Well - when did he have a vote to give? And which issue are we talking about, here?
My own numero uno is the preservation of my civil liberties, which includes my right to choice. All three of the Dem candidates should be reasonably reliable on that one; hell, even my miserable senior senator - DiFi is a Vichy Democrat, a collaborator if ever I saw one - is reliable for that.
But for healthcare, which runs a very close second for me (I'm 53 and I have multiple sclerosis, and believe me, you don't want to know what the meds for this disease cost without coverage), Edwards was the first one out the gate.
I don't actually hold the war vote against any of the candidates (other than my aforementioned Vichy Democrat, who stood on the senate floor and used her five minutes to tell the world that her constituents could go to hell, SHE had inside knowledge, NEENER), because they were fed false information. I hold their stupidity in believing as a black mark against them, but the fact remains, all of them were fed BS.
The one thing I really, really do NOT like on Edwards' platform is his view on gay marriage. But none of them are good on that, which makes me pine for the candidate I really wanted, Al Gore, even more.
Obama, though? Every red alert button I've got, nonstop ping. And I can't listen to him talk. I want to slap him. He keeps bellowing CHAAAANGE, but yanno, a couple of specifics - just to show this isn't talking points and snake oil - wouldn't hurt.
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Date: 2008-01-30 07:13 am (UTC)My own numero uno is the preservation of my civil liberties, which includes my right to choice. All three of the Dem candidates should be reasonably reliable on that one; hell, even my miserable senior senator - DiFi is a Vichy Democrat, a collaborator if ever I saw one - is reliable for that.
But for healthcare, which runs a very close second for me (I'm 53 and I have multiple sclerosis, and believe me, you don't want to know what the meds for this disease cost without coverage), Edwards was the first one out the gate.
I don't actually hold the war vote against any of the candidates (other than my aforementioned Vichy Democrat, who stood on the senate floor and used her five minutes to tell the world that her constituents could go to hell, SHE had inside knowledge, NEENER), because they were fed false information. I hold their stupidity in believing as a black mark against them, but the fact remains, all of them were fed BS.
The one thing I really, really do NOT like on Edwards' platform is his view on gay marriage. But none of them are good on that, which makes me pine for the candidate I really wanted, Al Gore, even more.
Obama, though? Every red alert button I've got, nonstop ping. And I can't listen to him talk. I want to slap him. He keeps bellowing CHAAAANGE, but yanno, a couple of specifics - just to show this isn't talking points and snake oil - wouldn't hurt.