Comments on: Why Am I For Obama? http://bjorn.tipling.com/2008/01/25/why-am-i-for-obama/ Personal Blog on Politics and Technology Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:36:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: taylor http://bjorn.tipling.com/2008/01/25/why-am-i-for-obama/#comment-224 taylor Sun, 26 Oct 2008 15:39:26 +0000 http://bjorn.tipling.com/2008/01/25/why-am-i-for-obama/#comment-224 can i chat with you can i chat with you

]]> By: Tony http://bjorn.tipling.com/2008/01/25/why-am-i-for-obama/#comment-95 Tony Sat, 08 Mar 2008 04:53:36 +0000 http://bjorn.tipling.com/2008/01/25/why-am-i-for-obama/#comment-95 The reason I support Obama is because he has the potential of reframing the conversation about the middle east conflict. With Bush, we've been locked in this homeostasis of us-vs-them, perpetuated with foolish talk about islamo-facsism, with each side countering violence with more violence. Obama can break this deadlock. He can help portray america in new light, with a foriegn policy that recognizes our enemies have legitimate reasons for fighting. He's willing to sit down with them to enable a non-violent way to resolve these differences. On the other hand, Clinton's 3AM ad convinced me that her foriegn policy isn't going to be a radical shift from that of Bush. Shes just pushing the same old politics of fear. The reason I support Obama is because he has the potential of reframing the conversation about the middle east conflict. With Bush, we’ve been locked in this homeostasis of us-vs-them, perpetuated with foolish talk about islamo-facsism, with each side countering violence with more violence. Obama can break this deadlock. He can help portray america in new light, with a foriegn policy that recognizes our enemies have legitimate reasons for fighting. He’s willing to sit down with them to enable a non-violent way to resolve these differences.

On the other hand, Clinton’s 3AM ad convinced me that her foriegn policy isn’t going to be a radical shift from that of Bush. Shes just pushing the same old politics of fear.

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