One Reason I Support Obama…
I’m engaged and passionate about this presidential race. I believe we have an opportunity to elect a president who is an honorable, intelligent person who can do good things for our country.
That’s all well and good but it kind of sounds like pretty rhetoric doesn’t it? Why do I think these things about Obama? Why am I passionate about the potential he shows as a leader? Why have I given money to his campaign? Why do I believe he is a significantly better choice for president than John McCain? These are real and valid questions and I expect to get asked theme frequently both by people who aren’t traditional Democratic voters and people who were ardent and passionate Hillary supporters. My first inclination is to be frustrated with people who say “Since Hillary is not the nominee I’m not sure I’ll be voting for the Democratic ticket.” But that inclination is wrong. If I want to attempt to do some measure of good for this country the best way I can do that is to reach out to such people. I can acknowledge the disappointment they feel at their preferred candidate is not the nominee and I, and other Obama supporters, can share with them reasons why we think Obama will do significantly more good for this country than McCain will.
Soon I’ll post “One Reason I Support Obama: Net Neutrality.” My work, business and personal communication, cultural and intellectual consumption and a million other things rely heavily on the internet so this issue is a very, very important one to me.
I’d like to encourage other Obama supporters to write their own one “One Reason I Support Obama” pieces. Feel free to leave it as a comment, post it to your own blog and leave a link to it in the comments or, if you’d like to guest post let me know and I can post it here.
One more note: If folks genuinely believe that McCain will do a better job than Obama then they should vote with their conscience and their heart. However I think a lot of people will find that Obama is the right candidate for them if they know more about him and his positions. That’s why I think it’s really important to share our reasons for supporting him. I don’t ask people to participate in memes (and don’t really consider this a meme but whatever) but if you’re an Obama supporter I’m asking you to do this.
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