A Conservative for Obama

If you want to read a well-written piece about why you should vote for Obama, this is it. Wick Allison is the Editor in Chief of D Magazine (the D stands for Dallas). His article begins, "The more I listen to and read about 'the most liberal member of the U.S. Senate,' the more I like him."

A Conservative for Obama has many great points. Here's my favorite paragraph:

Barack Obama is not my ideal candidate for president. (In fact, I made the maximum donation to John McCain during the primaries, when there was still hope he might come to his senses.) But I now see that Obama is almost the ideal candidate for this moment in American history. I disagree with him on many issues. But those don’t matter as much as what Obama offers, which is a deeply conservative view of the world. Nobody can read Obama’s books (which, it is worth noting, he wrote himself) or listen to him speak without realizing that this is a thoughtful, pragmatic, and prudent man. It gives me comfort just to think that after eight years of George W. Bush we will have a president who has actually read the Federalist Papers.

Who is Wick Allison? Wick Allison is one of the founders of D Magazine. According to the magazine's website, "D Magazine has been named the 'Best City Magazine' in the nation three times in the past five years by the City and Regional Magazine Association."