:41","date_gmt":"2008-02-05T00:05:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/election\/me-too\/"},"modified":"2008-02-04T19:01:13","modified_gmt":"2008-02-05T01:01:13","slug":"me-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/election\/me-too\/","title":{"rendered":"Me, too"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m not sure who “LP” at nmfbihop.com is, but s\/he speaks well about supporting Obama. mjh<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

New Mexico FBIHOP:: Tomorrow, I’m Voting For Barack Obama<\/a><\/p>\n

by: LP<\/a><\/p>\n

Tomorrow in New Mexico, we will join nearly two dozen other states in
\nvoting for our choice for the Democratic candidate.  The field has been
\nwinnowed down to just two contenders, Senator Barack Obama and Senator
\nHillary Clinton.  Both \"Barack<\/a>candidates
\nare good choices, and would be not only a vast improvement over the
\ncurrent President, but would offer a better choice by far than anything
\nthe Republicans can put up.<\/p>\n

Despite this, my clear choice for the Democratic nomination for
\nPresident is Barack Obama.  I have been leaning towards voting for
\nObama for months, but after seeing him speak last week, I made up my
\nmind.  Not only do I believe he would be a very good President, with
\nthe potential to be great, I believe he has the best chance of winning
\nthe Presidency in November against whichever Republican becomes the GOP
\nnominee.\n<\/p>\n

It wasn’t the endorsements from the Albuquerque Journal<\/i><\/a>, Santa Fe New Mexican<\/i><\/a> and Albuquerque Tribune<\/i><\/a>
\nthat convinced me. Nor was it the support of a large number of
\nprogressive politicians who have aligned themselves with Barack Obama.
\n It wasn’t his powerful speaking style (if you have not see the Yes We Can<\/a> speech yet, you are missing out).  It wasn’t that he would be the first black man to be President.\n<\/p>\n

No, what convinced me was simple: when I look at Barack Obama
\nand what he stands for, I realize it is also what I stand for.  I
\nrealize that he has a plan going into office.  I realize that the plan
\nhe has would not only be good for me and my family, but good for all of
\nAmerica.  \n<\/p>\n

Change.  I know, it’s all but a buzzword at this point int he
\nelection, but it is true.  Barack Obama looks to be genuinely dedicated
\nto changing the way things are done in Washington.  Or at least do as
\nmuch as he can to change the culture of Washington.  Most people I talk
\nto do not trust those making decisions in Washington, DC.  I have hope
\nthat an Obama presidency would help counteract some of that.\n<\/p>\n

When he spoke in Albuquerque, the most impressive part of his
\nappearance was when he took questions from the audience.  Some were
\nobviously easier than others; he surely hears questions about veterans
\nrights in nearly every city.  Coming to New Mexico, he surely knew
\nimmigration would be a potential topic.  But the impressive answers
\ncame on questions about AIDS, about how to help struggling non-profits
\nand on Native American rights.\n<\/p>\n

All important issues, and all issues that Obama was able to
\nspeak about and sound intelligent on.  Something our current President
\ncan’t seem able to do.\n<\/p>\n

And then there’s Iraq.\n<\/p>\n

Iraq was the biggest issue of the 2006 election, and that looks
\nunlikely to change before November.   The current amount of American
\nsoldiers killed in Iraq sits at 3945, including 35 sons and daughters
\nof New Mexico.  Nearly 29,000 have been injured.  Whereas McCain and
\nthe Republicans are perfectly fine with staying in Iraq for an
\nindefinite period of time, Obama has pledged to immediately begin
\nremoving troops from Iraq.\n<\/p>\n

This is a politician who surely wants troops out of Iraq as
\nquickly as possible. He is a politician who initially opposed the war
\nand still opposes the war.  He is someone who I trust<\/b> (not a word commonly applied to politicians) to do as he says and bring our troops home.\n<\/p>\n

Or instead of reading all of that, I could have just gave you
\nthe short answer: He’s the best person for the job.  And that’s why he
\nwill have my vote tomorrow.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’m not sure who “LP” at nmfbihop.com is, but s\/he speaks well about supporting Obama. mjh New Mexico FBIHOP:: Tomorrow, I’m Voting For Barack Obama by: LP Tomorrow in New Mexico, we will join nearly two dozen other states in voting for our choice for the Democratic candidate.  The field has been winnowed down to … Continue reading Me, too<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-election"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2377"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2377\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}