Obama Girl
Saturday March 1, 2008 | 2 comments
I have never been a political person and I am not really sure why. Perhaps one of the things that shaped my thinking was the fact that by the time I was old enough to vote, I had moved away to another country where I wasn’t eligible to participate in the process, so I took on this “doesn’t pertain to me” attitude. I am still not eligible to vote, but I seem to be more and more interested in what’s going on and what I can do to change it (paying taxes will do that to you).
Last week my friend and co-worker was kind enough to let me tag along with her to an Obama rally and I must admit, I thoroughly enjoyed it despite traffic, despite an eleven thousand person crowd, despite hours of waiting, despite unreasonably warm temperatures, etc, etc, etc.
It was wonderful to see the community come together and rally around a cause. Obama’s speech was quite moving. He definitely has a way with words—a delicately charismatic dance that can’t help but set people on fire. He held my attention for 50 minutes during which I didn’t look at my watch once and that is saying a lot.
One thing I have to admit—I was skeptical about his statements at first because they sounded a little too good to be true (improved health care, affordable education, tax breaks, cleaned up environment, a higher minimum wage across the country, etc.). However, by the end of his speech Obama stated that he knows he can’t do it all in 4 or even 8 years, it’s just a beginning, a new direction to take. I walked away thinking his message is a believable one. Realistic. Authentic.
Now, I am not here to take sides or make any blanket statements. I am not a democrat or a republican; I am not eligible to vote and I am not here to suggest who people should or shouldn’t vote for. I think the most important thing is to vote, period. Consider it prayerfully and VOTE! This time it may make all the difference in the world.
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I really favor Obama, we went to the democratic caucus down here and it was really interesting.
Kristin: I am glad you like him. I am trying not to get too involved because I can’t vote, so it’s kind of hard to get attached and rally behind a candidate and then not be part of the voting process.