I think it is fair to say that my policy ideas have been attacked here as being "republican" and that I'm really posting on the wrong site.
Yet ever since Obama defeated Hillary, he has been saying and doing things that I would agree with rather than the masses here.
When I offer proof from the news or using arguments people dismiss it one way or another. So I decided for the first time to actually go to Obama's website and prove, Obama is either closer to me a "newliberal" who tries to do what's right on each issue than the leftwingers on these sites that love him so much.
Here's proof from barrackobama.com, Of course I'm choosing what benefits my point of view. There is a lot there that is typical leftwing dem. But the point is, the people there and obama himself believe it is more important to at least appear more like me than "you" at mydd. that is a good thing. My hope is that we can keep the energy here at mydd and turn it towards making America better rather than what I think is a destructive agenda.
Imagine if I wrote all of the following in a diary at mydd:
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http://www.barackobama.com/issues/econom y/
"I believe that America's free market has been the engine of America's great progress. It's created a prosperity that is the envy of the world. It's led to a standard of living unmatched in history. And it has provided great rewards to the innovators and risk-takers who have made America a beacon for science, and technology, and discovery...We are all in this together. From CEOs to shareholders, from financiers to factory workers, we all have a stake in each other's success because the more Americans prosper, the more America prospers."
2.
http://www.barackobama.com/issues/family
#families-at-home
Barack Obama has re-introduced the Responsible Fatherhood and Healthy Families Act to remove some of the government penalties on married families, crack down on men avoiding child support payments, ensure that support payments go to families instead of state bureaucracies, fund support services for fathers and their families, and support domestic violence prevention efforts. As president, Obama will sign this bill into law and continue to implement innovative measures to strengthen families.
3.
http://www.barackobama.com/issues/foreig
npolicy#onisrael
On Israel
Ensure a Strong U.S.-Israel Partnership: Barack Obama strongly supports the U.S.-Israel relationship, believes that our first and incontrovertible commitment in the Middle East must be to the security of Israel, America's strongest ally in the Middle East.
Obama supports this closeness, stating that that the United States would never distance itself from Israel.
Support Israel's Right to Self Defense: During the July 2006 Lebanon war, Barack Obama stood up strongly for Israel's right to defend itself from Hezbollah raids and rocket attacks, cosponsoring a Senate resolution against Iran and Syria's involvement in the war, and insisting that Israel should not be pressured into a ceasefire that did not deal with the threat of Hezbollah missiles. He believes strongly in Israel's right to protect its citizens.
Support Foreign Assistance to Israel: Barack Obama has consistently supported foreign assistance to Israel. He defends and supports the annual foreign aid package that involves both military and economic assistance to Israel and has advocated increased foreign aid budgets to ensure that these funding priorities are met. He has called for continuing U.S. cooperation with Israel in the development of missile defense systems.
4. Nothing on LGBT "issues"
Also note:
http://www.barackobama.com/issues/civilr ights/#strengthen-enforcement
nothing on LGBT "issues" on his site that I can find except 3 lines about expanding hate crimes legislation by passing the Matthew Shepard Act. But you would have to know that means including sexual orientation in the "protected groups".
This is so moderate, I agree with it.
5.
http://www.barackobama.com/2006/06/28/ca
ll_to_renewal_keynote_address.php
But what I am suggesting is this - secularists are wrong when they ask believers to leave their religion at the door before entering into the public square. Frederick Douglas, Abraham Lincoln, Williams Jennings Bryant, Dorothy Day, Martin Luther King - indeed, the majority of great reformers in American history - were not only motivated by faith, but repeatedly used religious language to argue for their cause. So to say that men and women should not inject their "personal morality" into public policy debates is a practical absurdity. Our law is by definition a codification of morality, much of it grounded in the Judeo-Christian tradition.
Not every mention of God in public is a breach to the wall of separation - context matters. It is doubtful that children reciting the Pledge of Allegiance feel oppressed or brainwashed as a consequence of muttering the phrase "under God." I didn't. Having voluntary student prayer groups use school property to meet should not be a threat, any more than its use by the High School Republicans should threaten Democrats. And one can envision certain faith-based programs - targeting ex-offenders or substance abusers - that offer a uniquely powerful way of solving problems.
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Before someone asks, the point of the diary is to show that our candidate is a mainstream democrat who is at least presenting himself as closer to my views than the "netroots", and I hope people here stop attacking "trolls" unless they are going to attack our own candidate.
Also, if Obama keeps this up he will win in a LANDSLIDE.
If he runs as the candidate people here at mydd want, he will lose in a squeaker.
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