"Tonight, we gather to affirm the greatness of our nation - not because of the height of our skyscrapers, or the power of our military, or the size of our economy. Our pride is based on a very simple premise, summed up in a declaration made over two hundred years ago."
- Barack Hussein Obama
I'm gonna need all my neighbors here in the heart of the bloodiest red bubble imaginable to put on your "big picture" glasses for a moment and really allow yourself to take in what's happening today. Your candidate for president will lose, but things are gonna be OK. I think we'd all be a little better off if we could see from outside the haze of false fear many politicians have created here. After all, for some reason, 80% of the rest of the world has voiced support of Barack Obama over John McCain?
Two years ago, a random black guy stood on the steps of his capital building with a small crowd of his townspeople in the frigid cold of Springfield, IL and announced that he was going to run for President. Tonight, that son of a biracial, poor, immigrant couple will become the most powerful man in the world.
While his come from behind story is inspiring, if you think that today is about him, you've failed to realize the scope of what's happening. While he may have become the poster boy for this "Change" he is only one man amongst a global movement that, God-willing, will move this country forward to becoming an even brighter beacon of Hope and opportunity. I have only really paid attention to a few presidential elections in my life and even I can see the dramatic changes that have already taken place. Mark my word, things will never be the same in US politics. We're seeing that finally a large portion of the population refuses to listen to empty attacks on a man's character. In fact, we've seen them actually hurt the candidate that promotes them for once. Politicians can no longer assume the ignorance of the voters and actually have to prove their cases with more than just buzz words and sleezy insinuations about their opponent. I know that a lot of you will say that, "every one always says that every election is the most important in history, blah blah blah..." But, this one very well may be. Our country is no longer the lone superpower in any sense of the words, and we have come to a point where we need to make some strategic changes. It is imperative that we be extremely intelligent about what we do from here.
I have HOPE.
Let us realize the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.
- Martin Luther King Jr.
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
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I hate to sound like every other anti-Obama guy out there, but what exactly is going to change that is going to make the US so much greater?
Yeah, you do sound like every other anti-Obama guy, but here's the deal:
1. Are economy is set up for the benefit of the rich, and as a result everyone, along with the rich has suffered. He will be instrumental in correcting that and bringing prosperity to a wider audience.
2. The fact that he was elected at all is proof of how far we have come in many senses, and that impacts our appearance to the rest of the world which is instrumental in bringing peace which I passionately believe in.
3. He is one of the most intelligent people in our country, and his perspective is one that the entire country will learn from. He in many ways is the only person that can say some hard things to us whites, and African Americans about the path to an even more perfect union.
4. The cowboy style way of running the most powerful military in the world will stop and a more understanding and intelligent way to make peace will commence.
5. Finally, someone who has cared about energy independence since way before the election will push the ground-breaking ideas to the forefront. Making energy independence and our environment actual priorities as opposed to political talking points.
6. Most of all, he will make America look so much more badass every time he steps down the stairs of Air Force One and walks onto foreign soil all over the planet.
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