I think Joe Perez has most accurately captured why I’m supporting Obama for the Democratic nomination.
But I want to point this part out specifically.
Unfortunately, too many Obama supporters have gotten carried away with their enthusiasm and have built up a puffed up image of the man as a sort of messiah figure…
Obama is not a saint, nor a savior, nor the second coming of JFK and MLK all rolled into one… But nevertheless, he’s my call.
Just because I support Obama does not mean that I’m a mindless idealist falling prey to hype. In fact, one of the reasons that I initially leaned away from him was because many of his supporters unsettled me.
It’s interesting for me to go back and read that post and see how I changed my mind. That’s one of the great things about blogging, keeping a diary, whatever – you can record the history of your thoughts and see how they’ve evolved (or haven’t).
I also do not hero worship Obama (or any other politician). I think he is very qualified for the position and also that he is more electable versus McCain.
I haven’t seen such a big “race card” played since O.J. (or haven’t you noticed that he’s getting 80% of the black vote, but practically none of the white vote). Oh, I can hear it now – “You’re racist if you don’t vote for Obama”. Where I come from, voting for someone based on race, whether it’s black OR WHITE, makes you a racist. I don’t think he’s qualified no matter what color his skin is! He has NO international experience and in today’s world that could get us killed – LITERALLY! He might be the only Democrat candidate that would make me vote Republican.