# Bad reasons to vote for Obama or Hillary in the primaries?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-reasons-to-vote-for-obama-or-hillary-in-the-primaries/445001>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [April 12, 2008, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-reasons-to-vote-for-obama-or-hillary-in-the-primaries/445001 "2008-04-12T04:08:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2008, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-reasons-to-vote-for-obama-or-hillary-in-the-primaries/445001/21 "2008-04-14T14:15:34Z")

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[QUOTE=BobLibDem]  
There are more bad reasons to vote against someone than for someone. The worst of the lot for voting against Obama:  
He’s a Muslim (though he isn’t)  
He doesn’t wear a flag lapel pin  
He doesn’t put his hand over his heart for the anthem, pledge, whatever  
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And don’t forget his [elitism.](http://www.thenation.com/blogs/campaignmatters?pid=309337)

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**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2008, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-reasons-to-vote-for-obama-or-hillary-in-the-primaries/445001/22 "2008-04-14T15:12:15Z")

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[QUOTE=Martiju]  
I’d go for (s)he fought/didn’t fight in some war sometime. But then I’m a foreigner so I can’t vote anyway…!  
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I’d go along with that. It seems strange from this side of the pond that there is so much emphasis put on military service when people are running for public office.

Yes I can see how that would give you a perspective on fighting and soldiers I fail to see why it really makes it better for the candidate. Why does McCains service make him the “stronger”(in a lot of people’s estimation) when it comes to defense? What does flying a plane and sitting in a POW camp have to do with the intricacies of diplomacy and high level negotiation? If this was the case shouldn’t Audie Murphy have been your greatest president?

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