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Originally Posted by MysticCat
That may be the case with some people. But your dentist is either really ignorant or has been sniffing something in his office if he really thinks that the only reason people are picking Obama is because he's "the popular guy" or because "Oprah told them to." 
Some people are going with Obama because they sincerely believe, after {gasp} thinking about it, that he is the better choice. Some people, believe it or not, don't trust McCain any more than you trust Obama. Some people think that picking Sarah Palin to be a heartbeat away from the presidency demonstrated that McCain's judgment is sorely lacking. Some people disagree with McCain's approach to foreign policy in general and the Iraq War in particular. People support Obama and McCain for all kinds of reasons -- in both cases, some good, some bad.
And I've got to tell you -- I've had more than one conversation with Republicans who voted for Bush both times and who are not only supporting Obama but very turned off by McCain. And to a person, the economy is the reason. |
It definitely works both ways - one of the things that has really turned me off to this election cycle is people, on both sides of the aisle, acting like there is only one reasonable pick for President. Again, as I've said before, I can understand being completely supportive of a candidate, falling for a candidate, so to speak, to the point where you don't see as many of their flaws.
But, I can't understand the mindset that there's only one reasonable pick, or that you have to be crazy, starstruck, or otherwise flawed to pick one candidate over another. I may not agree with people who support Obama, and I may have my own feelings about whether or not he is the best person to run the country, but I certainly understand why someone would want to vote for him. I would hope that others would give me the same respect about my decision to vote McCain, or that others would respect those who have chosen to vote Obama, but that "mutual partisan respect," so to speak, has been missing this election cycle.