Mindia, I think you know that my IQ is at least semi-normal, yes? Neither am I a lazy parasite by any means. I have supported myself for years and years, and when the economy went into the tank post-9/11, I didn't sit and bemoan it, I went out and started doing something productive with my time. I am quite happy to earn my own wealth too, thanks.
Yet I am an ardent Obama supporter, despite fitting into neither of your categories, and I am by no means brainwashed.
I like Obama because I think he has the absolute right idea about what needs to be done to fix this country. In the last 8 years under Bush, we have seen a dramatic decline in the Middle Class in this country. Over that 8 year span, the average middle class person has LOST spending power against inflation, compared to the 8 years of Clinton's term, where that value, by the end of his administration, was sitting at over $6000 in improvement over when he took office.
The Bush style of tax plan, which McCain follows, really benefits ONLY the richest people in the country, and serves to further widen the gap between richest and poorest, and further erode the middle class. Did you actually go to the tax calculator link that Gypsiee posted? I bet you anything that you personally will pay LESS taxes under Obama than you would under McCain. In return, people like Warren Buffett and Bill Gates pay more. Gee, I think they can afford it.
Now, I realize part of your dislike of Obama is rooted in the Abortion issue, and that I can understand being a reason you could never support him. I personally am on a similar side to him on the issue, which is a reason why *I* would never vote for McCain, since he is not.
But in other areas, I really think you've gotten a wrong impression on the man. He's a very devout Christian, and actually is a supporter of Bush's Faith-Based initiatives, which I personally oppose, for example. There has never been any hint of unfaithfulness when it comes to his wife and family, unlike McCain, who has been proven to have had multiple affairs, including demanding his first wife divorce him so he could marry his latest fling, while that wife was in intensive care in the hospital! How can you accept that, when I know how much Clinton's infidelity pissed you off? He never apologized either for sleeping around either, you know.
I urge you, most strongly, to read the entries on Snopes and Factcheck.org about Obama, so you can perhaps correct some of your knowledge about those misconceptions and lies that have been floating around about him. I think if you seriously do that research, you'll find that he's very little like what you have been claiming him to be. I don't expect you to vote for him, certainly, given your disagreement on the abortion question, but please, as a favor to me at least, DO the research.
Oh, and remember, I was right 4 years ago about how bad Bush would be for this country, and you disagreed with me most vociferously. I think history has proven that I was right then. Could you possibly allow for the fact that I might well be right here again?
-Arlos
