Picture of the Day - 2
Not intended as an endorsement, but they do seem to be a genuinely happy family. Of all the majors, I think I'd most like to have the Obama's as my neighbors.
(Senator Barack Obama and and his wife Michelle skip with their daughters Sasha (R) and Malia as they are introduced at a Labor Day campaign rally in Manchester, New Hampshire September 3, 2007. (REUTERS / Neal Hamberg))
posted by mikevotes at
9:07 AM
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If these guys are actors, they're topnotch. It would be hard to fake the ease and friendliness I'm seeing here. I'd far rather have to look at this bunch in future news photos than the stiff cutouts we have currently.
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r8r, at 9:21 AM
Wouldn't it be nice to have a family in the white house.... Kind of makes them seem... American.
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-epm, at 9:27 AM
I don't think it's a front.
I'm sure we're not privy to the arguments and the children's footstomping, but the happy moments do seem genuine to me.
You know, they always ask the question, "which candidate would you like to have a beer with," but I think that's a very limited, very male (of a certain group)interpretation of likability.
I really can't say I'd like to have a beer with Obama, but I'd love to go to his family's cookout. and I'll bet the dinner parties are fantastic.
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mikevotes, at 11:00 AM
"I really can't say I'd like to have a beer with Obama, but I'd love to go to his family's cookout. and I'll bet the dinner parties are fantastic."
Before I even read this line in your comment, this is what was on my mind.
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-epm, at 12:57 PM
the more (natural) photos of him with his family the more I know I want to vote for him.
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Anonymous, at 8:13 PM
I know I'm a minority on the left, but I dislike Obama w/ an intensity that defies belief. Quickly, here are three reasons why:
1. He spent all of 2005 lecturing Dems about how they need to be "religious". Even did it on FOX. For a time he was outliebermaning Holy Joe Lieberman.
2. He spends an awful lot of time telling other Dems what they should do about the war but never does anything himself (like say, write a bill...)
3. He's anti-labor and delights in telling labor constituencies just how he's going to fuck them when he gets power. Did it to the UAW, did it to the NEA and AFT.
He's running a pretty shitty campaign, so I guess I really don't have to worry about him as the nominee. Fineman says in Newsweek that Obama seems to think the fact that he's in the race ought to be enough to inspire people to vote for him. But all he ever does is talk in long-winded generalities. He couldn't even get a question out to Petraeus at the hearing last week because he was talking too much. And has Obama accomplished anything in the Senate since he got there 2 and a 1/2 years ago? Written or co-written one important bill? Seriously, I can't think of anything important he's done other than garner Oprah's support.
So yeah, he has a nice family. But that doesn't necessarily make him presidential timber.
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Reality-Based Educator, at 8:32 PM
RBE - so who gets your vote?(accepting his "faults" as a prerequisite for your vote).
His grasp on reality and obvious common sense leaves everyone but Edwards in an abyss. I accept his bent for "hot air" but he has a def asset in vision. Much more than Clinton. He has the one thing no one else has - a black man as president. It is past time for an actual candidate who is qualified and not blantantly in the pockets of the corporatocracy. Maybe as a 44 year old I can honestly believe it will happen in my lifetime. Something my grandfather said would never happen.
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Anonymous, at 8:46 PM
Anon, I have the same reaction. There seems to be real love within the family. Perhaps because he hasn't been a politician all that long.
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Reality, His campaign is fuelled by a certain belief, and frankly, I want to believe.
But yeah, it's not going to be an issue because he seems to have plateaued and been successfully pigeonholed by the Clinton campaign.
You have to figure the Clinton's aren't going to make any massive mistakes, so either, it has to become a two horse race where he's "not Clinton" or he has to draw alot of voters he isn';t right now.
(And, frankly, I haven't really decided yet. I see all the majors with flaws, but in the end it doesn't matter too much. In the end, I think this is a Democratic election and I'm voting D this time around no matter who it is.)
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Anon, they all have their drawbacks, but all the drawbacks seem to be pretty minor to me. I'm not in any camp, but I really feel I can back any of the majors and feel pretty good about it.
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mikevotes, at 9:07 PM
Doesn't matter to me who the Dems put up there. I'll vote for anyone who's not Republican (or right wing).
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Justin, at 2:53 AM
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