For many people Obama is not a "lesser evil." For the privileged, he can be.

[joshcryer]

106. The lesser of two evils is a perfectly legitimate choice.

That is fine. There is simply nothing wrong with it as a choice. It is a choice I advise people who have issues with Obama's foreign and domestic policy to seek.

The "many" and "can be" in the subject line does not make them mutually exclusive. "Some" "can be" exceptions. A lot of people are disagreeing on the OP either on exceptions or because it's impossible for them to see that people could be for Obama'd domestic policies and not see him as a lesser evil (I know for a fact some respondents are not hurting currently and indeed that the disintegration of Democratic social policies would not affect them one iota).

Indeed, the OP is a direct response to Madhounds own isolation of Obama's foreign and domestic policy (in some areas ignoring political realities, but that is another point; a point by point rebuttal of his post was unnecessary). It's intended to show reasons people would vote for Obama as he showed "reasons" that people didn't have to vote for Obama.

I find it telling that most people chose to pick out only the part of the OP that focused on the social safety net. Probably because there still exist a stigma over the social safety net. And probably because those people don't know what it's like to be at the bottom and have to rely on the social safety net. For those there it doesn't make them stupid or unsophisticated. Somehow, it does, because as another poster explained to me, only people who "aren't aware" wouldn't view Obama as a lesser evil. It would be impossible!

Of course, I've seen direct exceptions here on DU. Some DUers are actually supportive of the drone strikes, for instance (OK, one that I've come across). Does that make them stupid or unaware? I actually had them give a substantial reply about why they were for them (about 10,000x less murderous than Bush). I'm still against them but I think that poster was at least making a case that an intelligent person could appreciate as opposed to their being "stupid" or "unsophisticated."