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WCGreen

(45,558 posts) Wed Jan 18, 2012, 11:59 PM Jan 2012

I'm an Obama supporter because the alternative is not an option.... [View all]

Yea, it is as simple as that.

In a society that is completely over run by "what's in it for me" mentality, what does anyone expect?

How is it possible that any candidate would be completely in tune with all of any persons particular set of issues?

But the truth is you need to get one more vote than the other guy in enough states to cobble together 270 electoral votes.

Last time I looked that means satisfying millions of people with thousands of stands on issues.

So yes, I have voted many times for the lesser of two evils in my life.

But I have never voted for a republican and I am certainly not going to start at this late time in my life.

Especially since my dad's republican party left his slightly conservative mind set back in the 1980's.

So yes, I support president Obama, warts and all.

Beside that, he is the most normal person to sit in the Oval Office since 1980...

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I'm an Obama supporter because the alternative is not an option.... [View all] WCGreen Jan 2012 OP

It's as basic as that, I feel the same way. Kurmudgeon Jan 2012 #1

What a terrible reason to do anything. Fearless Jan 2012 #2

I thinks it a truly American way to view national politics.... WCGreen Jan 2012 #4

Same here. Elwood P Dowd Jan 2012 #8

why do we breathe? Tiggeroshii Jan 2012 #9

We breathe because it removes Fearless Jan 2012 #23

...and we'd cease to live, meaning that breathing is the only option we have. Tiggeroshii Jan 2012 #24

It is impossible to choose not to breathe. Fearless Jan 2012 #25

No. It isn't. Literally. uppityperson Jan 2012 #30

Ahh I was taking breathing in a literal sense. Gotcha. Fearless Jan 2012 #36

I don't understand jsmirman Jan 2012 #26

The lesser of two evils is always a disappointing decision to make IMO. Fearless Jan 2012 #29

It may be disappointing jsmirman Jan 2012 #32

To each their own I suppose. Fearless Jan 2012 #35

Rather insubstantial and irrelevant insights LanternWaste Jan 2012 #37

I don't believe I owe you anything. Fearless Jan 2012 #38

k and r DonCoquixote Jan 2012 #3

I agree. nevergiveup Jan 2012 #5

All the alternatives are options for me, really. I'm fine either way. joshcryer Jan 2012 #6

Bill Clinton wasn't normal??? center rising Jan 2012 #7

He had large appetites and also was craving for feelings of wanting to be loved... WCGreen Jan 2012 #10

No he wasn't compared to Obama. n/t Cleita Jan 2012 #12

Oh, you had better believe it. Cleita Jan 2012 #11

there is no alternative spanone Jan 2012 #13

I feel the same way. roody Jan 2012 #14

I was the treasurer for the Green Party here in Cuyahoga County WCGreen Jan 2012 #16

Agreed. ClassWarrior Jan 2012 #15

The alternative is horrifying! Lugnut Jan 2012 #17

There are two ways to view "warts and all" cthulu2016 Jan 2012 #18

I think he feels as if he is doing the best he can given all the crap that has WCGreen Jan 2012 #19

I think it's telling that CakeGrrl Jan 2012 #21

He wasn't my first choice and I was never caught up in the Obamamania.... WCGreen Jan 2012 #22

I think you can consider his job excellent if you look at it a specific way. joshcryer Jan 2012 #27

he is the most normal person to sit in the Oval Office since 1980... JDPriestly Jan 2012 #20

The four alternatives we saw debating in SC tonight definitely aren't acceptable options. highplainsdem Jan 2012 #28

Fascist if we do, fascist if we don't? (nt) (nr) T S Justly Jan 2012 #31

But ours is a kinder, gentler fascism, truly. SammyWinstonJack Jan 2012 #39

I don't give a damn about the "normal" angle at all. Willy Wonka TheKentuckian Jan 2012 #33

What I meant by that comment was he never let his outsized ego take control of WCGreen Jan 2012 #34

Clinton's actual biggest problem was embracing absurd economic policy. Ironically, the source TheKentuckian Jan 2012 #40

The first OpEd Piece I ever wrote for the Cleveland Plain Dealer was against WCGreen Jan 2012 #41

This is the advantage of purchasing both parties. woo me with science Jan 2012 #42

Well, with BILLIONS of dollars being injected into the system... WCGreen Jan 2012 #43