This letter captures the sentiments of a lot of his ex-supporters right now. Well, at least he showed his true colors now rather than betraying us all after he was in office.
Arthur (AmeriNZ)
· 1 year ago
While I appreciate the anger and disappointment, with respect I'd suggest you need a little perspective on this. One vote does NOT make Obama the same as Bush, Cheney, Ashcoft, Rumsfeld or their designated successor, John McCain, and it's absurd to suggest it does.
One of the most important reasons to defeat John McCain is the Supreme Court: McCain said he'd appoint people just like the far right ideologues Roberts and Alito. Chances are the next president will appoint three justices to the court. If McCain gets to appoint Bush-Cheney approved justices, it will tilt the court to the far right for a generation.
That means that Roe v Wade will be overturned. Lawrence v Texas will be overturned. The rights of anyone who's not white, not christian, not male or not heterosexual could be dispensed with. We know for certain that Alito believes there's no Constitutional right to abortion. We know Scalia was scathing in his contempt for the Lawrence ruling. We know McCain believes America is a "christian nation". We know that Roberts and Alito, and probably probably Scalia and Thomas, support the bizarre "unitary executive theory" in which the presidency is held to be an elective dictatorship.
At the moment, the right wing is moaning loudly and threatening to stay home in November. There's NO WAY they'll do that when they have a very real chance to finally overturn Roe v Wade and use judicial activism to get the rest of what they want.
It's all wonderful for the left to puff out its collective chest and proclaim their new-found hatred for Obama, it's grand for them to self-righteously declare they WILL NOT VOTE FOR THAT MAN.
But while the left is sitting out the election, feeling all self-satisfied and congratulating itself on its ideological purity, the right wing will march to the polls to help President McCain turn the country even farther to the right.
I didn't vote for Obama in the primaries, but I'll vote for him in November, despite this vote. The stakes are simply too high for me to do otherwise. I knew all along that I'd never be 100% happy with him as President, but I also know for certain I'd be 100% UNhappy with McCain as president.
Either McCain or Obama WILL be president. There is no way that an independent can win the presidency--the system is completely stacked against them. So, rather than enabling four more years of a Bush-Cheney regime dedicated to putting more extremist ideologue activist judges on the Supreme Court, I'm willing to accept Obama, with all his faults. So I'm voting for Obama regardless.
Jordyn
· 1 year ago
um.. put simply.. i agree with everything, EVERYTHING in Arthur (AmeriNZ)'s comment. Real politics is not about finding angels: so stop looking for them. my 2ยข
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One of the most important reasons to defeat John McCain is the Supreme Court: McCain said he'd appoint people just like the far right ideologues Roberts and Alito. Chances are the next president will appoint three justices to the court. If McCain gets to appoint Bush-Cheney approved justices, it will tilt the court to the far right for a generation.
That means that Roe v Wade will be overturned. Lawrence v Texas will be overturned. The rights of anyone who's not white, not christian, not male or not heterosexual could be dispensed with. We know for certain that Alito believes there's no Constitutional right to abortion. We know Scalia was scathing in his contempt for the Lawrence ruling. We know McCain believes America is a "christian nation". We know that Roberts and Alito, and probably probably Scalia and Thomas, support the bizarre "unitary executive theory" in which the presidency is held to be an elective dictatorship.
At the moment, the right wing is moaning loudly and threatening to stay home in November. There's NO WAY they'll do that when they have a very real chance to finally overturn Roe v Wade and use judicial activism to get the rest of what they want.
It's all wonderful for the left to puff out its collective chest and proclaim their new-found hatred for Obama, it's grand for them to self-righteously declare they WILL NOT VOTE FOR THAT MAN.
But while the left is sitting out the election, feeling all self-satisfied and congratulating itself on its ideological purity, the right wing will march to the polls to help President McCain turn the country even farther to the right.
I didn't vote for Obama in the primaries, but I'll vote for him in November, despite this vote. The stakes are simply too high for me to do otherwise. I knew all along that I'd never be 100% happy with him as President, but I also know for certain I'd be 100% UNhappy with McCain as president.
Either McCain or Obama WILL be president. There is no way that an independent can win the presidency--the system is completely stacked against them. So, rather than enabling four more years of a Bush-Cheney regime dedicated to putting more extremist ideologue activist judges on the Supreme Court, I'm willing to accept Obama, with all his faults. So I'm voting for Obama regardless.