Whats the deal with obama?

Question

WHy is he so popular even though he hasnt done much...granted he hasnt been in the senate long enough to do a whole lot...why is every celeb and teen voting for him. how is he different from mccain other then "change" he keeps talking about and why does every black person support him even though they dont know whats going(some actually do but a lot of races really dont see the picture)

Answer 1

Look it doesn't matter who you vote for, it like building a house you can get lots of builders but at the end of the day they have obey the architects plans and the architects position is not open to elections.

Answer 2

Exactly what the first answer says. He has done a lot, and being African American wins him a lot of votes because no African American has been an American President.

And for his wicked humor lol.

[IM AUSSIE SO MY OPINION DOESNT REALLY COUNT]

Answer 3

He reminds me of JFK, young, idealistic, visionary, inspirational, and he reminds me of MLK and Bobby and Bill Clinton. When he came to South Dakota he met with tribal leaders here, he didn't speak at them, they spoke to him, when he met with Vets in Sioux Falls, he came down from the podium and shook hands, talked and comforted vets from all wars.  He was honored to be among them.

Barack Rocks The Rez!  

Answer 4

Sheep are following.  It is all smoke and mirrors.  No facts just hot air.  And the IDIOTS follow all they way to the slaughter.

Answer 5

There is a freight train coming down the tracks that is going to mow you down as you're asking why, just get out of the way.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/...

Answer 6

A new broom sweeps clean!

Answer 7

Some are naive, and some vote solely because he is the same color.

Answer 8

Lie...he HAS done A LOT.

4 years as an illinois senator- population 12,852,548 people. Chairman of the Illinois Senate's Health and Human Services Committee.

An additonal 4 years as a U.S. Senator. Senate Committees for Foreign Relations, Environment and Public Works and Veterans' Affairs. Chairman of the Senate's subcommittee on European Affairs. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, and more. Major accomplishments: Sponsored over 800 bills to reform healthcare, ethics in washington, veterans benefits and more. Passed a bill that expanded healthcare to over 100,000 people in Illinois.. Passed a bill that set up community health centers to serve underserved populations. Passed a bill that provided the earned income tax credit to thousands of Illinois families. Passed a bill reforming the death penalty that had sent innocent people to death row. Passed a major ethics reform bill that banned excessive gifts from lobbysts. Co-sponsored a bill to mandate regualr inspections of Veterans hospitals like Walter Reid. Senate Accomplishments:

Democratic Republic of the Congo Relief, Security, and Democracy Promotion Act.(This is the first federal legislation to be enacted with Obama as its primary sponsor) Became law. Secure Fence Act. Authorized construction of fencing and other security improvements along the United States–Mexico border. The Lugar–Obama Nuclear Non-proliferation and Conventional Weapons Threat Reduction Act. The Bill expanded the Nunn–Lugar cooperative threat reduction concept to conventional weapons, including shoulder-fired missiles and anti-personnel mines. The “Coburn–Obama Transparency Act” eliminated gifts of travel on corporate jets by lobbyists to members of Congress and the establishment of USAspending.gov , a web search engine launched in December 2007 and run by the Office of Management and Budget to require lobbyists to disclose the candidates, leadership PACS or political parties for whom they collect or arrange contribution and the combined amount of the contributions. Amendment to the State Children’s Health Insurance Program providing one year of job protection for family members caring for soldiers with combat-related injuries Passed in Senate. Energy Policy Act of 2005 to add $200 million for Function 270 (Energy) for the demonstration and monitoring of carbon capture and sequestration technology by the Department of Energy Passed in Senate

Education Bill. Require that the Director of Mathematics, Science, and Engineering Education to establish a program to recruit and provide mentors for women and underrepresented minorities who are interested in careers in mathematics, science and engineering. Passed in Senate

Iraq War De-Escalation Act of 2007 a bill to cap troop levels in Iraq, begin phased redeployment, and remove all combat brigades from Iraq before April 2008. Iran Sanctions Enabling Act supporting divestment of state pension funds from Iran’s oil and gas industry Republicans voted against

Sponsored an amendment to the Defense Authorization Act adding safeguards for personality disorder military discharges, and calling for an official review following reports that the procedure had been used inappropriately to reduce government costs.

Answer 9

I'm so disapointed, I thought this question was going to be a Jerry Sienfeld style joke, you know, "What's the deal with French Toast?"

Anyway, here are the answers:

Why is he so popular?    Charisma, Leadership and Judgement.

Why is every celeb and teen voting for him?  They aren't.  Many are for their own reasons, but clearly celebrities like Fred Thompson, Dennis Miller and Chuck Norris are leaning the other direction.  And most teens are indeed to young to vote, while most that are old enough still don't vote.

How is he different from McCain?  Better judgement, he's right on the war, knows a rediculous gimmick like the "gas tax holiday" when he sees it, doesn't have "senior moments"  isn't in the pockets of big oil, actually has a plan for things like Healthcare, he's a little more open to the possibility of g*y marriage, has a real plan for energy independance as opposed to McCain's braindead "all of the above" answer.  

I could go on, but their similarities show a more important difference....If you paid attention this summer you would notice about a dozen times that John McCain has critiscized Obama for his posittion or something that Obama said and then as he began to understand the finer details of the subject he would come to agree with Obama's position or what Obama had said.  This shows that Obama understands world events , domestic issues and complex problems(and the best solutions) much quicker and better than John McCain and illustrates why Obama is eminently more qualified to handle that 3 a.m. phone call.

Why does every black person support him?  They all don't, but most do.  And there is a very good reason, aside from the fact that a great many black voters are democrats, having a black president will do a great deal for race relations in this nation.  For many black voters, a vote for Obama is a vote for more opportunities for their own children.

I believe that's all your questions, hope it helps.

Answer 10

He gives us a renewed sense of hope. That things will get better for all Americans. And what Tickled Blue said:)

Answer 11

teens cant vote