Obama is a flawed candidate but much better than the alternative McCain and his beer queen. Obama sold out on the telecomms and his faith-based initiatives are against the first Amendment of the Constitution. He has no control how the religious organizations that will receive our tax dollars will spend them. They have no accountability. It's a cave-in on Obama's part.

Obama has excluded much of his activist base through these actions.

He also has not decided to eliminate Blackwater and other mercenaries from their warlike aspirations. He also would defend the "Green Zone" making him a part of the American exceptionalism and imperial ambitions. He has mentioned going into Pakistan and Afghanistan which means that he might also call for a draft.

Obama's good points are that he is intelligent (unlike McCain) and it would be nice
to have a president who knew how to put a sentence together. His speech on race relations was admirable.

Can he really effect change? It is questionable because today the country is run by
private corporations who control the news media and the defense industry. He would have to be a Teddy Roosevelt "trust buster" and he doesn't show signs of doing that.

I voted against Goldwater who threatened to bomb Cuba only to mistakenly support
Johnson who perpetrated the Vietnam war fraud.

I will vote for Obama but I still don't trust him.