Much like the rest of the country, I’ve been talking politics… As one of the few openly conservative people in my office, I usually end up defending President Bush, and in turn John McCain and Sarah Palin.
Just a little bit about my political views to give you perspective.
I truly believe that the government should be involved in my personal life as little as possible. I’m willing to pay a fair amount of taxes to make sure that I’m protected from people that wish to do me harm (be that terrorists or unscrupulous corporations.) I’m willing to pay a little toward the “common good” like scientific research and education. Heck, I’m even willing to donate some spare change to help hurricane victims and those that are devastated by disease or famine.
I only say this to confirm that I’m not some nutcase bastard who wants to hole up in the mountains and screw everyone else. I can see some legitimate uses for government, and thus, I’m willing to pitch in and pay for it if need be. I’m not looking for hand-outs and I truly believe that people would be better off if they would pull themselves up instead of expecting someone to help them.
Anyway, back to the subject of this post… Why I won’t vote for Obama. I’ve been arguing a lot with my co-workers as of late about why I like McCain and Palin. I’ve argued the “experience” issue, I’ve argued the against the “more of the same” argument… But at the end of the day, I still wonder to myself, “Why don’t you like Obama?” He doesn’t really seem like that bad of a guy. He’s definitely not the boogie man, and to be honest, I’m not entirely crazy with McCain either. Heck, I’ve listened to many of Obama’s speeches, and well… He certainly can give a good one.
It wasn’t until I saw a clip of Joe Biden giving a speech saying, “all this stuff about how different Barack Obama is, they just aren’t used to someone who is really smart. They are just not used to someone that is really educated. They just don’t know how to handle it. Because if he’s as smart as Barack is, he mustn’t be from my neighborhood.”
And then it hit me like a ton of bricks why I really don’t like Obama. Now it wasn’t the garbage that Joe Biden was saying, that’s normal stuff in politics… Its the arrogance and sense of intellectual superiority that Obama and frankly most of the Democratic party has.
I’m college educated (in Political Science no less), fairly successful in my career, and I think I have an above average level of intelligence. But every time I hear Obama, and most of the Democratic talking-heads on TV, its like watching a college lecture. Instead of talking TO me, they want to LECTURE me about how wrong I am, and how right they are. It is rarely someone saying, “You have a valid point, but here is why I think my way is better… ” Its always, “If you weren’t such an idiot, you would see it my way and everything would be great!”
I don’t want someone in the Presidency that thinks I’m an idiot. When a question is asked, I don’t want a long-winded response that may or may not actually ANSWER the question. Just answer the damn question. I don’t want to feel like I have to dissect your answer like I’m in a court of law to make sure you aren’t trying to con me into giving you all my money for a couple of magic beans. I don’t like show-offs and really hate people that think they are better than everyone else. You may well be smarter than me, but don’t you dare ACT like you are.
So that is my major beef with Obama. And to look back, its exactly the same thing with the past Democratic nominees. They always had that same sense of intellectual superiority that really angers me to the core.
It is this anger that will prevent me from ever voting for that type of person.
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