# The best reason to vote for Obama **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 13, 2008, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-reason-to-vote-for-obama/463384 "2008-09-13T02:22:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2008, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-reason-to-vote-for-obama/463384/1 "2008-09-13T02:22:57Z")
If McCain is our next President, you will hear and read the word “Maverick” with every mention of him. That word will attack your brain like Chinese water torture. It will be Hell on Earth for the next four years, or until his funeral, which will be one huge Maverick-fest. So PLEASE!!! Don’t let the guy win! I seriously cannot survive hearing that word even one more time! And I’m starting to dislike the word “lipstick” too (unless, of course, it’s on an actual pig). ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2008, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-reason-to-vote-for-obama/463384/2 "2008-09-13T02:24:20Z")
Don’t forget the POW-fest! “President McCain, is it true that you’re nominating Robert Bork to the Supreme Court again?” “Well, Helen, let me tell you, I didn’t have a Supreme Court for 5 1/2 years…” ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2008, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-reason-to-vote-for-obama/463384/3 "2008-09-13T03:54:56Z")
Somehow, [this](http://punditkitchen.com/?s=mavrick) makes it all worthwhile. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2008, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-reason-to-vote-for-obama/463384/4 "2008-09-13T03:57:04Z")
I thought Dennis Miller once had a good suggestion for a campaign slogan for McCain years ago when he ran against Bush: “I gave you six years-you fuckers owe me four.” ---
**Author:** ![Gotterfunken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/58956e/32.png) [@Gotterfunken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gotterfunken)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2008, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-reason-to-vote-for-obama/463384/5 "2008-09-13T20:43:51Z")
Plus, we’ll have to endure McCain calling us his “friends” over and over again. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2008, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-reason-to-vote-for-obama/463384/6 "2008-09-13T20:56:34Z")
I would vote for a potted plant before voting for a Republican president in the next election, and Obama is far superior to a potted plant. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2008, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-reason-to-vote-for-obama/463384/7 "2008-09-13T21:15:04Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Don’t forget the POW-fest! > > “President McCain, is it true that you’re nominating Robert Bork to the Supreme Court again?” > > “Well, Helen, let me tell you, I didn’t have a Supreme Court for 5 1/2 years…” John, why didn’t you ever learn to use a computer? Well, I was a POW and… Why did you turn your back on your country and provide cover for that crooked member of the Keating 5? Well, I was a POW and… John, you want drilling & you want it now, but the only drilling on the prior leases is being done by government staff to oil lobbyists. Why is that? Well, I was a POW and… And I thought the only robot in republican production was the Rudy-911. ---
**Author:** ![PhiloVance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e19adc/32.png) [@PhiloVance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhiloVance)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2008, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-reason-to-vote-for-obama/463384/8 "2008-09-13T21:20:02Z")
> [@Gotterfunken](#): > > Plus, we’ll have to endure McCain calling us his “friends” over and over again. I’d rather hear that than say “Listen”. ::d&r:: ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-reason-to-vote-for-obama/463384/9 "2008-09-15T15:33:49Z")
I don’t honestly see how anyone can call themselves a maverick in one breath, and inform everyone they voted with Bush 90% of the time in the next breath. What Ev.:rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-reason-to-vote-for-obama/463384/10 "2008-09-15T15:45:34Z")
I was planning to restore a 71 or 72 Ford Maverick as my next project car (a “Grabber”). Now, I’m not so sure. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tao_s_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-reason-to-vote-for-obama/463384/11 "2008-09-15T15:45:53Z")
> [@PhiloVance](#): > > I’d rather hear that than say “Listen”. ::d&r:: When or if you play Zelda 64 and Navi bugs you with “LISTEN”, you will now think about John McCain, dressed as tinkerbell. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-reason-to-vote-for-obama/463384/12 "2008-09-15T15:48:07Z")
> [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](#): > > When or if you play Zelda 64 and Navi bugs you with “LISTEN”, you will now think about John McCain, dressed as tinkerbell. Thank you so much for that image. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tao_s_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-reason-to-vote-for-obama/463384/13 "2008-09-15T15:50:28Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Thank you so much for that image. I’m a wee bit evil sometimes. ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-reason-to-vote-for-obama/463384/14 "2008-09-15T16:10:16Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > I was planning to restore a 71 or 72 Ford Maverick as my next project car (a “Grabber”). Now, I’m not so sure. I’ve started DVRing the old episodes of Maverick, with James Garner and Jack Kelly. Actually, they’re quite a bit of fun, unlike our new style of Maverick. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-reason-to-vote-for-obama/463384/15 "2008-09-15T18:28:35Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > If McCain is our next President, you will hear and read the word “Maverick” with every mention of him. That word will attack your brain like Chinese water torture. It will be Hell on Earth for the next four years, or until his funeral, which will be one huge Maverick-fest. So PLEASE!!! Don’t let the guy win! I seriously cannot survive hearing that word even one more time! Worse yet, [this song](http://www.lyricsondemand.com/tvthemes/mavericklyrics.html) will become a four-year earworm. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-reason-to-vote-for-obama/463384/16 "2008-09-15T18:40:21Z")
[Maverick](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXBnnhd0YhM)? ---
**Author:** ![Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brown_eyed_girl/32/3574_2.png) [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brown_Eyed_Girl)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-reason-to-vote-for-obama/463384/17 "2008-09-15T18:40:22Z")
There are many reasons, but the most superficial (albeit, important to my sanity) one for me is that his voice makes me want to fillet puppies. Is it just me? ---
**Author:** ![Influential\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Influential\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Influential_Panda)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-reason-to-vote-for-obama/463384/18 "2008-09-15T18:46:57Z")
_sniff_ Poor, poor Goose. So young, so tragic. What?