PrObama

Election day is tomorrow! Many undecided voters are not sure who they will be voting for. Obama? Romney? Perhaps even Stein, Johnson, or Goode? I am here to change you from an undecided voter, to an informed voter. There are many reasons why you should vote for Obama, but here are some examples of one major one, foreign policy.

First, during Obama’s first presidential campaign in 2008, he promised that if he was elected, he would end the war in Iraq, and bring our troops home, reconnecting families. Obama kept this promise and ended the war in Iraq on December 15, 2011. He is now bringing troops home, bringing families together, bringing happiness back to children, and bringing relief to worried relatives. 

Do you remember what happened on September 11, 2001? When 3,000 innocent American lives were lost when airplanes cascaded from the sky colliding into The World Trade Center and causing it’s collapse. Do you remember the instant sense of shock, disbelief, and fear? Do you remember who the cause of this pain was? That’s right, terrorists. Obama, in just 4 years of being in office, managed to not only locate the leader of the most feared terrorist organization in the world, but he also took him out. With Osama Bin Laden dead, al-Qaeda has been catapulted back so many steps that an Olympic athlete would even hesitate traveling that far.

I could give you a bunch more facts, but I am just going to share two more things, both are quotes from the final presidential debate, 2012.

In the final debate, both candidates started off really strong, both living up to their reputations as master debaters, but after Obama made a few certain comments to Romney involving Russia and our navy, Romney got all clammed up and nervous, losing his usual finesse in debates. Here are the clever comments shared with us by Obama. Not only is he smart, but he can make us laugh.

“Governor Romney, I'm glad that you recognize that Al Qaida is a threat, because a few months ago when you were asked what's the biggest geopolitical threat facing America, you said Russia, not Al Qaida; you said Russia, in the 1980s, they're now calling to ask for their foreign policy back because, you know, the Cold War's been over for 20 years.”

Now that single quote shows you how much better Obama’s understanding is of foreign policy, and how much quicker he is able to think on his feet to prove a point.

If you enjoyed that quote, here is another by Obama after Romney says that our navy is the smallest it has been since 1916, we only have 285 ships, Romney will make sure we have enough to do missions properly. This is how Obama responded:

“But I think Governor Romney maybe hasn't spent enough time looking at how our military works. You mentioned the Navy, for example, and that we have fewer ships than we did in 1916. Well, Governor, we also have fewer horses and bayonets, because the nature of our military's changed. We have these things called aircraft carriers, where planes land on them. We have these ships that go underwater, nuclear submarines.”

A vote for Obama, is a vote for reuniting families, and keeping our country safe. PrObama, 2013.

Disclaimer: This essay does not represent my political views. This is a persuasive essay for my english class, written on a candidate chosen by an online quiz asking about my views on certain topics.