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Reason #46 to VOTE FOR Obama/Biden


Because Obama knows when and who to ask for help.

Now, I haven’t always liked the people Obama has chosen to be around him and inform him.  Samantha Power is a good example of someone with whom I’m not sympatico.

But during this past financial week, when it became clear that both candidates needed to bone up and figure out what the specifics of a bailout and a rescue and a change of course needed to look like, there was one person that Obama went to that I consider to be a pre-eminent individual in the world of business: Warren Buffett.  Buffett’s stock with me went up enormously when he handed over his money to Bill Gates.  For philanthropic purposes.  It’s always been my dream to direct philanthropic resources but if it’s not going to be me, Bill Gates will do.

Basically, I am in agreement with David Brooks and E.J. Dionne in this NPR clip from yesterday: neither Obama or John McCain are economic wonks – but then again, with the exception of Bill Clinton, I don’t recall who the last president was who had a facile understanding, on their own, of economics (of course, we did pretty well under Clinton as I remember but I digress – then again, hmm – oh well – too late this go-round). But, as you hear the two commentators discuss, Obama’s strength is in the people he goes to – and I feel strongly about that when it comes to nearly all the issues.

The connections, the retro-nature, the whiteness of these advisors – all things to learn about, consider and possibly take issue with.  But as a general rule, I am 100% more confident in how and who Obama chooses to consult than John McCain.

I will only point to the difference in how and who and why they choose the running mates they did.

On November 4, vote for Obama/Biden.

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By Jill Miller Zimon at 11:36 am September 20th, 2008 in 57ReasonsObamaBiden, Barack Obama, Economy, John McCain, Politics, WH2008 

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4 Responses to “Reason #46 to VOTE FOR Obama/Biden”

  1. 1 votetheday.com on September 20th, 2008 4:25 pm

    Biden is a perfect politician – experienced, intelligent, wise. But that’s it. When Palin came to stage, and “PalinMania” started, Biden became invisible. So rumors claim, that Biden will officially “resign because of health problems”, and Obama will invite Hillary to join his fight against Palin. Because she, and no longer McCain, is Obama’s biggest problem now.
    On the other hand, Obama’s supporters don’t like Hillary, and Obama himself does not like to be “the second”, which is OK for McCain, as Palin now seems like presidential candidate, not McCain himself -http://www.votetheday.com/polls/obama-is-dumping-biden-269

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