Why Barack Obama is an Excellent Choice To Be President

A Debate with Randy Inman

Randy Inman is an extremely prolific and popular AC Producer and writer. In addition to his material on AC, he writes for several websites and blogs, all of which are eminently readable. Because of my admiration for Randy's abilities, I was honored to receive a message suggesting that we write a number of articles in conjunction with each other, taking opposing points of view and presenting these views in a quasi-debate, without rancor and with mutual respect. The problem was that neither Randy nor I view most social or political issues as black or white but rather in shades of gray. Then, Randy wrote despairingly about Barack Obama; what follows is the first salvo from me!

Why I Hope to have Senator Obama as our Next President

On other pages, last August I wrote that in about 14 months and a week or so, on November 4, 2008, I will go to the First United Methodist Church of Lutz, just west of the Public Library, enter the polling place designated for Precinct 591, and participate in the choosing of those men and women who assert they will perform with honesty, honor and courage. At the time, I admired all three of the contending Democrat candidates, Senators Clinton, Obama and (former) Edwards. Any of the three would, in my opinion, make a fine Chief Executive of this nation, a country ill served by the outgoing Administration.

Since that time last fall, Senator Edwards has left the field and the Senators from New York and Illinois are in an increasingly nasty and negative intramural fight, one that is both distressing to a liberal/libertarian such as I but also illuminating. It has, perhaps, contrary to the intentions of Senator Clinton, who has in fact allowed her campaign to degenerate into negativity, that I am strongly supporting Barack Obama.