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Old 11-10-2007
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Re: Thoughts on Obama

I think a lot of people see the future of the Democratic Party when they look at Obama, but from one issue to the next in this campaign, he is for huge wasteful government. I think the current system in the US is broken and that most every candidate is lost on foreign policy, except for Ron Paul.

Obama said he's against the war, but now he can't say whether or not he'll be able to get the troops out by the end of his first term. And he's starting to sound like a candidate who speaks from the results of the polls instead of what he really wants to say. He wasn't a bulldog enough, so now he's coming out and punching at Hillary more. Wherever Obama and Clinton are, they tailor their messages to those crowds, and that's dangerous to me because you lose what it is they actually stand for.

Obama lacks experience. I just don't think he'll know what to do right away if elected, I expect that it would take him awhile to get adjusted precisely when we need a president who will jump in and make big corrections immediately. Obama hasn't said anything about dismantling the Homeland Security Dept or phasing out the Patriot Act, doesn't talk much about the environment, mostly is attacking Hillary now for her stance on Iran.

He's a nice guy and all, but we need to really stop voting for the one we'd most want to have dinner with or hang with or sleep with or whatever. It's about saving America right now and it's a job that I think would overwhelm Obama.
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