Obamanation or Obamabarter?

After reading the US president Barack Obama’s public announcement of his support for Gay (same sex) marriage last month, I said to myself; is he giving away his personal conscience for the votes (Obamanation) or is he selling votes for votes (Obamabarter), hence the title of the blog.

Now if the president just made such public announcements for purely political reasons, then that will just substantiate my personal (sometimes) cynical believe that most politicians are selfish, which will be what I would like to call in this case “Obamanation”.

On the other hand if the president did made such statement’s out of true conscience and as he claimed with influence from his family, friends and neighbours, then it will be what I would like to call "Obamabarter".

Trade by Barter means exchanging goods for goods in the ancient days before money as the means of exchange was introduced. As predicted by the political pundits Obama is going to loose votes on the religious and anti-gay marriage category whilst he is going to gain votes on the gay marriage activists and among gay people category. In fact some statistics goes to show how on average he will either loose or gain votes (in general) for his statement.

My problem is that are there just so many people out there like me who don’t give a damn about who marries who? So long you don’t bother us with your marketing campaign about your sexuality! Will the American people just beat the odds and cast their votes based on who's political manifestos matches their beliefs and hope, rather than based on their personal views on who marries who?

After all President Obama has beaten the odds before and if he’s taught us something in the past it is that he is indeed genuine and a true believer and goes for what he believes in.

Remember he Started with “personally I think”, not “personally we think” or “They should”, I hope people are able to make a difference between the two.