My Obama Advocacy

I handed out about 100 copies of this paper throughout my school to eligible voters, both teachers and students, on the day of the Primary voting in Rhode Island. The previous day, some kid (anonymously) taped up a bunch of flyers claiming Senator Obama is a Muslim and therefore has no right to be President of the United States. In my opinion, not only does being a Muslim not matter, but he's not one anyway. Here's what I wrote (the fonts and italicies and etc. were reformatted when I copied and pasted, in case some things seem strange).

If you plan on voting today for the next President of the U.S., take the time to review this notice!
Seeing as Rhode Islanders have the chance to vote in the Democratic Primaries today, it’s necessary to take a chance to properly and factually inform those who stumbled upon the flyers of propaganda floating around school yesterday concerning Presidential candidate Barack Obama. This flyer wrote off Obama as a man of vague promises and full of rhetoric; but in reality, only the flyer itself was vague and full of rhetoric. The following are the facts on Senator Obama.

It may interest teachers who are parents or those who plan to be, as well as students thinking about college, to know that:
· Obama seeks to pass an act called the “American Opportunity Tax Credit”, making the first $4000 of college free, as well as any Community College entirely free.
· Also, Obama aims to reduce capitol gain and derive a tax return of up to $1000 dollars a year for working families.
These ideas are nothing in comparison to the overall change Obama plans to bring to America. He is an inspiration to all colors, classes, genders, and creeds.
In addition to being accused as lacking details, another knock on Obama is that he has a lack of experience, and has achieved nothing in the Senate. Here are a few facts to review, comparing Obama to a great former President of the United States, John F. Kennedy, whom Barack is often associated with:
· Both men were Democrats, and extremely young (thus, labeled “inexperienced”) when running for Presidential office – JFK was 43 years old when elected, Obama will be 47 if elected in November.
· Both men were Senators before becoming Presidents, and fought a moral battle against propaganda-obsessed opponents (Nixon, Clinton/McCain)
Furthermore, Obama’s stint as Senator has often been deemed fruitless; however, this is a statement thrown around by secondary sources who are not concerned with doing their homework. Here are some notable things Obama achieved in the Senate:
· Passed the Ethics Reform, which has been widely regarded as the strongest ethics legislation of its kind, cleaning up the corrupt alliance in Washington D.C. between lobbyists and Congress.
· He passed bills to aid Hurricane Katrina victims, planning prioritized evacuations of those with previous medical conditions who needed immediate and specific medical care, including senior citizens and those with diabetes (extremely common in New Orleans)
Finally, but probably most importantly, Senator Obama is a man of the people. He is not a political figurehead putting on a charade for the media. He is an earnest man, and before he becomes the President of Statistics, he is the President of the People. He will work with the utmost integrity to make poverty, corruption, lack of health care, and poor Social Security obsolete in our community – not because it will benefit him personally, but because it will benefit the well-being of his countrymen. So if you plan on voting this afternoon, make your decision count. And above all, remember:
YES WE CAN!
By Andrew Lombardi