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Why I’m voting Obama (a somewhat random list)

Posted on October 11, 2008 by

I should begin by saying that I have a good measure of respect for both presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama.  I think they are both much better leaders of our nation than the current president.

That said, I am voting Obama come November 4th.  Here’s a somewhat random list of the reasons why:

  • San Diego Comic-Con International - 2008A Community Organizer: When did this become a bad word? His whole campaign apparatus has been around
    getting people to organize themselves in their own communities, rather
    than building a gigantic top-down marketing campaign.  It isn’t a
    campaign at all as much as a movement. What would that look like in the
    White House?  I’m not entirely sure, but it’s exciting as hell.
  • He Will Talk to "the Enemy":  Obama’s interest in the power of diplomacy, negotiation and "soft power" resonates with my Quaker-ish peace testimony very much. Much of our standing in the world has declined because of our unwillingness to meet with foreign leaders we disagree with.
  • A Global Citizen: Obama will work with the United Nations, not against it.  We have a tremendous resource at the UN to extend our values and standing in the world, which we have mostly squandered during the Bush years.  Obama gets this, McCain doesn’t.
  • Will End the War in Iraq: Obama is committed to getting us out of the morass of the Iraq War in a timely and considered fashion.  Our role there needs to be one of supporting their own civil society and government, giving them the reins to be self-sufficient as a peoples. 
  • Treats Climate Change Seriously:  One in four mammals are threatened with extinction! As a mammal and an earth-dweller, I need a leader who will lead this nation toward a more sustainable future.
  • Inspirational:This is perhaps the least substantive reason for why I’m backing Obama. But I do want a leader that gives me hope about America as a positive force in the world, about Americans uniting as a people around important shared values of tolerance and human dignity and fairness.

I could go on and on.  And in the days running up to the election, I will.  Go, Obama, go!

[CC-licensed image by Robtjak. Original artwork "Obama-man" by Alex Ross.]

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