{"id":4320,"date":"2008-04-15T00:02:37","date_gmt":"2008-04-15T07:22:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amptoons.com\/blog\/archives\/2008\/04\/15\/im-voting-for-obama-these-are-not-my-reasons-why\/"},"modified":"2008-04-15T00:02:37","modified_gmt":"2008-04-15T07:22:25","slug":"im-voting-for-obama-these-are-not-my-reasons-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=4320","title":{"rendered":"I'm Voting For Obama. These Are Not My Reasons Why."},"content":{"rendered":"

Tomorrow I will begin posting my arguments for voting for Barack Obama.<\/p>\n

But first, some arguments I will not <\/em>use. Because they’re sucky.<\/p>\n

Top Ten Bad Pro-Obama Arguments<\/strong><\/p>\n

1) Clinton is just plain selfish for not dropping out of the race! It shows she has bad character.<\/p>\n

2) Racism has benefited Clinton this election, totally unlike sexism benefiting Obama, which has never happened and if it ever did happen didn’t matter.<\/p>\n

3) Clinton is eeeevviiiil.<\/p>\n

4) Obama will run center but govern left.<\/p>\n

5) Obama is the next JFK!<\/p>\n

6) Obama is the messiah. Worship him, foolish mortals, or your very soul is lost.<\/p>\n

7) Hilary is only where she is because of her husband.<\/p>\n

8) Hillary is a horrible role model because she stayed with Bill after Monicagate.<\/p>\n

9) Hilary has shrill laughter. She reminds me of my hectoring mother. She’s a woman, and woman things disturb me.<\/p>\n

10) The math proves Hillary can’t win, so no one should vote for her.<\/p>\n

(UPDATE<\/strong>: Thanks to Jackie in comments for providing an eleventh <\/em>bad argument for Obama:)<\/p>\n

11) “Clinton is playing the victim card, as if sexism, and not 1-8 above, is to blame for the fact that her inevitable nomination turned out not to be so inevitable. Even if she believes it’s true, how does whining and blaming spell empowerment?”<\/p>\n

(How did I miss including that one the first time around?)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

obama_messiah.jpg<\/p>\n

Yes, these are exaggerations of what some Obama supporters have said; but only just.<\/p>\n

And yes, I think that Clinton supporters make some sucky arguments too (including some of the above arguments with the names reversed). But that’s not my focus right now.<\/p>\n

My point is that people on both sides of this debate can and should strive to make the debate less stupid. A lot of my fellow Obama supporters have not managed to do this, unfortunately.<\/p>\n

More tomorrow.<\/p>\n

UPDATE: See also, Kate’s not-the-reasons she voted Clinton<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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