Three legitimate criticisms of Obama? Sure. Heck, I'll give you four.
- His platform includes an explicit rejection of gay marriage. I do not condone pandering to bigots for votes.
- He made a dishonest claim in the primaries about renegotiating NAFTA to gain votes (and got caught at it). I do not condone lying.
- Obama ducked the question about $932 million in earmarks during the debates. This is because, whether that was the exact number of not, he certainly
participated in this practice. He will almost certainly do nothing about it, either, despite it being a primary cause of waste, corruption and mismanagement in
the American government. I do not condone corruption.
- Obama has not provided anything even resembling a coherent economic plan, particularly his health care plan - with the American economy in shambles and the
debt at unprecedented levels, a straight answer on how he plans to afford things would be appreciated. I do not condone election promises that aren't
grounded in a reasonable projection of reality, and there's no proof his are.
Once again, you are simply flat-out wrong to say the media has ignored negative things about Obama ("bitter", anybody?) or crucified his opponent.
Frankly, if they'd been trying to crucify John McCain, his campaign would be dead in the water by now. Don't blame the media for your candidate's
woes in the polls. John McCain is losing because he's a Republican and the public is sick of Republicans, because he has no credibility with the public on
economic matters, and because his campaign could be generously described as "uninspired" and less generously as "wacky"; meanwhile his
opponent is a Democrat, younger, fresher, a brilliant speaker and has avoided too many gaffes either personally or in his campaign. You don't need a
conspiracy beyond that.
- His platform includes an explicit rejection of gay marriage. I do not condone pandering to bigots for votes.
- He made a dishonest claim in the primaries about renegotiating NAFTA to gain votes (and got caught at it). I do not condone lying.
- Obama ducked the question about $932 million in earmarks during the debates. This is because, whether that was the exact number of not, he certainly
participated in this practice. He will almost certainly do nothing about it, either, despite it being a primary cause of waste, corruption and mismanagement in
the American government. I do not condone corruption.
- Obama has not provided anything even resembling a coherent economic plan, particularly his health care plan - with the American economy in shambles and the
debt at unprecedented levels, a straight answer on how he plans to afford things would be appreciated. I do not condone election promises that aren't
grounded in a reasonable projection of reality, and there's no proof his are.
Once again, you are simply flat-out wrong to say the media has ignored negative things about Obama ("bitter", anybody?) or crucified his opponent.
Frankly, if they'd been trying to crucify John McCain, his campaign would be dead in the water by now. Don't blame the media for your candidate's
woes in the polls. John McCain is losing because he's a Republican and the public is sick of Republicans, because he has no credibility with the public on
economic matters, and because his campaign could be generously described as "uninspired" and less generously as "wacky"; meanwhile his
opponent is a Democrat, younger, fresher, a brilliant speaker and has avoided too many gaffes either personally or in his campaign. You don't need a
conspiracy beyond that.