I Endorse Barack Obama for President

[GaryC 7]

I Endorse Barack Obama for President

Thank you Hillary for doing the right thing and giving us this man as the Democratic Nominee

By Erick Posted in 2008

I take an unusual step today, I realize. A number of my friends, family, and closest associates will no doubt disown me. Rush Limbaugh will probably never mention RedState again. But I have to endorse Barack Obama for President.

I owe Barack Obama an endorsement. The campaign Barack Obama has run this far has earned him my admiration. While I've criticized people like Doug Kmiec for supporting Obama, I have seen the light.

I, Erick-Woods Erickson, do this day endorse Barack Obama for President. He has done all I have asked and now I should do at least one thing he asks and give him my support.

Please do read on . . .

When I beat up Obama for failing to repudiate Rev. Wright, Obama threw him under the bus.

When I punched Obama for telling the Teamsters he'd let them out of federal supervision, he backed down on that through a statement "clarification."

After I questioned Obama's patriotism because of his lack of a flag lapel pin, he put one on.

After harassing Obama for saying Iran was no threat, he willingly changed his mind and decided Iran is, in fact, a serious threat.

When Obama opened his mouth and lied about his family connection to the holocaust, he clarified again. Never mind that he's told several different groups several different variations -- he still attempted to do what I thought he needed to do.

When I bullied Obama over not going to Iraq with John McCain, his campaign decided he might just go.

Heck, I even picked on Barry for his "unilateral meetings with rogue nations" and Barry graciously nuanced his way out of it.

Then there's the other stuff like his fully transparent campaign. He harassed John McCain for being secretive like the Bushies, I punched back, and Obama released just one page on his medical history so we couldn't see that he actually has health problems due to his continued smoking. Likewise, he won't even release his birth certificate to prove he really is an American citizen. I love that he's willing to let this story and the whole "closet Muslim" story fester rather than be transparent like he claims he is. That just helps me out! And it signals that he really is just like the other guys; never mind the marketing.

Oh, and now after I demanded he throw Jim Johnson under the bus, Barry Obama does just that.

I love this guy. Everything I ask him to do, he does. Sure, sometimes I have to bop him on the nose, but just cause he's into S&M doesn't mean he's not my type of guy.

Hell, look at John McCain. People attack him over supporting the surge and he does not cave. Those of us on the right beat him up over believing in that global warming ####### and he will not yield to us. We wanted him to support the Bush tax cuts and he refused. And he does not apologize for it! The nerve of that guy.

Some people call that leadership. I call it stubbornness. Contrast John McCain's stubborn refusal to do as I say when I say with Barry's willingness to cave faster than a Taliban member with an F/A-18 over head.*

I have to endorse Barry Obama. Thus far he's done nothing but signal his willingness to be my gimp. And me likey that!

*Note to the libs: this is a play on the word "cave" not a play on the word "Hussein".

http://www.redstate.com/stories/elections/...a_for_president

[Sheriff Uling 3]

I was about to curse you as swine for switching over to support Sen. Obama...

[GaryC 7]

I was about to curse you as swine for switching over to support Sen. Obama...

I thought the title would get someones attention.

[Amby 490]

this thread sucks. political threads suck.

[Sheriff Uling 3]

this thread sucks. political threads suck.

Like you sucking on that straw in your avatar... Well, not really, there is a hint of sexiness in that picture... So with that comparison... political threads have a hint of sexiness... Yeah Baby Yeah!!!

Edited June 12, 2008 by Sheriff Uling

[SteveLaura 0]

Hmm, so if Barack hadn't had done any of these things, this guy would have seen it as 'leadership'...? Interesting.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Hmm, so if Barack hadn't had done any of these things, this guy would have seen it as 'leadership'...? Interesting.

Seriously.

Yet another puff piece full of cynical, dishonest criticism. And I can't help but think that the author would have found a way to write this regardless of anything that Obama did or said. Once again - this is yet another person who wouldn't vote for Obama in a million years, and merely writes what his audience want to hear.

For all their talk on people giving Obama a free pass, these folks don't seem overly keen to engage on anything substantial. I mean.. why would you when you can make a big deal about lapel pins.

Talk about screwy priorities.

[GaryC 7]

We have learned one thing, if you yell at Obama enough he folds like a cheap suit. Nothing like a liberal with a spine made of spaghetti.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

We have learned one thing, if you yell at Obama enough he folds like a cheap suit. Nothing like a liberal with a spine made of spaghetti.

Surely you have to admit that there are people who wouldn't be satisfied regardless of what Obama did. Lets be fair here. For once.

[tsunamihart 0]

Yeah, it was almost as good as McCain on National TV today (in fact the Today Show), espousing that the "people didn't matter" in whether there was a need to have an estimate of a time when we'd be out of Iran....Get a life guys, it's time for a change, this bus has been heading down the same road for too long. Now that we've indebted ourselves so deeply to the Chinese (how high should we jump sir?) and sold out all our jobs to cheaper foreign labor (because we don't bother to level the "tariffs" playing field) will you guys remember to turn out the lights when you're done? I'll have moved because no matter what education I provide for my kids and how many educational opportunities we give them, the "give me the money now" generation & philosophy that I see promulgated in the US doesn't think of seeding or preparing for the future.

If we don't make anything HERE or can't produce a service that the world can't live without (besides wiping the world's culo that is or asking whether they need paper or plastic) then we'll have left several generations at the curb with little signs stating "will work for food".

[no name 1]

We have learned one thing, if you yell at Obama enough he folds like a cheap suit.

Cuz it's an empty suit....

[SaadBell 0]