I must admit that this upcoming election is something that my head is very mixed up about. My head is mixed up about it, mainly because its something very serious for our nation, and for us (Americans) as a people. I have not found one candidate that I really love and support. I have found one that I like a bit more than all the others…but no one that I have felt a passion for, no one that has stirred something from deep inside of me. As a matter of fact, I did not think it was possible for anyone running for President of The United States of America to generate passion inside of me. Overall, I probably like Ron Paul more than any other candidate. However, I dont think I would rally for him to be President or preach his infallibility to everyone I speak to. I have not found a candidate who I believe to be infallible. There are major issues that mean a lot to me with this election. The war, mainly, and health care. I am sure there are many Americans who also share my belief that these are probably the two most important issues we have going on right now. However, there are two things that no one is really saying a whole lot about. Hope, and change.
There is an epidemic in this country that is affecting damn near everyone and if its not affecting you then it is affecting someone you know. It is really, the loss of hope, or the lack of hope. We live in a country where people are becoming more and more hopeless about the problems that exist in the world that surrounds them. Its very sad. I have to admit that I too, have been affected by this extreme loss of hope and thats one of the reasons I am having a hard time with this election.
Change is something else. We are in a desperate need of change and so many people want change so badly that they are blindly following the first person who promises it without even questioning the motives of that person, the history of that person, etc. I think that hope and change are directly related to each other, in the sense that hope brings about change…and change brings about hope. There have been many situations where Americans have needed change, and lost hope. There have been a few situations where a President, or someone running to BE President give us that hope that we need in order to bring about change. That happened on January 20th, 1961. I wasnt around at that time, though..so I missed that one.
I,unlike Lee Greenwood, have never been “Proud to be an American.” America hasnt ever given me the opportunity. There hasnt been anything in my short lifetime as an adult who understands worldly issues, that America has done to make me “proud” to be an American. Especially recently. Recently, I have been a reluctant American. Not proud at all, somewhat ashamed, and downright fucking embarrassed. This all changed tonight though, for the first time ever…I felt proud to be an American.
What made me feel this way? Barack Obama winning the Iowa Caucus. Not only is he a black man, which in itself speaks VOLUMES about the direction America is headed and just how BAD we want change and just how much hope he has given Americans, but, he is someone who a lot of people have said would not make it to this point. I was proud of him and his speech made me proud to be an American for the first time ever.
His winning made me realize that, yes, finally, the PEOPLE of America are getting their point across and they ARE ready for a change and they do not want the same ol rehashed clones of past politicians and their wives. It almost made me feel like my vote would count…even though I know it wouldnt, LMAO. Anyway..yeah…GO OBAMA! You made me proud.
I am sorry, but someone who voted FOR the war in Iraq and even purposes that we go into Iran…they are not going to change America.
I still am not endorsing any particular candidate…but I refuse to vote for someone who voted for the war on Iraq. A friend of mine says that the reason some of these politicians voted for the Iraqi war is because they were duped and lied to…well, sorry, but, I dont want a President who is so easily duped and so who so easily believes in lies they are told. Who would? Maybe some one who is easily duped and lied to?
