Why Should You Vote for Obama?

For those undecideds out there, watch his response to another undecided voter:

Chicago Sun-Times Endorses Obama

On this Sunday after Obama swept the Feb. 9th primaries and leads Hillary Clinton in the delegate race, I found this excellent endorsement by the Chicago Sun-Times. It's not surprising that the paper chose their hometown hero, but the reasons why are well written, and go a long way toward capturing the Obama phenomenon that is sweeping across the county.

It's really amazing how Barry Obama is igniting the previously apathetic and disaffected. I've got dear friends who have been tuned out of politics since before they could vote, and they're now canvassing and making blind calls in support of Barack. The young people of this country are getting involved and finding passion in their support of Obama and his hope for the future of America.

It really is an amazing thing to experience...something I never thought would happen in my lifetime. The Chicago Sun-Times puts it best:

On June 5, 1986, the curiously poetic name of Barack Obama appeared in the Chicago Sun-Times for the first time. Obama, new to us but presenting himself as a "community organizer" on the South Side, was quoted in a news story calling on Mayor Harold Washington to get asbestos out of a public housing project.

Obama was right about that one -- the poisonous asbestos had to go -- and perhaps we should have weighed in at the time with a strong editorial. It is the job of a newspaper -- especially this newspaper -- to stand with the powerless against the powerful.

And so today, as we mark the 60th birthday of our newspaper, it is a special pleasure to give Obama this newspaper's endorsement in Tuesday's Illinois Democratic presidential primary. Because we believe he's right again.

Obama is right on the issues, right in daring us to believe in a goodness greater than ourselves, and right in having the confidence to appeal to all of us as one America.

Obama has the power of a celebrity's charisma and the grounding of a common man's birth.

There's been talk of Camelot in the last few days. Back then, that young president said to us:

"Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country."

And once, we had another great leader, who said, "I have a dream."

Americans took them at their word. They joined the Peace Corps. They marched on Selma. They protested a pointless war.

We need a president and a leader like that again.

Obama Declares War on Drugs "A Failure"

Well, it certainly looks like the new generation of politicians have arrived, led by Barack Obama. Finally a major candidate is willing to say what baby boomers have been denying for decades: that our "War on Drugs" is a failure, and the time for decriminalization is coming.

We've spent billions of Federal dollars since this "War" (which is about as real as the "War on Terror") began, putting millions of Americans behind bars for possession of marijuana, amongst other drugs.

Norml.org reports that Obama, in a 2004 video, states, "I think the war on drugs has been a failure, and I think we need to rethink and decriminalize our marijuana laws."

Washington, DC: A newly discovered video of a 2004 appearance at Northwestern University by Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama, in which he calls for the federal decriminalization of marijuana, was posted online today by The Washington Times. In that appearance, Obama states, "I think the war on drugs has been a failure, and I think we need to rethink and decriminalize our marijuana laws." Obama continued, saying that while he supported decriminalization, he did not support the full legalization of marijuana.

Republicans for Obama

I found RepublicansForObama.Org this morning, and there's an interesting thread on why Republicans are voting for Obama, including this post on how Republicans have lost their way with regard to fiscal conservatism:

The republican party is full of a bunch of jokers right now. Sure, Obama is very liberal on a lot of issues, but he's got to be more conservative than the bozos who were in charge of congress since '94 (and who then lost it) on several different issues.

The most obvious is how the republicans have squandered all of our money. Say what you want about Bill Clinton, but at least he did what the republicans never seem to be able to do-- get a balanced budget. It's hard to believe that Obama will be as dumb as the republicans have been with our nation's money.

And another one which expresses frustration with how the GOP has tried to apply faith to policy:

As an evangelical, I am thinking of supporting Obama precisely because he does not fuse America and American ideals with the Kingdom of God. Nor does he dismiss the importance of faith in challenging our values and behaviors.

Instead, in the spirit of Abraham Lincoln, he seems to understand that our task is not to invoke the name of God by claiming God's blessing and endorsement for all our national policies and practices-saying, in effect, that God is on our side. Such thinking leads inevitably to absolutism, self-righteousness, bad theology and "bombastic" foreign policy.

Rather, Obama seems to take the position that we should pray and worry earnestly whether we are on God's side. Such a posture leads to much healthier things such as humility, reflection, repentance and even accountability; things we'd all like to see return to the politics of our day. This is, what I think, part of Obama's vision of a new politics. A vision that can unite us all around the story we find ourselves in.

Sarah Silverman Helps Matt Damon Get Even With Boyfriend Jimmy Kimmel in Music Video

God this woman is hilarious. Silverman's boyfriend, Jimmy Kimmel, often tosses jabs at Damon at the end of his late night show with lines such as, "Apologies to Matt Damon, we ran out of time..."

Well, Damon gets even with Kimmel in Sarah's new video entitled, "I'm Fucking Matt Damon."

You have got to check it out.