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In reply to the discussion: An open letter to folks like myself who cannot in good conscience vote for Obama [View all]johnlucas
(1,250 posts)I only came back on board for Obama mainly because I knew it would destroy the Republican Party on the national scene if he got his 2nd term.
I am determined to help have the Southern Strategy destroyed once & for all.
We can make excuses for Obama all we want.
But he is THE MAN.
He is THE BOSS.
That's why Presidents meet with world leaders while Congressmen don't.
You can't see 100s of heads & see a leader.
You see 1 person as a leader.
It is in our DNA.
There's always that one bird that leads the flock during flight.
We know how our system is setup & that Presidents don't have ABSOLUTE power.
But they DO have power.
They DO have the power of the bully pulpit.
And they DO have the power of the Veto.
When a bad law is passed by the Congress, the President can shut it down with a Veto.
If it somehow goes around him, at least the people know that the President didn't approve of the measure.
I believe that Obama is the right man for the job based on his background. Where he came from & what we went through.
But I wonder if he's getting lost in the political gamesmanship forgetting about the MORAL imperative of why he wanted to run for office.
When this conflicts I & a lot of other people get disappointed.
It's not that he hasn't gotten everything done yet. We're patient with him on that.
It's that he championed the WRONG things.
NDAA needs to be struck down by the courts. This triangle system we got will check Obama when he does what is wrong.
I went all the way around the world & back again before I decided to look at the macro picture of ridding America of the Regressive Republican Party & its Retarding Conservative Philosophy.
That's how I got back on board with Obama despite himself.
I sat out of the 2010 elections myself because of the Democrats' weakness.
Those 1st 2 years (2009-2010) should have been the change we're expecting to come after 2012.
I also like Michelle & hope that she influences Barack to make the right decisions.
There is no other choice for me this election than Obama.
But I understand those who can't vote for him due to the things he has done.
In his 2nd term, he needs to atone for his wasted opportunities of his 1st term.
Yeah he got a lot done despite Republican obstruction.
But the fact is he can get even more done than THAT.
He is THE ONE. Yeah, he's Neo.
He is on the level of Abraham Lincoln & Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
He HAS the power to transform the entire nation in the time of his Presidency.
He's the game-changer President.
We feel this & we're already seeing this even when he goes halfway & half-assed.
When his views "evolved" (yeah right. he was always gonna do this) about gay marriage, what happened?
The Muppets dropped out of Chick Fil-A in protest of Chick Fil-A's anti-gay stance.
Obama spoke & the culture supported him.
See that power? He can do more to switch people's views with that power.
The Democrats are no longer seen as weak on defense with the takeout of Osama Bin Laden.
He has milquetoast Harry Reid talking big bad & bold about Mitt Romney's taxes & actually going on the ATTACK!
He has the richest (known) man in the world, Warren Buffett, saying that rich people need to be taxed MORE for the good of the country.
Now Richie Rich candidates like Mitt Romney can't pull those same routines without more people reacting negatively.
He's barely tapping in to his power & the country is changing.
He needs to stop holding back & unleash the full force.
I want him to change the Democrats into that strong force for Social & Economic Justice they were since FDR.
I want him to get back to the Second Bill of Rights.
And HE is the ONLY ONE who can do it.
This is Destiny.
So no more half-stepping, Barack.
You do what's right & you win back people like Kelvin Mace.
Give him something to vote FOR instead of AGAINST.
John Lucas