In the interest of full disclosure, I'm a liberal. But I'm not a mindless Demo-bot; I disagree with my party AND the other one at times. That said, is it really that hard of a choice, America? I respect John McCain and I'm grateful for his service. I think he's an honorable man; I've read his books. (I think his wife is one step above a blow-up doll in the personality department, and I don't even want to start on Palin, but that's beside the point.) But McCain and the Repubs had their chance, and quite frankly the difference between the two tickets and their respective campaign messages is like, well, black and white.
No, I don't think that Barack Obama is the messiah (didn't you know all us liberals are Godless heathens anyway?). But when you look at what is at stake and who is applying for the job, is there really a question about who is best qualified to hold the most dignified office in our nation? Really? No knee jerks here, people. Think about it.
Yes, pretty speeches don't mean everything, but Obama is more than pretty speeches. He gets shit DONE, people. Maybe he doesn't have executive experience, but quite frankly neither does McCain. Obama decided he wanted to go to law school, so he went, and graduated top of his class. Then he decided to help build up neighborhoods in Chicago, and they flourished with his guidance. Then he went into government and rose through the Illinois state senate. When he set his sights on Washington DC, he got there. Then he decided that someone better than W needed to lead the country, and instead of waiting for that someone to come along, he DID SOMETHING about it. Talk about the American spirit. Talk about the American drive to innovate, to lead, to change that which needs changing. How can you not look at Barack and not know that this man genuinely believes in America, not just in the red white and blue and the abstract 'liberty and justice for all' stuff, but the real America, the good AND the bad. He's a realist, but he's also an optimist, and better yet, he's a pragmatist.
He inspires us because he KNOWS we can be better, America, and that makes us believe that we can do better, too. Isn't that the first step toward improvement? And isn't that what the Republicans are saying, too? Don't we ALL know that we can do better than we are doing right now?
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Fighting the good fight. Through blogging. Kudos.
I have no delusions of grandeur; it's mostly for my own sanity because if I don't vent I may explode. And I volunteer for the Obama campaign, too, so I'm not just impotently blathering on the intertubes.
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