Why I Will Vote For Obama In 2012

President Obama will get my vote in the 2012 election. I do not care who the Republicans throw at him, he has proven himself as far as I am concerned. His patience and precision are what we need, not just from our President, but as an example to how to lead our own lives.

President Obama received word of Osama Bin Laden’s whereabouts last August and yet he waited until May to take him out. He surely could have used a boost last fall with the elections not looking good for him and his party. A successful mission in September would have made democrats look like the party that can get things done and might have been enough to keep the senate under their control. I think, had George W. Bush been in the same position, he would have done everything he could to take out Bin Laden before the election.

President Obama will get my vote because he clearly showed he could put the best interest of the democratic party and his own political needs on hold to make sure the job was done right. He was not going to make the mistake Jimmy Carter made when he hastily put together a rescue mission for the American hostages in Iran only to see it turn into such a major blunder he was never able to recover politically from it.

Obama showed that a few months of patience yields much greater results than the too quick to take credit approach of his predecessor; remember Bush on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier declaring victory to a war still being fought? He made sure the military had all of the necessary intelligence and time to train for a mission that if it failed would probably cost him his reelection, not to mention the lives of several military personnel. In his announcement to the American public, he did not gloat or boast but rather delivered the message all of us have waited nearly ten years to hear in a business like manner that reminded us the war against terror is not over. He made certain Bin Laden’s body was handled according to Islamic custom rather than fanning the flames by televising soldiers or locals desecrating it in celebration.

In a day and age dominated by reality television and self promotion, it is refreshing to have a leader who seems determined to set an example to us that we can accomplish great things without boasting or demeaning in the process. It is for these reasons and not his politics I will cast my vote for President Obama in 2012.