{"id":2712,"date":"2008-10-08T09:16:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-08T15:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/?p=2712"},"modified":"2008-10-08T09:16:00","modified_gmt":"2008-10-08T15:16:00","slug":"i-suppose-i-support-that-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/08\/i-suppose-i-support-that-one\/","title":{"rendered":"I suppose I support &#8216;that one&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Believe it or not, I&#8217;m really not for a bipartisan system. Everytime I hear the phrase, &#8220;I reach across the aisle&#8221; it really makes me sick. The truth is, the reasons behind saying the system is broken aren&#8217;t the real reasons.<\/p>\n<p>Wouldn&#8217;t it be nice if there was someone who put the legislation in an easy to find place with translations out of the arcane language of &#8216;legal&#8217; into hard facts of what the implications were?<\/p>\n<p>Wouldn&#8217;t you love to see who specifically tacked on the amendment to the bailout bill that said, &#8220;And by the way; all the taxes we used to collect from Puerto Rico for importing rum; lets give it back to their government for the next 2 years.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Wouldn&#8217;t it be wonderful if the only topic the two parties agreed on wasn&#8217;t &#8220;How can we make more laws to prevent a tertiary party from gaining a foothold to keep us in check?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Will Barack Obama help fix these things? Probably not.<\/p>\n<p>Does the party have a plan that might at least start reversing some of the problems that we&#8217;ve fallen into in the past 8 years? Oh yes. <\/p>\n<p>I often hear that a president can&#8217;t claim the economic rise and success that occurs during their term. That Clinton didn&#8217;t help the economy; he inherited the work of Regan and Bush the first. Well, we see what the next president is about to inherit. And let me tell you. I don&#8217;t see the budget snapping back in the next 4 years. I see it beginning to turn.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t like the idea of privatising Social Security and Health after what privatising and deregulation has done to the banking system. I don&#8217;t like the idea of health being reduced to &#8216;which state can offer the least for the least?&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m raising money in the hopes that my small contribution will join other&#8217;s small contributions to help put into the White House the first candidate in pretty much my entire life that I can believe in.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve set a goal for $1000 that I&#8217;ve helped raise. And truthfully, I&#8217;m really only hoping to get $750. Because if I can raise that much for Obama, I&#8217;ll happily put in the other quarter.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m doing okay so far. But I am going to be on this for the next month. Because frankly&#8230; I don&#8217;t like the outlook of a McCain administration.<\/p>\n<p>Please consider supporting Obama&#8217;s campaign with funds as well as your philosophical support. And most assuredly above all else. Vote. Even if your state seems like a done deal&#8230; Vote. <\/p>\n<p>Thank you.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/donate.barackobama.com\/page\/contribute\/pf?outreach_page_id=36865\"><img src=\"http:\/\/my.barackobama.com\/page\/outreach\/graphic\/main\/lordandrei\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-2712\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/08\/i-suppose-i-support-that-one\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-2712\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/08\/i-suppose-i-support-that-one\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-pinterest-2712\" class=\"share-pinterest sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/08\/i-suppose-i-support-that-one\/?share=pinterest\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Pinterest\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-tumblr\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-tumblr sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/08\/i-suppose-i-support-that-one\/?share=tumblr\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Tumblr\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Believe it or not, I&#8217;m really not for a bipartisan system. 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