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My father had an interesting outlook on voting. What he told me when I was 18 was "@buddawiggi you most likely will never have enough money or power (most folks don't and will not he said) for the Presidential election to make a huge difference in you life.", "vote local, there's where you will have an impact."
So he told me look at things like this;
1) At the beginning of each Presidential election cycle take a honest, accurate, and objective inventory of your life and the state of the world, remember what you see, you will need this info.
2) When trying to decide who to vote for in the next election just remember how your life and the state of the world was 4 or 8 years ago and if it is the same or better, vote for the incumbent or their party in the case of term limits. If you are worse off then vote for the other guy.
So for President Obama to secure my vote at the end of his term(s) he will have had to, in my opinion, noticeably improved the state of the world as it relates to my quality of life and improve, in my opinion, the state of the world overall as it relates to everybody's quality of life.
I do not know if this way of determining who to vote for is similar to yours or anyone elses but it is mine and it has been working for me so far.
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If the Republican party is some kind of crazy level dumb and puts Sarah Palin as their presidential candidate, Obama has my vote if he does nothing for the next 3 years.
If they load up Gary Johnson as the next candidate, then what Obama has done with the tax policy might not be enough to counter what Gary will promise on the campaign trail, but what Obama has done elsewhere would matter - so in this case he'd want to have gotten the troops out of Iraq and be making progress in Afghanistan.
If they put in Mitt Romney, then Obama's progress in the wars wouldn't be an effective defense, because Romney would be very proactive on the military front. Also the charm of Obama would face fierce competition from Mitt Romney. So Obama would have to have shown a good shutdown of the bailouts to all the unworthy companies and CEOs, a platform which Mitt Romney probably couldn't stand behind, being a former CEO.
Mike Huckabee would bring in some strength on the religious voter front, being an ordained minister. But also in that case, there's little that Obama would need to do to get me to vote for him, as I feel religion can cloud issues a president needs to be dealing with.
So in a hypothetical world where a super-candidate could come in and trump Obama in debate, charm, appeal and policy, and all we had to look at were Obama's actions to decide, then I'd want significant progress in Iraq, moderate progress in Afghanistan, moderate progress towards renewable resources, making good on his promise about homosexuals in the military, and success in one or two things he hasn't yet promised, because something's bound to happen in office that noone predicted.
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What will Barack Obama have to accomplish before he seals your vote in the 2012 Elections?
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| November 14, 2009 12:55 AM |
So he told me look at things like this;
1) At the beginning of each Presidential election cycle take a honest, accurate, and objective inventory of your life and the state of the world, remember what you see, you will need this info.
2) When trying to decide who to vote for in the next election just remember how your life and the state of the world was 4 or 8 years ago and if it is the same or better, vote for the incumbent or their party in the case of term limits. If you are worse off then vote for the other guy.
So for President Obama to secure my vote at the end of his term(s) he will have had to, in my opinion, noticeably improved the state of the world as it relates to my quality of life and improve, in my opinion, the state of the world overall as it relates to everybody's quality of life.
I do not know if this way of determining who to vote for is similar to yours or anyone elses but it is mine and it has been working for me so far.
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November 14, 2009 02:35 AM
Did Buddawiggi Sr. sit you on his knee when he told you this, or was it over beers? :P
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November 14, 2009 02:59 AM
We were on a boat having a discussion on politics and the influence of alcohol on boaters while having lunch and coffee.. odd I know
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November 14, 2009 02:45 AM
Basically everything that every President before him failed to do that you voted for. Gotcha.
When compared to previous Presidents I'd vote for him for not making things worse!
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When compared to previous Presidents I'd vote for him for not making things worse!
November 14, 2009 11:05 AM
That would depend on who's running against him. If the Republican party is some kind of crazy level dumb and puts Sarah Palin as their presidential candidate, Obama has my vote if he does nothing for the next 3 years.
If they load up Gary Johnson as the next candidate, then what Obama has done with the tax policy might not be enough to counter what Gary will promise on the campaign trail, but what Obama has done elsewhere would matter - so in this case he'd want to have gotten the troops out of Iraq and be making progress in Afghanistan.
If they put in Mitt Romney, then Obama's progress in the wars wouldn't be an effective defense, because Romney would be very proactive on the military front. Also the charm of Obama would face fierce competition from Mitt Romney. So Obama would have to have shown a good shutdown of the bailouts to all the unworthy companies and CEOs, a platform which Mitt Romney probably couldn't stand behind, being a former CEO.
Mike Huckabee would bring in some strength on the religious voter front, being an ordained minister. But also in that case, there's little that Obama would need to do to get me to vote for him, as I feel religion can cloud issues a president needs to be dealing with.
So in a hypothetical world where a super-candidate could come in and trump Obama in debate, charm, appeal and policy, and all we had to look at were Obama's actions to decide, then I'd want significant progress in Iraq, moderate progress in Afghanistan, moderate progress towards renewable resources, making good on his promise about homosexuals in the military, and success in one or two things he hasn't yet promised, because something's bound to happen in office that noone predicted.
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http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/
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