Here's something I wrote to a friend on MySpace (yes, MySpace).
Here's the conversation (edited so the message order goes downward, not upward.)
Excuse me in advance if I'm ill-informed and seem as if I think I'm on a pedestal. I don't.

----------------- Original Message -----------------
From: Someone I know
Date: Aug 11, 2008 12:18 PM


so then if you could vote who would you vote for?

----------------- Original Message -----------------
From: Me
Date: Aug 11, 2008 11:23 AM


Obama.

----------------- Original Message -----------------
From: Someone I know
Date: Aug 11, 2008 12:27 PM


i knew it. so what do you like about him?

----------------- Original Message -----------------
From: Me
Date: Aug 11, 2008 12:02 PM


He's not a republican.
I like his life story. It's genuine for this generation plus he wasn't born into a political family. He's a man for the people. He has integrity and that's what this country needs. He's not the same old manipulative politician. McCain is.
You?

----------------- Original Message -----------------
From: Someone I know
Date: Aug 11, 2008 8:11 PM


well what do you like about his personality? the fact that he was brought up by rich white grandparents because his black father abandoned him? The part that he went to harvard law school? because he did not grow up in poverty. and if people say he grew up disadvantaged, basically that they are admitting that a person is disadvantaged when they do not have a father. ppl say that single parent families are disadvantaged.

----------------- Original Message -----------------
From: Me
Date: Aug 11, 2008 9:57 PM


i like his integrity in his personality.

----------------- Original Message -----------------
From: Someone I know
Date: Aug 12, 2008 5:40 PM


what integrity? where has he shown us integrity? i don't think we know enough about him to know if he has integrity. there hasn't even been anything to test his integrity.

----------------- Original Message -----------------
From: Me
Date: Aug 13, 2008 7:43 PM
Why are you haranguing me?
I think the guy is the better candidate for the presidential office. Don't know about you, but having a president with a history of political corruption, one who was elected solely through politics and it's inevitability to take advantage of the naive, and having a First-Lady who was addicted to drugs doesn't flow well in my book.
If you look past the simple definition of integrity and look at men who had integrity, you'll find a common theme; all those men had ideas and the confidence to stick with those ideas. I mean, how do you think the idea of religion (particularly the ones that worship a god and have books that are similar to the Bible) got from just some simple fiction story spawned by an inebriated imagination to entire countries basing political fundamentals on those same scriptures? Who do you think led those crusades that made God a house-held name? A man who juggled between the idea that on one hand, it's bad to rape and pillage villages in the name of God, and, on the other hand, everybody needs to know the name of Jehova? No. It was led by a man with the idea that people who weren't Christian needed to be. A man with ... ahem ... what's that word again? ... oh yeah, integrity! While I don't want a leader who wants to imperialistically force-feed ourselves unto other nations, I want a president with integrity. What this nation needs isn't a never ending war. What this country needs, even more than alternative energy execution, is morale and confidence. Al-Qaeda isn't the sole enemy. Apathy is.
What this nation needs is a president like Franklin D Roosevelt or John F Kennedy. Not a president like Richard Nixon or George W Bush.
Obama radiates integrity, but it may just be way beyond you to register that when people are in awe of a man, you shouldn't condescendingly accost those people simply for being in awe, so I don't blame you for being oblivious. Obama's integrity is stemmed from this idea of "change."
This political campaign is his test of integrity.
McCain has had tests of integrity, and he failed them; numerous times might I add. Failed one after being taken as a prisoner of war, failed another after being a part of the Keating Five, and failed again during his campaign when he diminished hope of being a good president due to juggling tactics and consistent contradictions.
You're saying he wasn't disadvantaged because he grew up without a father? Obama is a self-made man, even if you might argue that having grandparents for a source of college income doesn't entitle self-made. He didn't ride into success or to the Senate on the back of a heroic story of being a prisoner of war (for God's sake, it's the third sentence on John McCain's Wikipedia), which, even though it's kind of heart-warming, is completely irrelevant to whether or not a person is capable of making important decisions (at least ones that don't involve whether or not his government should torture foreign alleged terrorists, because he would make that decision with great judgment). Obama grew up, went to College (graduated highest in class by the way, McCain finished fourth to last), went into a small law firm, lost some local elections, won another to get into the US Senate, raised a family, and is running for President. Basically, Obama got successful the good ol' fashioned, apple pie and white picket fence American way. McCain grew up, got into the military (his father being fairly high ranked by the way [just to draw a parallel to your statement about Obama and his rich grandparents]), got captured by Vietnamese (told them American secrets while imprisoned [that failure after being captured I was talking about]), got released, got married, adopted a few children, got a seat in the Senate for Arizona, got convicted as a major player in a fraud case, divorced, married again, and is running for President.
I take my facts, I interpret them, and I make decisions. Something Republicans seem to have a really hard time doing. Maybe they're just drunk all the time ... I mean, the ad's those republicans are running against Obama are pretty hilarious. Those hops must've played a big role in coming up with those jokes.

How was your day?

dude thats hardcore haha

I'm a total hypocrite for haranguing my friend :[
Oh and by the way, I have not read either candidate's Wikipedia page. I did however take a visit to McCain's page out of curiosity to see how far into it I had to read to see the words "prisoner of war" mentioned.

Are McCain supporters paying attention at all, or just focusing on swiftboating obama?

Check out McCains answer around 4:44, i cannot fathom people desiring 4 years of McCain as the "face of America". He's not going to get sharper, he will only deteriorate.



Fox News viewers should watch the whole thing.

In other news theres an anti-obama book coming out, it will debut at #1 on NY Best sellers list. here's MSNBCs take. I like Rachel Maddow.



*Edit: Way to own that kid Rubio. Let people know that there is more to Obama then what they learn on Fox News.

400th post yay me

man...ur amazing lol. Owned that kid so hxc lol

I think that political parties are dumb. Doesn't that ruin the whole point?

i dont think obamas gunna win

At the end of the day you do not want him making important decisions for your country. Yes hes new, and this generation is brainwashed that he is what we need to change the US. But when it comes down to it, you wont beable to rely on Obama to communicate well with other countries or make smart decisions.

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