I live in Washington State and can tell you some horror stories about voter fraud in WA caucuses. Unfortunately I don’t think Dems here were really prepared (or maybe it was planned that way) for the pushing/shoving, disappearing Hillary literature, lying about voting ages, or people being allowed to vote in precincts other than their own. It was a very negative experience for many Clinton supporters. These tactics were by Obama supporters, not the other way around.
Before this, I did my homework on both candidates before deciding. This election is just too damned important to be uninformed and ignorant about candidates and the issues. I decided to support Clinton because she is just so detailed and articulate in her proposals – like she has really thought through the pros and cons (health care, environment, economy, Iraq). She understands the problems and has the Washington experience and knowledge of how things get done to accomplish things.
Then I started noticing some troubling things about Obama’s proposals: most of them are nearly identical to Clinton’s. And if you read through them it becomes apparent that Obama has been basically doing a “cut-and-paste” of hers (adding in small differences here and there to make his seem different).
This and some additional facts I learned about his voting record: he didn’t vote to implement the 911 Commission Report, he didn’t vote on a motion to rebuke Attorney General Alberto Gonzales for lying about state attorneys firings, and he has voted against TWO measures introduced that would have set timetables for withdrawal of troops from Iraq.
He also voted in favor of the 2005 Energy Bill that gave oil and gas companies $15 billion in tax breaks (that were supposed to be used for investment in renewable/alternative energy sources, but weren’t), and he voted in favor of the Class Action Fairness Act – that limits employees’ ability to file class action lawsuits against corporations like Enron, to get some of their money back.
He really isn’t the “image” his campaign is painting him to be. And it really bothers me that he is SO CLOSE to becoming the Democratic nominee – dangerous for all of us…
A VOTE FOR HILLARY CLINTON IS A VOTE FOR US!
