[kj] Congrats Obama

[Brendan]

Do you think there's any chance that with him it's not just rhetoric? You
lot (and the wider world) deserve someone in office who isn't stupid, full
of shit and fucking nuts. I'd prefer to see him get in rather than Clinton
or McCain, they both seem to enjoy the Wardance a bit much.


> "Brendan" wrote:

>

>

>> Apparently he's won the democratic nomination.

>>

>> http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/2/story.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10514247

>>

>> Don't know enough about him but from the little I do he seems the lesser

>> of, well several evils.

>

> IMO, all three (well, now two) major candidates (Clinton, Obama and

> McCain)

> are equally terrible choices, each with plenty of negatives and few

> positives.  In Obama's case, he's basically a snake oil salesman peddling

> "change" to plenty of po-faced wide eyed people but he really has little

> substance behind his rhetoric.

>

> Clinton really reeks of self-centered opportunism and heavy-handed

> government reactionary liberalism while McCain is basically a somewhat

> smarter, slightly more centered version of Bush which is gonna be a tough

> pill to swallow for another 4 - 8 years considering where the current

> administration has gotten us.

>

> It'll come down to who picks whom for their VP running mate.  I'd honestly

> be shocked if Obama goes with Clinton after all the mud slinging the past

> year.  At this point, she's more of a liability than an asset as far as a

> running mate.  Obama really just wants her vocal support (translation: her

> significant voter base).

>

> T.B.

>

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