I wrote this really quickly in response to my cousin as to what I thought about Biden. It pretty much sums up my feelings:
Hi cuz...it was my favorite choice out of the three finalists that were most talked about. And I think he'll be good for the ticket in terms of our prospects for winning. As far as his vote for the war goes, he had introduced a bill that would've required the administration to exhaust all diplomatic means before attacking which the dipshit republicans and some conservative democrats (like Joe Lieberman and Evan Bayh, one of the other finalists) were against for some reason. And he's a fiery campaigner and should do a good job of bringing attention to what a disaster four more years of McBush would mean--something Obama has not been aggressive enough in doing. Plus, because of his age it's very unlikely that he'll run for president in 8 years, meaning he's just looking at the position as an opportunity to be a partner in the administration and not as a ticket to the presidency.
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Quick Thoughts on Biden
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Watching his speech today was my first impression of Biden, and I like the guy. Don't know much about him, but he seems pretty cool.
PS I sent your 10 (8?) reasons to vote for Obama over McCain to my parents. He seems to think Democrats will raise his taxes and Republicans will cut them. So now you have at least two readers =)
hehe..thanks!
And it just goes to show you how much more effective Republicans have been in selling their garbage. To think that the largest deficit we've ever had has been under this administration and yet Republicans still pretend that they're the party of small government!
A co-worker today tried to convince me that Obama would raise my taxes if I made more than $40,000 (which I don't).
You should do a post on how to respond to people who call Obama's tax plan "socialist redistribution of wealth."
I read a great article by George Lakoff a couple years ago on this issue. Besides the fact that Obama will actually lower the taxes of more middle and low income Americans than will McCain, Lakoff says that even low-to-middle income Americans ideologically feel uncomfortable supporting higher taxes on the super wealthy because of they view it as an unfair redistribution of wealth. I'll find the article (i'm meeting a friend for a movie!) but very summarily it teaches how to frame the values that are involved in progressive taxation policies. It's really a great article, so I don't want to do it injustice by summarizing it right now that I'm in a rush. Also, if you haven't heard of Lakoff he's got a great little book (100 pages long or so) about how to discuss the values that go behind progressive politics. I think he might have a newer version of it out now, but the one from 2004 was called "Don't Think of An Elephant". I'll send you a copy if you give me your address. I've bought three or four for friends, because a random friend bought me one.
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