Why I Won't be Voting for President Obama in 2012

I voted for President Obama in 2008. My reasons were a little different than most. Given that and one look at this chart, it should be no surprise that he won't be getting my vote in 2012.

Seriously, if McCain had won do you really think this chart would look a lot different? The withdrawal of US troops from Iraq was widely hailed, but it has been made up for by increasing troops in Afghanistan and using more private military companies (mercenaries) in both Iraq and Afghanistan. Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice...

Blogging for Obama

Barack Obama certainly had an impressive victory yesterday in South Carolina. I am definitely rooting for him over Hillary Clinton. Now I voted for Bill Clinton twice. I turned 18 and in 1992 and so it was the first time I could vote. However, I cannot support Hillary because she voted for the war. Obama correctly says that many Democrats supported the war initially because they were afraid to look weak. Is that really a quality you want in a president? Of course the alternative is that she really agreed with the President or that she was stupid enough to be fooled. Whatever, so soup for Hillary. I don't care who your husband is.

And speaking of her husband, what the heck is going on with their campaign against Obama? Bills saying that Obama winning South Carolina was not a big deal because Jesse Jackson won South Carolina 20 yeas ago is an obviously racist statement. It's saying "any black candidate can win South Carolina." It makes me ashamed that I once voted for Bill Clinton.