[Julie in the rv mirror]

Originally Posted by AndrewG

You only have to look at a few hard core liberals such as Michael Moore and Bruce Springsteen (listen to his Wrecking Ball album) to find out many don't agree with a large part of Obama's Wall Street / banking support policies yet they both still come out and endorse Obama to the brim.

Springsteen posted his position and reasons for endorsing Obama very clearly on his official website.

Originally Posted by Wario

but its putting meats character into question.... and I feelk if and when meat sees this hes gone forever from here

But Wario, that's the risk Meat took when he decided to go public with this endorsemant. He if does that, I'm sorry, but it's hypocritical. He had to have known some of the fanbase might not like it. What's that old saying? "If you can't stand the heat, stay out of the kitchen".

Originally Posted by The Flying Mouse

I'm no expert in the American political system, but is it that easy?

He might try and curtail women's rights and gay rights, but I would have thought there would have to be some sort of vote for that to happen.

He might have the power to force his crazy ideas to the vote, but he can't push them through.

It's not quite that easy, but one thing that a sitting president has the ability to do is to appoint justices to the Supreme Court (the Senate has to confirm them, but this usually happens), two of whom (I think) are due to retire soon. Naturally, the President is going to choose Justices who support his own views. This could potentially sway the court in some cases.