{"id":796,"date":"2008-08-29T12:06:36","date_gmt":"2008-08-29T17:06:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/2parse.com\/?p=796"},"modified":"2008-10-04T20:10:43","modified_gmt":"2008-10-05T01:10:43","slug":"the-single-compound-sentence-that-describes-why-i-support-obama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/2parse.com\/?p=796","title":{"rendered":"The Single (Compound) Sentence That Describes Why I Support Obama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[digg-reddit-me]<strong>Why I Support Obama<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Obama is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.observer.com\/2007\/barack-attack\">a liberal pragmatist<\/a>, with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/reporting\/2007\/05\/07\/070507fa_fact_macfarquhar?printable=true\">a conservative temperament<\/a>, who seeks to understand the world as it is, to identify our long-term challenges, and to push (to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t&amp;ct=res&amp;cd=1&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nudges.org%2F&amp;ei=v-qoSK3cIaKqetaa-Xs&amp;usg=AFQjCNEBT4eaFtyX_fQgyilgLG2donSWpw&amp;sig2=SGVcj8TNQmWJD5vWgWnMcg\">nudge<\/a> it) in a positive direction by <a href=\"http:\/\/2parse.com\/\/?p=952\">tinkering<\/a> with <a href=\"..\/?p=465\">processes<\/a> and institutions and <a href=\"..\/?p=237\">creating tools to get people<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prospect.org\/cs\/articles?article=obamas_plan_for_opensource_democracy\">more involved<\/a> in the government.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/2parse.com\/\/?p=713\">The sentence was buried in this post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why I Oppose McCain<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>He&#8217;s an <a href=\"http:\/\/talkingpointsmemo.com\/archives\/209395.php\">excitable guy<\/a>, reputed to be so <a href=\"http:\/\/gawker.com\/5021917\/mccain-smash-sandinista\">unstable<\/a> you can&#8217;t <a href=\"http:\/\/2parse.com\/\/?p=435\">wear a tie<\/a> around him, with an economic policy identical to Bush&#8217;s, benefiting <a href=\"http:\/\/2parse.com\/\/?p=788\">the biggest corporations and the richest individuals<\/a> &#8211; after Bush&#8217;s policies have been proven disastrous, shrinking the middle class, and leaving our economy less stable &#8211; coupled with a <a href=\"http:\/\/2parse.com\/\/?p=474\">foreign policy<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PdJUCU1UH2w&amp;eurl=http:\/\/2parse.com\/\/?p=735\">more hawkish<\/a> and more determined to <a href=\"http:\/\/2parse.com\/\/?p=428\">undermine the international order<\/a> than Bush&#8217;s, but based on the same <a href=\"http:\/\/2parse.com\/\/?p=852\">misconceptions and moral cowardice<\/a> &#8211; after Bush&#8217;s foreign policy has made our country <a href=\"http:\/\/2parse.com\/\/?p=831\">weaker<\/a> in nearly every region in the world.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Why I Support Obama Over McCain<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/08\/28\/us\/politics\/28text-obama.html?_r=1&amp;oref=slogin&amp;pagewanted=print\">Enough<\/a>. We need <a href=\"http:\/\/2parse.com\/\/?p=790\">Change, Before It&#8217;s Too Late<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And I&#8217;m <a href=\"http:\/\/2parse.com\/\/?p=735\">confident Obama can pull this off<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related article<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/2parse.com\/\/?p=1180\">A Letter of Warning to John McCain<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[digg-reddit-me]Why I Support Obama Obama is a liberal pragmatist, with a conservative temperament, who seeks to understand the world as it is, to identify our long-term challenges, and to push (to nudge it) in a positive direction by tinkering with processes and institutions and creating tools to get people more involved in the government. 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