Obama Lost My Vote.

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Thursday July 26, 2007 · 5:23 PM PDT

2007/07/26 · 17:23

One day, the name "George W. Bush" and "Dick Cheney" will be as reviled as the name "Adolf Hitler." For some, that day is already here. For others, while the formers are horribly evil, they do not rise to the outright satanic nature of the latter. In either case, all three are bad.

Therefore, a Democrat comparing a fellow Democrat to any of the three is preemptive partisan warfare at the nuclear level.

Senator Obama has called Hillary Clinton "Bush-Cheney lite" and has accused her of wanting to continue their policies.

This is not only false, it is morally wrong for Barack to make this charge. No matter how you may view Senator Clinton, no one can honestly say she will continue the policies of Bush and Cheney. There are differences between Obama and Clinton in their stances on Iraq, and there are differences between Obama and Clinton on how they view diplomacy. These differences are minor compared to the Bush-Cheney position on Iraq and the Bush-Cheney view on diplomacy, or lack thereof.

Hillary has a right to criticize Obama for being naive and inexperienced. And Obama has a right to criticize Hillary for being status quo and not an agent of change. But he does not have a right to equate her with Bush and Cheney. Especially not when Obama claims to represent a new kind of politics, where hope can replace cyncism.

I agree, Senator. Whatever happened to the politics of hope? Obama, by engaging in that which he campaigns against, can now be called a hypocrite.

And he has lost my vote. I embraced Obama because he was something new, and he promised something new. His rhetoric and speechs stirred a hope in me that was not felt since 1992, when I first heard of this charasmatic Southern Governor named Bill Clinton. This young Senator from Illinois promised to bring people together as Americans, regardless of whether they were red or blue. I embraced that since I wanted a candidate that would take back many red states rather than some battleground ones.

With this attack, Obama is revealed as just another poltician. Which is fine, but he must abandon the basic theme of campaign, or else he is a hypocrite.

However, what is not fine for any Democratic candidate ever, is to equate your Democratic opponent with "Bush" or "Cheney" or any Republican. It is the rhetorical of a weak mind, and a lie.

So I am back to uncommitted. What a lovely place to be.

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