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I was called a “delicate bird” today and I wasn’t too happy about it. It wasn’t meant to be mean, but needless to say I tend to pride myself on having tough skin. So in light of that and a particularly poignant post about health care from my good bloggy friend, I’m talking politics today. I know this blog was supposed to be about my transition from college to corporate but part of leaving college is to find who you are and take a stance. So here’s mine.

I was a Hillary supporter. I admit it. I liked her. The woman had a spark and for some reason I just believed in her. When she talked, I wanted to listen. But, I’ll be completely honest… I didn’t know her EVERY policy move backwards and forwards but everything I did hear during the primaries, I liked. And whether she did or not, I personally don’t think that “flip-flopping” is a bad thing. I think it’s worse to be stubborn and to hold your ground on stupid things like a war that’s being fought when no one even remembers what we went there for. You’ve got to roll with the punches and evolve with the times. Some ideas and decisions are great at the time, but then things change.

But now we have Barack. I don’t care if the man is Black or Puerto Rican, Muslim or Christian, raised by a single mom or a pack of wolves- the man has what it takes. At work, my homepage is AOL and there are news features that I read just about every day. These features allow for people to comment at the end. The ignorance that I read makes me sad for America. The lies that I read- such as Barack Obama is a Muslim, which he’s not. Or since Obama is 1 letter away from Osama- clearly they MUST be related or at least best friends. Yeah, makes total sense right? Or since his middle name is Hussein- yep there MUST be a correlation! By George! How can people think that way? I don’t care if the man WAS a Muslim, Puerto Rican, raised by a pack of wolves- if you’re good for the job then you’re good for the job. Period. Barack Obama is good for the damn job.

I’m not getting into policy yet because I need to learn more before I speak on specifics. But what I do know is that I can sense the passion in Barack Obama and I’ll choose passion over a resume any day, not that he doesn’t have the resume to boot. And we twenty somethings and the Generation Y crowd need to show America that we have the ability to say NO MORE to the bullshit we’ve seen for the last 8 years. Pull us out of this economic crap hole we’re in and start living again without fear. I have faith that we will stand for change this November.

So that’s what I have to say. Love it or hate it. Rip me one or join in the debate. Healthy debate is good. But I’m also ready for the backlash. So what’s your take on the ’08 election?

Update: I completely forgot to mention this man’s amazing online campaign. He’s on LinkedIn, Twitter, MySpace and just about every other social network. There are frequent updates and FYI’s for followers. Pretty incredible. I’m beyond impressed. For a potential President of the United States to be all over social media in a time like now- I think is pretty amazing. Embracing the new generations and tailoring to them- BRILLIANT.

8 Comments so far

AWESOME post!!! I am definitely an Obama supporter…. I had the pleasure of hearing him speak live at East Carolina University. His speech really touched me and I have much more respect for him now.

OBAMA ’08

Welcome to the Obama Force – I absolutely love this guy! And on YouTube, you should search “I’m in love with Obama”. It’s kinda weird and hilarious at the same time. What people will do is frightening.

Love me some Obama!!

I am not naive enough to think racism doesn’t exist but I am shocked at the support and encouragement it gets from our media — Fox News calling Michelle Obama’s baby mama and then there’s that appalling New Yorker cover.

We have a long, long way to go.

Amen to that Dingo. It’s disgusting that that stuff is out there. It’s sad that in some form it will always exsist but perpetuating ridiculous stereotypes isn’t funny- it’s rude and sad.

Miranda- I have seen that clip. Hilarious. Did you see the one based off of a Sarah Silverman clip and it’s Hillary Clinton saying “I’m f*cking Obama.” AMAZING!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skIlZflDs9Y

As a black woman it was a toss-up between which person I wanted to throw my support behind. But I think you can tell a lot about a person in how they say it in as much as what they say. At the end of the day, I just don’t believe her. I think she has something to prove to her husband, her father, and herself; and I don’t think she should do it with my healthcare, income, (imaginary) mortgage, or social security.

Totally valid TCD. But I AM happy we democrats have a good candidate to stand behind. Either way the primaries turned out, I was going to be happy. I really like Barack Obama and I really believe in what he stands for. I’m also secretly holding out for the Obama/Clinton ticket… but I don’t think it will happen. I just think it’s sad how people say- “Is America ready for a black president or a woman presiend?” I just want to say- “are we ready for another white republican to come in here and continue to screw us all?” Who cares about the race of the person or gender?- policy is policy. Barack Obama has some damn good policy.

Excellent post. I am a Canadian fully in support of Obama being the next POTUS. You had two fantastic Democratic candidates running this year, and it was great to see that whoever won the primaries, the country would be in good hands should they win the Presidency. I think this man could do great things for your country and by extension the world.

I’m Australian, but I’m gonna be tuned in to the US election. I blogged about this recently: I’m just sick of Bush, sick of Republicans and sick of watching the rest of the world, of which I’m a member, get treated like crap by a presidency which just wants to run roughshod over the planet. Go Obama!

Interesting side point: in a lot of ways, by Australian standards, America doesn’t have a left-wing party. The Democrats are more akin to what we call small-l liberals (Liberals being our right-wing party) – small-l’s are basically Liberals with an eye on social policy. Americans just seem to be more obssessed with right-wing economics than over here.

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