kazadoom said:
Can you please name a single thing this guy has done to deserve to be called great. Can you even name any of his policies? |
It's people like you who are spoonfed by the mass media to believe that Obama doesn't actually have any policies or experience. You probably still believe that Al Gore really said "I invented the internet" during the 2000 election.
As a matter of fact, I investigated the Senate voting record of both Hillary Clinton and Obama (and surprise, Obama's done better in my opinion). I have researched Obama's past speeches extensively.
This page will get you started: http://www.barackobama.com/issues/
oh and surprise, Hillary has one of those pages too: http://hillaryclinton.com/issues/
This page offers a decent 'summary' on Obama's senate record but is not nearly as indepth as what I looked into, but somehow I doubt you'll have the patience to actually read about the entirety of his record and would rather make blanket statements made popular by the massmedia. http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/2/21/164117/783/290/461422
Obama has represented Illinois very well. In the race for the presidential nomination, he has defied conventional politics and built the largest grass roots support movement that we've seen in 50 years. He has INSPIRED people to action that have never felt anything but cynicism for our government, myself included. THAT is what greatness is. Greatness is not merely efficiency in performing rote government function, it is involving people in our democracy and making us feel like we are empowered and we can make a difference in our lives and our government. After 8 years of feeling helpless and feeling like we're on the verge of tyranny, it is a wonderful feeling.
Go research your candidates and make a vote for who represents you. I'm going to vote for greatness.