It is blatantly clear that I support Barack Obama to be the next president of the United States. I consider myself to be extremely liberal with respect to societal issues, but I am moderate when the focus is on economics. I do not vote with any party and consider myself an independent. Since running for President, Barack Obama has generated a huge interest in politics, especially among the younger generation, but why? See below as to why Barack Obama is giving the world hope.
Table of Contents
Corporate Persuasion
Background
State of the Nation
Experience
Miscellaneous
Corporate Persuasion
Americans typically discredit corporate persuasion and consider it unimportant, but contrary to popular belief it is the greatest factor which signals that the barrage of promises are at least slightly legitimate. Parties argue over the most obscure of personality traits, from “flip flopper” to military records, in order to suggest that when the time comes our candidate will defend his/her word and keep us as their top priority. However, the top priority of a campaign, corporation, researcher, club, or presidency is the supporters or those supplying the money.
What is your top priority?
Your kids, whom depend on you and your income. But kids and family set aside, it surely would be your job/career and the basis of your survival, money.
Barack Obama has not accepted money from lobbyists. Meaning he is supported by everyday contributions from Americans who want him to be president. As of now, he has over 1.5 million donors to his campaign. The opposition cites opensecrets.com as a resource to track campaign donations, but the site does not differentiate between individuals and the corporation. As previously indicated on his Hillary Clinton’s website, Obama accepts “money from employees of firms that lobby” and is advised by lobbyists. This is an extreme technicality. First and foremost, the larger part of the American population works for companies which lobby in Washington. Meaning, if you work for Dell, Boeing, Verizon, AT&T, Wal-Mart, Time Warner, McDonald’s, or a couple hundred of other companies, then hold back your support because you are now a special interest group. Secondly, any adviser who was a lobbyist has terminated registration, which is required by the Obama campaign. Then, to top it off, the conservative press criticizes Obama for accepting endorsements from anybody connected to lobbyists, such as governor Jim Hodges. Senator Obama is no Mother Teresa, but he has made an effective effort to keep himself as “transparent” as possible to the public. An ideal any American should stand behind, unless they support the same objectives as the corporations that control the country now.
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