I know that. But McCain had expressed aggression against Iran, NK, China, and Russia. Dude was a quintessential war hawk. His biggest selling point at that time was his support for the surge. People loved to praise him for his occasional bipartisan gestures and being a POW but dude was a trash senator. That campaign finance bill got overturned with the whole citizens untied shyt and actually allowed the opposite of what the bill intended(along with possibly costing fiengold) I won’t really go there with how he became a Bush lap dog after they trashed him and his daughter in 2000. What about him appealed to you in 08?
tbh, I thought Obama was a c00n in 2008. Look at it from my point of view... I grew up in a very militant household. My entire life, I've been taught that ain't no way a black man would ever become president of the United States unless he was a complete sell-out. So here comes this dude named Barack Obama, out of nowhere... I'm a studious and well learned person, and I had never ever heard of this cat. But here he comes out of nowhere and magically gets propelled to the front of the pack of Democratic contenders.
Had me
cause there had to be a catch. This was too good to be true.
And with America being the Babylon, all this talk about hope and change just HAD to be a lie. So I was against it. I didn't buy into the hype. I had arguments with lovers about it at the time. Me and this girl I was talking to nearly fell out over Obama. She was supporting him and I was just
at the thought of voting for what I thought was an Uncle Tom.
Then he got elected. I was still skeptical but he was the President now, and so there was nothing I could do about it.
so I watched. I watched and I watched.
And I came to discover that Obama was a real brotha. I couldn't believe it. I couldn't believe that white ppl actually elected an authentically black man, a man who appeared to be decent and really cared about the American ppl, a black man who wasn't an embarrassment, shucking and jiving for a hot buttered biscuit.
It blew my mind
And I've been a strong supporter ever since
. Even with all of the opposition he faced from white folks, he lifted this country out of a recession that could have lasted a decade. But Obama sewed it up in like a year or so.
Dude was really a savant. Of course, he had to be, cause when have white folks ever hired a black man for a job that he was qualified for? No, we have to be OVERqualified to get in a position that we are qualified for, and Obama proved it time and time again, how easy the presidency was for him. Dude was just more intelligent than his white opposition.
He really made me proud, man. You don't know how proud I was once I figured out that he was truly a decent man, with good character, and who truly wanted the best for this country.
And in 2012, probably one of my most proudest moments was voting for him. When they called the election, I was hollering and shouting like a thot
blasting Nas and Jeezy "my president is black" and Nas "black president"
man, that was a golden night