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The moment you decided to vote Obama

blondieblue227blondieblue227 Va, USA Posts: 4,505
edited November 2008 in A Moving Train
On the first debate Obama promised too many things. BS he can’t fix everything. He’s dumb to even say he could.

When Sarah was picked, before the press really dug their hooks in I decided I didn’t like her. It felt McCain was making an obvious play for Hilary supporters. Sarah seemed like a puppet. It felt obvious to me she’d say anything the Republications told her.
I liked McCain until he picked her but was really turned off when his campaign hit the gutter.

I didn’t like Obama’s lack of foreign experience. It seemed McCain had plenty.

Obama’s site had a corner of his website for people with disabilities. Sarah had a son with Down Syndrome. She seemed not to be an involved mother to her 5 kids. I felt as a new advocate for people with disabilities, thanks to her son, she had no clue what it meant to be a disability advocate. She would be learning, not an experienced advocate.

I liked Obama’s promise to help the middle class.

McCain would help the rich. Republicans will always help the rich first.

Obama didn’t fight dirty. He was always having to correct the Republicans because they made up things about his policies.

McCain’s navy pilot history came out. He looked like a poor leader to me because of his wildness. He would do whatever he pleased like Bush.

Overall, Obama ran a cleaner campaign. That and his open ear for people with disabilities won my vote.

* The reps are just nasty people to me. It would take a miracle to get them back to the days of Regan.
*~Pearl Jam will be blasted from speakers until morale improves~*

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    brain of cbrain of c Posts: 5,213
    he got my vote when he defeated clinton.
    d'oh!!!!!!

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    godpt3godpt3 Posts: 1,020
    brain of c wrote:
    he got my vote when he defeated clinton.

    me too. I'm a registered Republican. In fact, I voted for McCain in the Caucus, because I was afraid Clinton would manage to pull some sleazy trick and grab the nom and I wanted someone who I was sure could beat Hillary in the general election. When Obama ran away with the DNC nomination, it was all over.
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    josevolutionjosevolution Posts: 28,283
    after the 1st debate ..
    jesus greets me looks just like me ....
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    youngsteryoungster Boston Posts: 6,574
    When Clinton was defeated. It was cemented when McCain chose Palin as a running mate.
    He who forgets will be destined to remember.

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    McJuicyMcJuicy Posts: 747
    he had my vote 4 years ago when i watched his inspirational speech at the 2004 democratic national convention
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    drew2420drew2420 Posts: 61
    A couple hours before I went to the polls. I didnt' want to vote blue or red. I ended up deciding though that this election was just as important to the world as it is to the United States. And the world needed to see America at least attempt to make some changes. Let's face it, most of the world would not have reacted kindly if McCain would have won. Not after 8 years of Bush and that republican administration. I ended up voting Obama because he at least represented some fresh air and a chance for change, and the world needed to see that from America.
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    wolfbearwolfbear Posts: 3,965
    cropduster82 wrote:
    When Clinton was defeated. It was cemented when McCain chose Palin as a running mate.
    I'd pretty much say the same, but I was willing to give McCain a chance as I had liked him in the past. However, Palin was the nail in the coffin! :)
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    orig_long redorig_long red Posts: 2,029
    in the voting booth.
    Jam out with your clam out.
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    jimed14jimed14 Posts: 9,488
    McJuicy wrote:
    he had my vote 4 years ago when i watched his inspirational speech at the 2004 democratic national convention

    While this was monumental, still had Kerry's election to go through.

    For me, (as I ssume when it was for you) it was when he declared he was going to run for president.
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    jeffbrjeffbr Seattle Posts: 7,177
    That moment never arrived for me.
    "I'll use the magic word - let's just shut the fuck up, please." EV, 04/13/08
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    jimed14jimed14 Posts: 9,488
    jeffbr wrote:
    That moment never arrived for me.

    no worries, it will some time in 2012. ;)
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    jeffbrjeffbr Seattle Posts: 7,177
    jimed14 wrote:
    no worries, it will some time in 2012. ;)

    :) Honestly, if things are going amazingly well in 2012, and things are headed the way I want (shrinking gov't, limiting spending, no more troops in the Middle East fighting nonsense wars, the Patriot Act repealed, his administration isn't wiretapping our own citizens, etc...) I could certainly be convinced.
    "I'll use the magic word - let's just shut the fuck up, please." EV, 04/13/08
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    floyd1975floyd1975 Posts: 1,350
    I can actually point to the exact moment I decided not to vote for him.
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    TDMize15TDMize15 Posts: 166
    I actually voted for McCain in the primaries... but after seeing more of Obama and seeing him prove himself to be ready and of presidential caliber... and then came Sarah Palin...

    And there was no way in hell I was voting for a ticket with that ignorant ______ (insert favorite slur here).

    So I voted Obama, decided around right after the conventions... and upon seeing the way he has handled himself this last month and the last few days... I'm very confident I made the right choice.
    All the rusted signs, we ignore throughout our lives, choosing the shiny ones instead...

    And he who forgets, will be destined to remember...
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