I see where you are coming from on this, and on the surface I would agree with you.
You are correct on this point, he is indeed again making MLK day a FEDERAL GOVERNMENT RECOGNIZED holiday. Now he is not against the state or local government recogizing MLK as a holiday.
Why shouldn't it be a federal holdiay? He changed the Nation not just his state.
That is also correct, because again, that put the federal government in charge of us, instead of us in charge of the federal government. Now if affirmative action was legislated on a state by state basis, he would definately be okay with that.
If you put all of the above statements together what you get is "States Rights". Which we all know is another term for racism.
This issue is a thread in itself, but to say the least, he voted for the Patriot Act, one the most radical series of laws that ultimately serve to strip you of your civil rights and civil liberties, and makes you a slave to the federal government.
I agree that The Patriot Act was horrible, but the reason he voted for the patriot act was because he was lead to believe that the government needed this power to protect its citizens. In this case the P.A. had a specific purpose (to keep Americans safe) and if it was misused then congress could act accordingly.
The Hurricane Katrina fiasco served as a testament to that (and a dry run of what we can expect from the federal government in the future).
How was the government's lack of response to Katrina Obama's fault?
Obama also voted for the war in Iraq and will most likely keep the war continuing
. I have heard NOTHING.
That's (what is in maroon above) all you needed to say. You clearly have not considered Obama's stance on the issues if you missed him railing on Clinton for voting for the war when Obama voted against it. Clearly you missed the debates where Obama hit McCain on this fact as well. Clearly you missed most of Obama's plan for Iraq. It calls for a total withdrawl of troops in 16 months. Infact, here it is: http://www.barackobama.com/issues/iraq/index.php
Oh, I agressively weigh the candidates' stance on the issues to my personal belief system.
No way!
I am just not using factors such as probability of being elected and the school of popular opinion, and how well they can wow and audience, and all that other superficial nonsense.
No one is considering these things. If you check my post above you'll see what I mean.
Good post.
Agreed.