By Barry Barker Santa Monica
Editor:
I’m voting for Obama because I believe the government will do a better job of spending the money I earn than I would.
I’m voting for Obama because freedom of speech is fine as long as nobody is offended by it.
I’m voting for Obama because when we pull out of Iraq I trust that the bad guys will stop what they’re doing because they now think we’re good people.
I’m voting for Obama because I believe that people who can’t tell us if it will rain on Friday can tell us that the polar ice caps will melt away in 10 years if I don’t start driving a Prius.
I’m voting for Obama because I’m not concerned about the slaughter of millions of babies so long as we keep all death row inmates alive.
I’m voting for Obama because I believe that business should not be allowed to make profits for themselves. They need to break even and give the rest away to the government for redistribution as they see fit.
51C,I’m voting for Obama because I believe three or four pointy headed elitist liberals need to rewrite the Constitution every few days to suit some fringe kooks who would never get their agendas passed the voters.
I’m voting for Obama because I believe that when the terrorists don’t have to hide from us over there, they’ll come over here, and I don’t want to have any guns in the house to shoot them with.
I’m voting for Obama because I love the fact that I can now marry whatever I want. I’ve decided to marry my horse.
I’m voting for Obama because I believe oil companies’ profits of 4 percent on a gallon of gas are obscene, but the government taxing the same gallon of gas at 15 percent isn’t.
Makes you wonder why anyone would ever vote for John McCain, now doesn’t it?
Barry Barker
Santa Monica
McCain can’t be trusted
Editor:
The L.A. Times says (“Stakes of McCain bet are clearer,” Sept. 2) that “a well known trait of McCain’s (is) that he sometimes makes decisions on emotion instead of careful deliberation.”
If that’s the case, as in the choice of Sarah Palin as his running mate, what are we to expect from McCain in regards to cabinet choices, judgeships, and any number of other important decisions a president of the U.S. makes?
Katherine McTaggart and
Andrew Kay Liberman
Santa Monica
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on September 3, 2008. Read the original PDF.