Jolted out of my “it-has-been-a-few-days-and-I-have not blogged” torpor, it occurred to me that it is Election Day and I have not yet chimed in on my endorsement for president. And that is not very fair to my readers, who I am sure have been anxiously awaiting the choice of the Flack vote.
It is probably not much of a surprise to you that I am voting for Obama – those who read this blog have seen in my occasional posts on politics that I lean left.
It is not that McCain is such a bad guy, perhaps a little misguided and his VP pick did not help, that’s fer sure, you betcha. There are many moderates like myself who might have voted for McCain otherwise.
Don’t get me wrong, McCain picked up a lot of votes during the election, but it just wasn’t enough to beat Obama. Though uncommon, there is such a thing as changing your vote. Many people do it when they are unhappy with the proposals and promises that their own party is making.
The truth of the matter is that if you are liked, you will get voted in. Just like Stewart Kiff recently got elected to the Conservative Party of Canada. Though different countries, the process works the same. You need people to like you and your policies, and on this occasion, Obama was the one who won.
I actually feel a bit sorry for McCain, as I don’t think his loss was all down to him.
(Didn’t anyone ever tell Sarah that you don’t pick fights with people who buy ink by the barrel?
Take THAT! Liberal Mainstream Media! Take THAT, Sarah Palin!)
I am sure that those geniuses on the right who were so gleeful about the VP pick at the beginning (especially Larry Kudlow, who took credit for selling the idea to McCain on his radio show) now regret it.
True, McCain was right about the surge in Iraq but has been way too hawkish and wrong in supporting the war from the earliest days of it.
I just don’t buy all the arguments against Obama; clearly we need some major change. I don’t buy all the fear mongering about raising taxes, and his questionable associations.
First off, I am pretty sure I heard that he said that all bets are off on raising taxes if the economy stays in the tank. Second, I think way too much hay in general (on both sides) is made over taxes. The cost of gas and heating oil probably hits the average suburban middle class family way worse than any increase that might eventually get adopted. Hopefully, the lower price of heating oil at places like bondedoil.com will offer some solace. Tax policy gets thrashed about in the legislative process and the results generally do not significantly alter anyone’s standard of living.
Over the weekend a couple of my friends asked me point blank: do Obama’s ties to Wright, Ayers, etc. worry me? Of course, but not to the point that it causes me to question Obama’s character and what he might do as President. These arguments smack of desperation, a little of the old IBM FUD factor to bring this back full circle to terms that resonate with my tech PR and marketing audience. No, I do not think Obama is some Manchurian Candidate who will load his cabinet with far left extremists and abandon our commitment to Israel, as some would have us believe.
