Reasons to blast GOP:
1.) John McCain (sell-out, sleazy politician)
2.) Patriot Act (errosion of US civil liberties)
3.) Nothing getting done in 8 years
4.) Iraq (should not have begun)
5.) Afganistan (not finished)
6.) Refusing to ban torture
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Reasons to defend Obama:
1.) The attacks most people are making are either ignorant, bigoted or complete mischaracterizations of who he is, what he believes in or what he'd like to get done.
2.) Stump speeches - No, that's not all he has to say...but there are objectives for rallys...and those objectives are not to talk in detail. It's not that there isn't detail....it's that those aren't the environments to talk in detail. That's what town hall meetings and debates are for. Some people's only source of Obama policy is in excerpts of stump speeches.
3.) Muslim roots - They are made more of than necessay. He is not and was never Muslim. He was athiest, then converted to Christiantiy.
4.) Middle name - People are attacking him because of his middle name. How juvenile.
5.) Endorsements - It's not his fault Louis Frarrakhan endorsed him. Nor is it his fault the Ku Klux Klan endorsed him (yes, they did). He did not solicit support from either of those groups...and obviously he rejects their support for multiple reasons. The fact that he has to answer for people who decide that they like him is lame.
6.) There's nothing wronng with encouraging the black community to become stronger. If that's a goal of his home church, what's the problem? It's not like anyone would suggest that the black community couldn't use more unity and encouragement.
7.) His pastor--like your pastor--is his own man. Obama has said many times that he disagrees with his Pastor sometimes...and the Farrakahn issue is one of those times. Worrying about his pastor is a waste of time.
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Lastly..."If John McCain had this much baggage..."
John doesn't? Have YOU checked his resume lately?
Torture flip-flop?
The shady deal that cost tax payers $1.5 billion?
The cheating?
The lack of trust from his own party?
The relationships with lobbyists?
Did you think John McCain is somehow *without* baggage?
All that being said, people will defend Obama because the attacks against him are mostly ignorant. Attacks on his name. Attacks on who his family. If attacks were limited to his inexperience, that's one thing. But most attacks just make people want to defend him.
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