Why did you vote for Obama or not...?

[Lady's Human]

Out of respect for the OP, I shall remove myself from the discussion.

[K9soul]

Carole, I hope if it continues to spiral out of hand it will be locked rather than deleted. A lot of the replies were very informative and respectful.

[carole]

And you are entitled to your opinion 100 per cent.

Now back to the original topic, did Obama promise you things that really appealed to you? is he going to take the troops home? are their tax cuts ahead? just what has he promised to deliver the American people, that is what i would like to know? thanks.

Hey i am certain we can continue on with this discussion, i hope so , as i am learning a lot,never too old to learn.

[Edwina's Secretary]

Carole - I don't put much stock in promises. From any politician. Things change, unexpected things happen (such as 9/11). My vote was based on leadership, philosophy, values.

The president of the US cannot change the constitution, outlaw abortion or the death penalty, cannot raise taxes.

Much of his (or some day her ) power comes from the ability to lead, to influence, to inspire.

[carole]

Thank you.

[lizbud]

Sorry Pam. Nor was the topic abortion. I thought the topic was why did you or did you not vote for Obama.

You then turned the discussion to partial birth abortion.

And turned what had been a pleasant thread into another diatribe for anti-abortionist.

Are you (and LH) the only ones allowed to expand the subject?

That's the way I've been reading this too. This thread has long ago
widened to off topic comments.

Any hoo, speaking of American Politics, what the heck is going on in Missouri?
They still having finished vote counting in that state.

[momoffuzzyfaces]

One thing for sure, he'd really have to work hard at it to get us in a bigger mess than we are in right now!

[momoffuzzyfaces]

Any hoo, speaking of American Politics, what the heck is going on in Missouri?
They still having finished vote counting in that state.

I wonder if they bought Florida's old voting machines?

[Karen]

I wonder if they bought Florida's old voting machines?

Or they are paying someone by the hour to do the counting ... and in this economy, they've decide to stretch it out as long as plausible!

[Bonny]

We had a special voting machine brought in at the cost of $54,000.00 for blind people to use. No one used it! Talk about tax payers money being wasted?

I had a hard time picking the right person. My state was first to pick Obama. I saw him up close at the Iowa State Fair with body guards close at hand protecting him & tv cameras all over the place when we were eating our dinner at the pork producers tent. I don't know how he & his family could enjoy a meal with all the hype.

I was called a racist & predjudce when I mentioned I was not ready for a black president when I got mixed in with a group of liberals on here on another thread. I felt Obama was playing the race card. I wish him the best as president & hope he can fulfill his promises just as I had hoped my pick McCain/& my dear Sara Palin would of been obligated to do also. I did vote a split ticket though. I am an independent voter & weigh the issues, look at religion & morals & try to be fair even when life isn't.

[blue]

Because of Obama's voting records in the State and Federal senates and who he has choosen to associate with over the years I couldnt vote for him.

McCain may be socially conservative but he is fiscaly liberal so I couldnt vote for him either.

Both of them were long winded on ideas but very little on how they would implement those ideas.

I was pretty hopefull when Palin joined the Republican ticket but the McCain campaign kept her on the backburner, away from the press and controlled what she would say and that hurt McCain alot.

[Marigold2]

One thing that he doing right away is lifting the ban on stem cell research. There is so much good that will come of this.
I don't believe that most people realize that unwanted bits and pieces of humans, from a hospital or clinic are simply put in an oven and burned. After all it's not like the garbage man picks up things from a woman's clinic, these items are burned not thrown in a local dump. It's not a pretty thought I grant you, but facts are facts, so with these items going into the incinerator anyway lets do some testing on them and see if finding a cure for Parkinson, or diabetes, or nerve-regeneration is possible. This way the tissue isn't wasted and some good can come out of it.

[blue]

Adult stem cell research has never been banned. Adult stem cell research has never needed public funding. Now ask yourself why.

[Puckstop31]

One thing for sure, he'd really have to work hard at it to get us in a bigger mess than we are in right now!

How spolied and naive we have become....

[Karen]

Adult stem cell research has never been banned. Adult stem cell research has never needed public funding. Now ask yourself why.

Adult stem cell research gets plenty of public funding, as do most areas of medical research.