Why I Chose To Support Barack Obama

[Hope And Change]

Matt Littman


Why I Chose To Support Barack Obama


Posted January 18, 2008 | 05:02 PM (EST)

A couple of weeks ago, my candidate, Joe Biden, ended his Presidential run. I was forced to make the same choice that many of you are making today. Which candidate would I choose come February 5th, primary day for much of the nation?

I chose Barack Obama, and let me tell you why.

I believe in Barack Obama's message and in his ability to get the job done. I believe that we need change and I believe in the kind of change Senator Obama espouses, and the changes are:

1-Changes in policy. For many years, we have either neglected or willfully ignored our biggest problems: more than 40 million Americans without health care, rising health care costs, global warming, the mortgage crisis, an education system that once was the envy of the world and is now falling behind at the same time the world is becoming more competitive and education is becoming more important. Who will best address these issues? I trust Barack Obama.

2-Changes in the way we are perceived in the world. Anyone who has traveled abroad (and many of those who haven't had the chance) know that the rest of the world has an unprecedented level of distrust and anger toward the U.S. They despise our President and they are baffled as to why the American people would re-elect George W. Bush. How do we change the perception of the United States? I believe it is Barack Obama who will help the U.S. regain the world's trust, which will make us a stronger, safer nation.

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[jackson_dem]

1. Obama will best address universal health care?

Did he come up with a new plan yesterday that covers everyone that I missed?

[AndyA]

2. Has Barack given back all that big business money he's accepted?

Because if he hasn't, he's in a compromised position to make real changes that will help the American people. Those big corporations like things the way they are now. They can outsource jobs and save money, go offshore with their operations to avoid paying taxes, their CEOs get huge bonuses, they can divest themselves of their responsibilities to their employees and write off those costs.

To make any meaningful change, big business is going to have to accept a hit to their bottom lines. And I don't think they're going to go for that. They are going to expect favors from Barack for all that money they donated.

Putting Barack or Hillary in the White House is the same as replacing the carpeting and the drapes. It may look different on the surface, but underneath it's business as usual.