Herb H's List: politics

• We see America the way Barack Obama sees America.
• Our future requires a steady, intelligent and, as former Secretary of State Colin Powell said, a "transformational" leader to guide us into a new era. Obama brings deep intellectual curiosity, equanimity and discipline.
• The time is now and the leader is Barack Obama. The Star endorses Obama for president of the United States.
• This moment in history requires courage to change. Our nation must find a way to restore the confidence that our government is of the people, by the people, for the people — all of our people.

   

  We share Obama's vision of America. And we share his urgency.

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• That endorsement didn’t come easy. Senator McCain had to vote 90 percent of the time with George Bush and Dick Cheney to get it.
• do you think Dick Cheney is delighted to support John McCain because he thinks John McCain’s going to bring change? Do you think John McCain and Dick Cheney have been talking about how to shake things up, and get rid of the lobbyists and the old boys club in Washington?

• America should take a chance and make Barack Obama the next leader of the free world
• The Economist does not have a vote, but if it did, it would cast it for Mr Obama. We do so wholeheartedly: the Democratic candidate has clearly shown that he offers the better chance of restoring America’s self-confidence.
• Mr Obama has produced the more compelling and detailed portrait. He has campaigned with more style, intelligence and discipline than his opponent.
• Mr Obama deserves the presidency.

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• Our choice: Barack Obama for president
• We don't know what happened to that John McCain. In his pandering to the political right on some issues and his impulsive selection of a woefully unprepared governor as his vice presidential candidate, McCain has created doubts about his judgment that did not previously exist, and exposed how his reputation as a maverick can seem more recklessness than courage. In doing so he has frittered away confidence in his ability to deal with a discouraging array of problems that will confront the next president.
• His intellect, his calm, rational approach to difficult issues, his coolness during the heat of debate and his sense of humor and humility offer something millions of Americans have yearned for in national politics – the ability to examine issues thoughtfully, to listen to competing interests and to develop solutions that more closely meet the needs of all.
• In an era that begs for a return to the standards of decency and respect for the rule of law that made America great, Obama offers thoughtful proposals for a rational way to respond to the nation's needs. The Observer enthusiastically endorses Barack Obama for president.

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• "really don’t make a whole lot of sense and sometimes these dollars go to projects that have little or nothing to do with the public good. Things like fruit fly research in Paris, France. I kid you not."
• This just goes to show how out of touch Ms. Palin really is. She has a child with autism yet publicly criticizes the people and funds that go towards bettering the lives of developmentally disabled people - I kid you not.

• Citizens of dozens of foreign countries prefer Barack Obama over John McCain as our next president by a margin of almost 4 to 1,

• we have for decades endorsed Republican candidates for president. That streak ends today.
• In view of such inevitable checks and balances on his ability to govern, and given the challenges before us, we endorse Barack Obama for president.

• To provide that change, The Oregonian strongly urges voters to support Barack Obama.
• Obama has the best chance, and the best abilities, to rebuild an American economy
• Crucially, Barack Obama can recall the United States to its own highest principles and priorities.
• The conservative columnist Charles Krauthammer, of all people, recently concluded that Barack Obama had both a first-class intellect and a first-class temperament. The next president will badly need both.
• McCain's choice, in stunning contrast, has a background of a year and a half as governor of Alaska, and has claimed, with a straight face, that she has national security credentials because from Alaska you can see Russia. Supporting her, McCain has offered the equally jaw-dropping claim that Sarah Palin knows more about energy than anyone else in the United States.
• That audacity, and his ability to make others believe in it, is one of the strongest reasons to make Barack Obama the next president of the United States.

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• Barack Obama's reasoned solutions and thoughtful temperament make him the clear choice over John McCain
• At a time when America clearly needs some changes, Obama is not only proposing better ones but is also better suited to the job of getting them done. The Free Press endorses Democrat BARACK OBAMA for president.
• But his judgment, across the board, is what makes BARACK OBAMA the stronger candidate to be America's 44th president.

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• A simple choice: The nation needs Barack Obama in the White House

• The News & Observer, with pride and hope, in the belief that Obama is exactly what the nation needs at a time when the hills are steep and the winds against us are stiff, enthusiastically endorses him for president. His time has come. And these times have come to him.

• Powell Endorses Obama
• negativity of the McCain campaign was “over the top” and troubled him

• it is without ambivalence that we endorse Sen. Barack Obama for president.
• The choice is made easy in part by Mr. McCain's disappointing campaign, above all his irresponsible selection of a running mate who is not ready to be president. It is made easy in larger part, though, because of our admiration for Mr. Obama and the impressive qualities he has shown during this long race
• Mr. Obama has the potential to become a great president. Given the enormous problems he would confront from his first day in office, and the damage wrought over the past eight years, we would settle for very good.
• Mr. Obama's economic plan contains its share of unaffordable promises, but it pushes more in the direction of fairness and fiscal health.
• Mr. Obama also understands that the most important single counter to inequality, and the best way to maintain American competitiveness, is improved education, another subject of only modest interest to Mr. McCain
• Given the court's current precarious balance, we think Obama appointees could have a positive impact on issues from detention policy and executive power to privacy protections and civil rights.
• But Mr. Obama's temperament is unlike anything we've seen on the national stage in many years. He is deliberate but not indecisive; eloquent but a master of substance and detail; preternaturally confident but eager to hear opposing points of view. He has inspired millions of voters of diverse ages and races, no small thing in our often divided and cynical country. We think he is the right man for a perilous moment.

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• John McCain is dead.

    

  Cut down by a coward.
• For years, the Senator from Arizona was a man of conviction and passion.
• But that man is gone. Poisoned by a dark reflection of himself - a Shadow McCain - born of greed, ambition, and weakness.
• All politicians are guilty of distorting facts. But this McCain - this Shadow McCain - is looking the American people in the eye and telling them outright lies. That alone should disqualify him for the highest office in the land. As should his selection of the least qualified running mate in our nation's history. As should his attempt to stir up racial tension to rescue his sagging poll numbers.

• The John McCain you see before you is weak. Mentally, physically, and morally.

    

  A shadow of his former self.

    

  A liar.

    

  A coward.

    

  A whore.

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• We, people in fields involving technology, are here to make the case for why Barack Obama and Joe Biden are the only team with the vision to leverage the full potential of technology to make a more innovative economy and democratized society.

• The United States has to dig itself out. Barack Obama is the one to lead the way

• THE rage and incipient violence being promoted against Barack Obama by his presidential opponent prompts an urgent question: Do John McCain, Sarah Palin, and the people running their campaign really care so little for their country, its institutions, and the political process that they are willing to sacrifice honesty, fairness, and freedom itself on the altar of their all-consuming desire to win an election?
  
  The answer, unfortunately, appears to be yes.

• while i was putting flags in poo around venice, people stopped, and smiled, and took photos and chatted and overall, became happy. maybe it was the message, or maybe it was the act. but what i found was that as i moved, they moved.  and it felt good. good enough to share.