bad choice, McCain. But good for the overall hope that Obama will get elected.
Yes. I approve on both counts.
I can't see some people voting for Obama -- because of his skin color! He's dead-center American, mom from Kansas, grew up with a single parent and his grandparents, won scholarships to do university stuff, came back to work in the poor areas of Chicago -- how much more dedicated and mainstream could someone be? But because he has a f unny name, and his dad was Muslim (he met his dad for one month when he was ten -- other than that, different worlds), and his skin is dark, then people fall back into pointless bigotry and try to make up excuses for it by saying he has no experience. His experience is that he can think on his feet and that he can pick the people who can work within his problems for him. Sigh.
Why would a Clinton supporter hate Obama? She supports him now. Why wouldn't they?
People think she is two-faced, supporting him now only because it's the party line. Which might be true. At the same time, if we don't all pull together, Bush's puppeteers will have McCain for four more years, and it'll destroy America.
I still have little faith in politics but things need to change in the US and I'm hoping they will.
Thank you! I am, too. I think the time is now: people have motivated behind Obama in a way not seen since Robert Kennedy was riding the wave of his own charismatic run for the White House. And I'm not the only one who sees that. I think we do have real hope now.
And I really hate politics. I find it shallow and artificial and simply unreal. But I'm learning about it because I need to, right now. And there are still some honest people in it: Obama is one.
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Date: 2008-09-04 11:02 pm (UTC)Yes. I approve on both counts.
I can't see some people voting for Obama -- because of his skin color! He's dead-center American, mom from Kansas, grew up with a single parent and his grandparents, won scholarships to do university stuff, came back to work in the poor areas of Chicago -- how much more dedicated and mainstream could someone be? But because he has a f unny name, and his dad was Muslim (he met his dad for one month when he was ten -- other than that, different worlds), and his skin is dark, then people fall back into pointless bigotry and try to make up excuses for it by saying he has no experience. His experience is that he can think on his feet and that he can pick the people who can work within his problems for him. Sigh.
Why would a Clinton supporter hate Obama? She supports him now. Why wouldn't they?
People think she is two-faced, supporting him now only because it's the party line. Which might be true. At the same time, if we don't all pull together, Bush's puppeteers will have McCain for four more years, and it'll destroy America.
I still have little faith in politics but things need to change in the US and I'm hoping they will.
Thank you! I am, too. I think the time is now: people have motivated behind Obama in a way not seen since Robert Kennedy was riding the wave of his own charismatic run for the White House. And I'm not the only one who sees that. I think we do have real hope now.
And I really hate politics. I find it shallow and artificial and simply unreal. But I'm learning about it because I need to, right now. And there are still some honest people in it: Obama is one.