Why would Patrick support Obama?

I've been getting a lot of guff for putting up an Obama ad on my site, and for
saying outright that I support Obama.

Somehow people think that because I'm a Ron Paul supporter and opponent of
foolish housing subsidies, I could never support Obama. Unfortunately, Ron Paul
is not a choice on the ballot at this point. If he were, I'd vote for him.  But
it comes down to Obmama and McCain at this point.

If either senator had opposed the criminal $700 billion bank bailout, I'd be
supporting the one that had enough guts to say no.  But both of them have failed
the American people on that particular issue. There were more Republicans than
Democrats in Congress opposing the bank bailout, and I hope those decent
Republicans can keep their seats. Fannie and Freddie were largely Democratic
creations, but remember that it was a Republican administration that deregulated
Wall Street to the point where it became perfectly legal to create crappy
mortgage-backed bonds, rate them AAA, and sell them to the anyone, investors be
damned.

I'm for personal responsibility and lower taxation, but watching Bush turn
communist when his very rich friends were in danger, and watching him blow more
taxpayer money than any Democratic administration ever, I have to say that the
Democrats are now better Republicans than the Republicans themselves, at least
at the presidential level. Bush proved that he will do anything to protect the
very wealthy at the expense of the rest of us.  The big clue was when he told us
all to go shopping after 9/11.

Obama is younger and smarter than any other recent candidate. I think he's less
likely to start another war, and more likely to come up with some workable form
of universal health care in America. We really need some kind of universal
health coverage, just to keep the playing field level. And I like the fact that
he's half black. I want to help prove that race alone doesn't determine anything
in America -- it's attitude. Obama has a good attitude, not the resentment that
holds back many black people.

Anyway, I just like Obama (except for his voting for the bank bailout). It's
hard to explain, but I have the feeling he'll be a pretty good president.

Patrick