Comments on: Edging into dangerous territory

By: Bobbie Herzog

Bobbie Herzog — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 16:10:59 +0000

Happy you are doing well in your pregnancy. Sorry about your grandad, what a beautiful obit>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
I’ll vote for Obama………

Bobbie

By: Bev

Bev — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 15:53:46 +0000

Very well said. I will hand write Barack Obama in if he does not win the nomination. He is a man whose time has come. He’s not perfect, and that’s a good quality. I believe he is sincere and a strong leader.I am ready to put the country, my country, in his hand.

Thank you for stating it so clearly. He is what American Politics needs. And, the more I learn, the more convinced I am.

–Bev

By: Beth

Beth — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 18:43:19 +0000

Dude, off topic, but did you make that sweater for little man? He sure looks like a big boy, a preschool-ready and whatnot!

By: Beth Leonard

Beth Leonard — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 05:43:54 +0000

I forgot to mention in the last note that it will be the first time in the last 8 years that I’ve voted /for/ a presidential candidate, as opposed to against one. (I voted libertarian/write-in the previous two cycles.)

–Beth

By: Beth Leonard

Beth Leonard — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 05:41:52 +0000

I’ve been strongly considering sending $20 to Obama’s campaign. Being a fiscal conservative, I’d still rather have McCain than Obama in the White House. However, I’d *much* rather have Obama than Hillary Clinton as president. Certainly at least $20 worth. And even if that $20 makes it more likely that a democrat will win than a republican, I’d rather Obama get it.

My fear with donating thus far has been 1) I’m afraid to google for the “official” donation site, just in case I get misdirected to a scam (so if you know the official one, let me know the link) and 2) What kind of mailing lists will I be put on? Is there an opt-out? Given that the primaries are already over in CA, and I’m more likely to vote for McCain in the general, I don’t want to receive any mailings from political orginazations.

This won’t be the first time I’ve ever given to a campaign (I supported Tom Campbell’s run for Senate and his state races) but it would be the first time I’d ever donated to a democrat. I didn’t get any extra mail from Campbell other than a nice thank-you card after the race was over.

–Beth

By: Patri Friedman

Patri Friedman — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 00:34:41 +0000

Until this post, I hadn’t looked at Obama’s positions at all. I’d just bought what my right-wing friends said (that he mouths empty platitudes and doesn’t have much substance). It turns out that they are wrong - his website is full of specific proposals on issues. (Perhaps it’s just his speeches they are referring too?)

However, now that I have looked, I’m not too impressed. His proposals seem to involve lots of spending money and lots of expansions of federal programs. I like all the tax breaks for the lower class (I may be a libertarian, but I support progressive taxation), and I like his positions on fiscal policy, but I am skeptical that he will save enough money to fund all his proposals. Perhaps drastic cuts in war funding would do it? He wants to pull most troops from Iraq, but also increase the size of the army at home and replace all their equipment, which sounds expensive.

Anyway, while I’m sure all the other candidates are just as bad, there’s no way I’m supporting anyone who is so economically ignorant as to claim: “Intellectual property is to the digital age what physical goods were to the industrial age”. Err, no, IP is to the digital age what cool ideas were to the industrial age.

By: Katharine

Katharine — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 22:57:08 +0000

Much more eloquent than I could put it, but yes me too. I attended the Obama rally in Seattle last week and felt more excitement and possibility regarding politics than I have ever expected to. I too put a few pennies where my mouth is and my body (and my family’s bodies) at our state primary.

By: dan4th

dan4th — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 22:43:19 +0000

(Me too. I have never donated to a political campaign before. I hope I never do again. I am revolted by the idea that mere advertising can do so much to determine the outcome of an election.

And yet, I donated money - not much, but any is a huge shift in my outlook - to Barack Obama’s campaign.)

Ooh! Haircut!