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There has been a lot said about Mr Wrights influences, as a personal aside I grew up in an environment full of bigots and rednecks and managed to turn out to be neither, my extreme influences did not dictate cause in my principles any more than Mr Wrights influenced Mr Obama's.
In fact his actions and principles have shown he can rise above even bad influences, even if you think Mr Wrights rhetoric to be wrong, and Mr Obama's actions in his policies as he has laid them out makes that clear.
Every stance he takes comes from a base set of principles that are change from what we have been doing.
On the war he is not against war, he is against wrongful war, and this stems directly from his base principle that America should not and has not until recently operated on the principle of a Pre-Emptive war stance. A Pre-Emptive war stance is perpetual war, we will always have enemies to attack
On the Economy his base principle is we must be stronger in creation of jobs and allowing more Americans to have more money, this sets his policy on Education IE: We must invest in education to gain its benefit. It sets his policy on trade agreements IE : We must work in a global economy environment but we always have to gain the best hand for our interests. It sets his policy on energy IE : We must remove our dependence on foreign oil, which is two fold impact on the economy through his green policy, in both job creation and conservation.
On America's domestic strength, his base principle is we must invest in America's superstructures such as roadways, electrical grid technologies, water management at the same time balancing environmental impacts.
On America's foreign strength, his base principle is we must rebuild America's leadership role in the world, through more diplomacy rather than overt force.
On America as a government, his base principle is that government is a tool of prosperity and assistance, not entitlement and encroachment. In general the greater common good is the mechanism that it should fulfill at all times. Helping those who can't help themselves and enabling success and growth to those who can.
On American's rights, the base principle is all people are created equally no matter what your creed nor ethnicity or sexual identity or religious background or any other individual identifier, His principle on that is clear, protect ones rights as you would protect your own.
On listening to America, his principle is he doesn't know everything and has to listen to the people to stay in touch, many politicians believe in a form of selective fascism, that they know what is best for the American people if they would just stop talking and do as they are told. Mr Obama's position is that The American people know what they need and it is his job to serve them not the other way around.
You may notice many of these base principles sound very familiar, it is because they are all the very make up, in most cases the exact wording of the constitution and that is the most overwhelming directive to Mr Obama, not just as a document, but as a living breathing agreement that makes us all Americans , the "We the people" that history has bound us together through what the founding fatherrs brought to fruition and has survived through to today.
Is he the only person that could be our president, no, but he is the only candidate that is running that believes at his core that the presidents lot in life is to serve the American peoples directives and not the other way around and understands that that service and the framing of all decisions is the constitution, a document he is not only educated on, but has fought for and educated others on.
Despite rather than because of bad influences, such as Mr Wright, Mr Obama has heeded the call to make a difference.
That and many other reasons are why I support him and I would encourage you to look into more extensively for yourself.
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