Positive Comments

[Dr. Shane]

Please feel free to list things you like about the candidates and refrain from saying anything negative.

Obama:

I like his commitment to make changes in health-care coverage.

I like his commitment to fight terrorists in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

I like his commitment to developing alternative fuels and sources of energy.

I like his commitment to expand opportunities for upper education

I like his commitment to his wife and family.

McCain:

I like his record of being bipartisan.

I like his record on protecting the environment.

I like his judicial philosophy of constructionism.

I like his record of supporting free, open, world markets.

I like his military history.

[jasd]

I like the easy, numinous sophistry that the term 'commitment' sometimes connotes.

I like the no-fudge absoluteness of 'record'.

I likey, likey, likey, --Mikey

Ah, c'mon, Shane.

I actually like you, too.

[carolaa]

Obama:

I like his ideas for regaining respect for the U.S. in the world.

I appreciate his willingness to initiate discussions with world leaders that we have alienated.

I like his commitment to the Constitution.

I appreciate his position on abortion and his desire to promote policies that result in fewer abortions.

I like his commitment to treating our returning soldiers better.

I like his commitment, from the beginning, to running a positive campaign.

I like his family as a role model for the country.

I like his commitment to community service.

I like his judgment and level-headedness.

I like that he purposely surrounds himself with people who aren't yes-men.

I like that he is young and healthy.

I like that he is a good speaker.

I like that he has such a diverse background and recognizes the great diversity in our country.

I like that he is a committed Christian.

McCain:

I like his integrity.

I appreciate his long service to country.

I think his wife would be a great first lady.

[Jeannieb43]

Obama:

I like his promise to lower taxes on people earning less than $250,000 a year.

I like his popularity among peoples of other countries. [if New Zealand, for instance, had the right to vote for the U.S. presidency, 95% would vote for Obama. When I asked why, I was told, Because it would be better for the WORLD.]

[olger]

If Obama stood for conservative principals, I would support him.

[Dr. Shane]

I am not sure that is a positive comment, Olger.

I like the fact that Todd Palin has been a small business owner and a union card carrying member.

I like that Sarah is not afraid to take on the oil companies or the good-old-boy establishment.

I like that Barack and Michelle Obama choose to do low-paying community work instead of working at a high-paying law firm.

[olger]

Olger acknowleges his error.

[Dr. Shane]

I really like the fact that Sarah Palin is not afraid to wear a skirt.

[olger]

I like the fact that Todd Palin is an accomplished snowmobile racer. This indicates to me that he is not likely to be an environmentalist.

I also like common sense.

[Jeannieb43]

I really like the fact that Sarah Palin is not afraid to wear a skirt.

--AND Michelle Obama also.