Saturday, October 18, 2008
Why I Support Barack Obama (#1)
There are quite a few reasons why Barack Obama is going to get my vote on November 4th, and I was reminded of one of them today while I was checking the news online at work. One of the weaknesses people point to when they talk about Obama is his lack of experience in the arena of foreign relations. What is not often mentioned in the same conversation is mentioned in this article that was posted on MSNBC this afternoon - that Obama, at the urging of Senator Dick Lugar, soon after being elected to the Senate sought and gained a seat on the Foreign Relations committee, which at the time was chaired by Lugar. Since then, Lugar and Obama have worked together on reducing global stockpiles of nuclear weapons (as well as conventional weapons) by authoring legislation to coordinate the disposal of said weapons. There are even rumors floating about that Obama, if elected, might tap Lugar for a cabinet post - and that would be refreshing. It would be a welcome change from the way the White House has been run for the last eight years.
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that would be just about the smartest cabinent decision that any president has/will ever made/make, as richard lugar is one of the smartest, honest, and above all decent politicians of all time.
he is so good i almost hesitate to call him a politician and will henceforth refer to him as what he is...a humanitarian.
i believe our current duo of indiana senators(lugar/bayh) are among the best pairings of all time and a true representation of the idealistic checks and balances system that our government was founded on.
now if we could just kick out congressman andre "i can't put a grammatically correct sentence together" carson.
and yes i realize the first sentence of my above entry is grammatically incorrect...it's early
Lugar is smart, well-spoken, and generally hasn't offended anyone in some 30 years. He knows his post, he represents a small fraction of the Congress that is actually good and deserving of their responsibilities. He'll never fit in a Pres. Cabinet.
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