You know this election season is exciting. Never in my life, or perhaps even in my parent's lifetime, have we seen such a wide-open contest among both parties. I will have no issue saying that my guy, John Edwards, gracefully bowed out. I have always liked Edwards and he singled-handedly moved the debate on the Democratic side to focus more on the rights and issues impacting ordinary working people. Although I am not working class, nor is any of my family, I was heavily influenced by my grandfather, a proud socialist, to look at the plight of the working man (or woman). That how we treat the everyday worker is a true reflection of the society we are. In so doing, if he had lived another decade, he would have been appalled.
When Edwards dropped out, I was left at a loss on who to vote for. To me there is not that much difference in terms of policy between the two. Hillary has a far more progressive and detailed healthcare plan while Obama has a better plan for Iraq. In general they are the same. However, after some soul searching, I am making my decision on a very unacademic perspective. While watching Obama's speeches, I got goosebumps. I felt proud to be an American. With Hillary, I am happy that we are not having George W., but she does not tickle my fancy. Obama has the ability to inspire. I suppose this is what made the youth flock towards RFK in 1968. He, singlehandedly has the ability to move this country past its racial wounds of old and into the the modern era. In so doing, he can show to the world, once again, that in America, anyone can be president. I am certainly looking forward to having a female president as well, but at the moment, Obama is far more about change than Clinto.
Going back to the title of this post, I keep on hearing from ignorant, stupid morons about Obama being a muslim. If I hear that again, I am going to petition them into the psychiatric hospital for being psychotic. They listen to this rhetoric and the emails that circulate and they believe it. Stupid stupid stupid people.
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