Why would you vote for Obama?
I could see that if you're a minority and on welfare, but other than that, i have no idea why you would support someone that is on the extreme left.
Why do you think Obama is on the extreme left? The Democrats are, if anything, a moderate right or middle of the road party and Obama hasn't showed many signs of straying from that.
Conservative rhetoric has gone too far calling everyone left of Pat Buchanan a "socialist" or "extreme left". Just because he doesn't live in your ideological lunchbox, it doesn't make him a Communist. Might it not have occurred to you that you are in fact the one off to the extreme of the spectrum?
The thing is, the conservative far right is characterized by a very self interest focused ideology that not all people, even those with ways and means, adhere to. Not only that, not all people view the world in purely ideological black and white terms. Some people actually believe that both the arguments of the left and right have merit and should be balanced against each other to provide the best outcomes.
These people might believe that the senior citizen across town shouldn't freeze to death just because she can't afford to pay her heating bills and that society has an ethical responsibility to make sure things like this don't happen when it is easily preventable. Not only that, they may understand that one day they too may be senior citizens who lost all their retirement money to an economic meltdown and they may not be able to afford heating for the same reason, so they empathize. At the same time, they don't believe we should have workers collectives or that the government should own the means of production or other "socialist" ideas.
Is this an unreasonable or immoral view that will terrorize your country? Is it an "extreme left" view? Some might note that the inability to feel empathy for the conditions of others is the definition of a psychopath and that you might have anti-social personality disorder which sounds far more dangerous than helping the old lady across town.
There are plenty of the middle and even upper class people who are far more moderate than yourself who like the idea of things like fixing the public education system (where most middle class people send their children), making sure they have benefits at work (like paid holidays) and making sure little old ladies don't die during cold snaps. They don't have to be minorities or on welfare, they just believe this is a better system.
1. I am strongly against redistribution of wealth.There are too many lazy people milking our system in America. I have been to poor countries. I KNOW what poor is.
Obama has lived in Indonesia for a reasonable period of his life. Living in Jakarta I'm sure Obama got a very good perspective on what poor actually is. In fact, he probably knows a fair bit better than you.
There are plenty of ways to redistribute wealth that don't involve writing checks for people who don't work. Having a higher minimum wage for example; most of the first world has a higher minimum wage vs living expenses than the USA does by far. Some of them also have economies which have outperformed the US economy on average over the last 15 years and have stronger welfare systems and better government services. It's funny, they don't complain about having trouble becoming wealthy (they don't) or about their lack of individual freedoms.
For that matter, I've been to some very poor countries that have better healthcare outcomes and free/universal healthcare for citizens, as well as other public services not available in the USA. The people who take advantages of these services are not lazy, the services are available to everyone.
2. I am strongly against Affirmative Action---this is racist.
I like how you just say things without supporting them. Affirmative action isn't necessarily effective, but calling it "racist" is like saying it's penalising white people when it isn't at all. Black people are penalized all the time for being black by white people who are afraid of them or don't trust them. Now affirmative action may not be effective, but what would you suggest would level this imbalance (Careful now, you might find that there aren't any suggestions on the talk back radio show you paroted this from)?
Oh, I forgot, that's the racial minority's problem, not yours, you shouldn't have to worry about it!
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3. Obama would hurt the middle class the most and they are the ones who need the most help.
Again with the unsupported points. Why would Obama hurt the middle class? Raising taxes on people earning over 250k a year? Oh wait, that's hardly a middle class salary there. I mean, what exactly is he going to do?
Most people in the middle class have exorbitant health care costs, many send their kids to government schools and then on to college. If Obama were to say focus on reducing the cost of healthcare and education through government initiatives, I'm sure the middle class would be massively outraged
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4. I can wipe my own bottom thanks. I don't need the government to tell me how to or when to wipe. Would you rather have someone give you fish or give you a rod and bait and teach your how to fish? Which is better for America in the long run?
Well, I doubt Obama will be offering to wipe your ass for you. Your implication that Obama is going to institute a massive nanny state where you're not allowed to do anything isn't really founded on anything you've actually heard Obama say is it? It sounds like more punditry from the radio.
Living in a country with well implemented national healthcare and well regulated banks isn't actually something that curtails your freedom or in fact makes you feel like you're having your ass wiped. It does however mean that if you're in a serious accident or a financial crisis hits the world you don't lose your legs or your savings.
5. I am against censorship--->Fairness Doctrine(same thing as censorship).
How is the right of reply censorship? How is producing extra content, as opposed to less content censorship? If you accuse some group of people on national TV of molesting children, is it censorship for one of that group to be allowed to come on TV to defend themself and show why that might not be true? However, no one stopped you saying they molested children in the first place, you weren't censored. In fact, it's entirely an illogical line of reasoning (which, given that reason is the application of logic, is not reasoning at all).
The other unsupported points you put forward indicate that you are just relaying political commentary you've heard on various sources with a particular ideological slant without being able to put the reasoning or the justification behind it.
To me, these organizations would have a vested interest in being against the fairness doctrine. I mean, it wouldn't stop them making their points, but the idea that someone else might be allowed to question them in front of the viewers? Well, then people like you might think twice about posting their unsupported points on websites like this and we can't have that now, can we
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