Why I Voted for Obama

[Mags]

rew up in the 1990s loathing Bill Clinton. He and his wife represented everything that was bad about politics — from the corruption and lies they brought from Arkansas to the immoral and embarrassing behavior in the White House. So when some of my conservative friends and colleagues told me they were voting for Hillary Clinton in today’s Virginia primary, I cringed.

One of the best parts of living in Virginia is the ability to cast a vote in either primary — Republican or Democrat. I’ve often found the Democrat races in Northern Virginia far more interesting. Take the contest between Jim Webb and Harris Miller in June 2006. I cast my vote for Miller, even though he was far to the left of Webb. A race between then-Sen. George Allen and Miller would have been far easier for the Republican. Allen might still be a senator had it played out the way I envisioned.

It’s partly for this reason that I decided to cast my vote for Barack Obama today. Although national polls give Obama a small advantage over John McCain in the general election, I firmly believe that McCain would handily defeat the inexperienced Obama. Secondly, I fear what the Clinton attack machine would do to McCain. Their ferocity would be worse than George W. Bush’s ugly attacks in 2000. Anyone who reads this blog regularly knows how much I dislike negative campaigning, and a Clinton-McCain matchup would be just that.

Because my vote for Obama will likely be ridiculed by many friends on the right, I want to explain exactly why I chose to cross party lines to back the Democrat senator from Illinois
http://robertbluey.com/blog/2008/02/12/why-i-voted-for-obama/

[goldcanyonaz]

1. Another Dem for a day vote for Obama.

[Mags]

5. He a Republican

[goldcanyonaz]

7. Uh huh, and voting for Obama in the primary only to turn around and vote for McCain in the GE.

[sandnsea]

15. whose friends, plural, voted for Hillary

So if you're to believe this, they're all playing this game. And further, it didn't work when they supposedly did it to Webb, he's in the Senate.

[Bicoastal]

2. Yawn..

...I've seen the exact same argument on the other side.

Plus, the people who take the time to vote Republican AND Democratic in an open caucus are political junkies with too much time on their hands.

[The_Casual_Observer]

3. This is one weird post.

[rug]

4. What an odd post.

[Bluebear]

6. And you are recounting this here why?

[Mags]

8. No , the blog is by a republican, did you follow the link??????????

[Bluebear]

9. Yes good thing because I thought it was you recounting your experience

[Mags]

10. Hell No. I am Hillary forever.

[goldcanyonaz]

11. You get a heart!

:hug:

[Mags]

12. You are so kind, I guess I just didn't post that thing in the right way.

I really think republicans are voting for BO so they will get to go against the weakest canidate.

[goldcanyonaz]

13. I also agree. He will look like a deer caught in the headlights during debates with McCain.

[onenote]

14. well if Huckabee ends up winning VA, isn't this guy going to feel like a fool

Every day that Huck shows strength is a day that McCain seems weak. And for what its worth, I know of a few folks (and I nearly was one myself) that crossed over the other way and voted for Huck to mess with McCain.