Why I would never vote for Obama

(if the information on this website is true? )

Strongly Favors topic 1:
Abortion is a woman's right

Voted against banning partial birth abortion:
Stem cells hold promise to cure 70 major diseases:
Trust women to make own decisions on partial-birth abortion:
Extend presumption of good faith to abortion protesters:
Pass the Stem Cell Research Bill:
Protect a woman's right to choose:
Supports Roe v. Wade:
Rated 0% by the NRLC, indicating a pro-choice stance:
YES on $100M to reduce teen pregnancy by education & contraceptives:
NO on notifying parents of minors who get out-of-state abortions:
YES on expanding research to more embryonic stem cell lines:

Strongly Favors topic 2:
Require hiring more women & minorities

Better enforce women's pay equity via Equal Pay Act:
Racial equality good for America as a whole:
Supports affirmative action in colleges and government:
America's race and class problems are intertwined:
Rated 100% by the NAACP, indicating a pro-affirmative-action stance:

Strongly Favors topic 3:
Same-sex domestic partnership benefits

We need strong civil unions, not just weak civil unions:
Opposes gay marriage; supports civil union & gay equality:
Marriage not a human right; non-discrimination is:
Include sexual orientation in anti-discrimination laws:
Rated 89% by the HRC, indicating a pro-gay-rights stance:
NO on constitutional ban of same-sex marriage:

Opposes topic 4:
Teacher-led prayer in public schools

Listening to evangelicals bridges major political fault line:
Religious concerns ok, if translated into universal values:
Rated 100% by the AU, indicating support of church-state separation:
NO on recommending Constitutional ban on flag desecration:

Favors topic 5:
More federal funding for health coverage

Increase competition in the insurance and drug markets:
National Health Insurance Exchange for private coverage:
National insurance pool & catastrophic insurance:
The market alone can't solve our health-care woes:
Crises happen in our lives and healthcare is necessary:
Believes health care is a right, not a privilege for the few:
Will expand health coverage & allow meds to be re-imported:
Ensure access to basic care:
YES on increasing Medicaid rebate for producing generics:
YES on negotiating bulk purchases for Medicare prescription drug:
YES on expanding enrollment period for Medicare Part D:
YES on requiring negotiated Rx prices for Medicare part D:

Strongly Opposes topic 6:
Privatize Social Security

Privatization puts retirement at whim of stock market:
Stop any efforts to privatize Social Security:
No privatization; but consider earning cap over $97,500:
Stock market risk is ok, but not for Social Security:
$2000 tax credit for Working Families Savings Accounts:
NO on establishing reserve funds & pre-funding for Social Security:

Opposes topic 7:
Parents choose schools via vouchers

Guarantee affordable life-long, top-notch education:
Supports charter schools and private investment in schools:
YES on $5B for grants to local educational agencies:

Opposes topic 8:
Death Penalty

Some heinous crimes justify the ultimate punishment:
Videotape all capital punishment interrogations:
Battles legislatively against the death penalty:

Opposes topic 9:
Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws

Supports alternative sentencing and rehabilitation:
Rated 75% by the NCJA, indicating a mixed record on criminal justice:
YES on reinstating $1.15 billion funding for the COPS Program:

Strongly Opposes topic 10:
Absolute right to gun ownership

Keep guns out of inner cities--but also problem of morality:
Ban semi-automatics, and more possession restrictions:
NO on prohibiting lawsuits against gun manufacturers:

Strongly Favors topic 11:
Repeal tax cuts on wealthy

Bush tax cuts help corporations but not middle class:
Tax cuts for the rich do not create jobs:
Rated 100% by the CTJ, indicating support of progressive taxation:
NO on extending the tax cuts on capital gains and dividends:
YES on $47B for military by repealing capital gains tax cut:
NO on retaining reduced taxes on capital gains & dividends:
NO on permanently repealing the `death tax`:
NO on supporting permanence of estate tax cuts:
NO on raising estate tax exemption to $5 million:
NO on repealing the Alternative Minimum Tax:

Favors topic 12:
Illegal immigrants earn citizenship

Support granting driver's licenses to illegal immigrants:
Reform must include more border security, and border wall:
Pathway to citizenship, but people have to earn it:
Give immigrants who are here a rigorous path to citizenship:
Extend welfare and Medicaid to immigrants:
Rated 8% by USBC, indicating an open-border stance:
YES on allowing illegal aliens to participate in Social Security:
YES on giving Guest Workers a path to citizenship:
YES on establishing a Guest Worker program:
YES on building a fence along the Mexican border:
NO on declaring English as the official language of the US government:
YES on comprehensive immigration reform:

Opposes topic 13:
Support & expand free trade

Stand firm against CAFTA for labor & environmental standards: Strongly Opposes topic 13
People don't want cheaper T-shirts if it costs their job:
Amend NAFTA to add labor agreements:
Fair trade should have tangible benefits for US:
Tax incentives to create jobs at home instead of offshore:
NO on implementing CAFTA for Central America free-trade:
YES on free trade agreement with Oman: 3

Strongly Favors topic 14:
The Patriot Act harms civil liberties

The politics of fear undermines basic civil liberties:
America cannot sanction torture; no loopholes or exceptions:
Close Guantanamo and restore the right of habeas corpus:
NO on extending the PATRIOT Act's wiretap provision:
YES on reauthorizing the PATRIOT Act:
YES on preserving habeus corpus for Guantanamo detainees:
YES on requiring CIA reports on detainees & interrogation methods:
NO on removing need for FISA warrant for wiretapping abroad:

Favors topic 15:
Expand the armed forces

Grow size of military to maintain rotation schedules:
Give our soldiers the best equipment and training available:
YES on limiting soldiers' deployment to 12 months:

Strongly Favors topic 16:
Stricter limits on political campaign funds

Public campaign financing with free television & radio time:
No "bundled" money from federal-registered lobbyists:
People know his "bundlers" because he pushed disclosure law:
First bill ever passed was campaign finance reform:
Lobbyist influence comes from access, not money:
YES on establishing the Senate Office of Public Integrity:
NO on allowing some lobbyist gifts to Congress:

Favors topic 17:
US out of Iraq

US policy should promote democracy and human rights:
War in Iraq is "dumb" but troops still need equipment:
We are playing to Osama's plan for winning a war from a cave:
NO on redeploying troops out of Iraq by July 2007:
YES on redeploying US troops out of Iraq by March 2008:

Strongly Favors topic 18:
Replace coal & oil with alternatives

3-way win: economy, environment, & stop funding terror:
Sponsored legislations that improve energy efficiency:
20% renewable energy by 2020:
Invest in alternative energy sources:
Increase CAFE to 40 mpg:
Renewable Fuels Standard: require ethanol in fuel supply:
Rated 100% by the CAF, indicating support for energy independence:
YES on reducing oil usage by 40% by 2025 (instead of 5%):
YES on disallowing an oil leasing program in Alaska's ANWR:
YES on banning drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge:
YES on factoring global warming into federal project planning:
YES on removing oil & gas exploration subsidies:

No opinion on topic 19:
Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it

2001: questions harsh penalties for drug dealing:
Smokes cigarettes now; smoked some pot in high school:
Admitted mar1juana use in high school & college:
Deal with street-level drug dealing as minimum-wage affair:

Favors topic 20:
Allow churches to provide welfare services

Reach out to faith community;faith has role in public square:
Engages people of faith on all aspects of his public service:
Black churches minister to social needs out of necessity:


Barack Obama is a Hard-Core Liberal.

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Although I would agree with him on principle on some of his stands, I would never vote for a politician who speaks both ways on an issue and is a globalist, promotes socialism and does not have a clear answer to government debt/spending; supports the Patriot Act/ Homeland Security and increases centralized federal powers and is supportive of abortion on demand.

 

Personally I like stances he is taking, like protecting civil liberties. But I am so disappointed in politics in general and how voting record in the long run trumps speeches and rhetoric.

I do not support any politician who voted for the Patriot Act/Homeland Security and is pro-abortion and wants to borrow more money and is a globalist/socialist in philosophy.

These issues pretty much isolate me politically; I am left with few choices if any as a voter.

I think Obama is likeable but he is not the change agent I could vote for.