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<blockquote data-quote="denim" data-source="post: 4117744" data-attributes="member: 545441">I want to know, from the people who picked Obama, give me a real reason, and not the lame &quot;time for a change&quot; or his &quot;charisma&quot; or he is a &quot;great speaker&quot;, a real solid reason that he has proven in his history that he is ready to be our president. Keep in mind I am still undecided, but I am appalled by the masses who don&#039;t know why Obama is the right person, or have anything concrete from his experience or background as a government official, that makes him the right person.&nbsp; I have paid attention to his speeches and debates, and the sweeping generalities playing off the hopes and dreams of the public, and I still struggle to understand how he would be able to make these massive changes without the heart of the American population taking the hit, let alone actually work. I have great respect for Obama, he is very intelligent and well educated, but why is it so hard for people, with all these debates on national TV, to say that they know what he stands for or agree with his stance?&nbsp;  Why is someone who was virtually unknown outside of his home state, 12 months later, is treated like a rock star? Not trying to start a fight, and I know CA.com is the last place to be posing these heavy questions of political nature, but I feel I need to understand why he has such a massive following and what is causing this, and how he will get it done.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="denim, post: 4117744, member: 545441"] [B]I want to know, from the people who picked Obama, give me a real reason, and not the lame "time for a change" or his "charisma" or he is a "great speaker", a real solid reason that he has proven in his history that he is ready to be our president.[/B] [B] [/B] [B]Keep in mind I am still undecided, but I am appalled by the masses who don't know why Obama is the right person, or have anything concrete from his experience or background as a government official, that makes him the right person. I have paid attention to his speeches and debates, and the sweeping generalities playing off the hopes and dreams of the public, and I still struggle to understand how he would be able to make these massive changes without the heart of the American population taking the hit, let alone actually work.[/B] [B] [/B] [B]I have great respect for Obama, he is very intelligent and well educated, but why is it so hard for people, with all these debates on national TV, to say that they know what he stands for or agree with his stance? [/B] [B] [/B] [B]Why is someone who was virtually unknown outside of his home state, 12 months later, is treated like a rock star?[/B] [B] [/B] [B]Not trying to start a fight, and I know CA.com is the last place to be posing these heavy questions of political nature, but I feel I need to understand why he has such a massive following and what is causing this, and how he will get it done.[/B] [/QUOTE]

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