I Am Me

Ok so this is where I go off topic for a post. I want to talk about the election.....

I voted. I voted for change. I voted for peace. I voted for a hopefully improved economy. I voted to end the nonsense about being the world police. I voted for Senator Barack Obama.

Now I have met a LOT of people who will argue with me, tooth and nail, that he is not about change, he is about big government, he has no experience, he doesn't support our troops, even about his name and religion...

Well what I have been saying all along to the super conservatives, you had 8 years. You had who was supposed to be a star pupil. Son of a former president. Where are we now? Now don't get me wrong, under any other circumstances, I have backed John McCain. Actually the 2004 primaries I voted for John McCain. He is a respectable man with good ideas and values. But I cannot vote for another conservative right now. I just cannot. 8 years have been spent...the time for change is now.

That being said, I feel I am a pretty open minded person. I look at all the issues, and see both sides. I love talking politics with educated people because I don't fight or speak irrationally. I like to see if they are seeing something I do not. Maybe even convince me to switch sides. What really upset me about this election, were people who did not actually research issues and look at both sides. Who voted for someone just because of negative ads on TV or because they are partisans. Who are jumping to conclusions about bomb shelters, and removing the 2nd amendment, another 9/11, or even becoming a Communist country. I have heard it all.

In an election that was supposed to unify this country, I have never felt such anger towards my fellow citizens. How can people be so naive? So uneducated? To make comments as irrational as that...It's painful to hear and see. Some of it, is even borderline discrimination. Now I could fly off onto the other end of the spectrum, and say what crazy thing's would have happened, or not happened, if Senator McCain became president, but that's not who I am. That's not why I voted for Barack Obama. I feel this man can actually fix this mess. Not just internally, but foreign policy too. Obviously we have issues at home here with housing and the sinking job market and economy, but look beyond this, the world issues. We've single handedly ruined global economies, we have tarnished our image with other countries who used to be our allies. We need change.

I am not a liberal. I am not a moderate. I am not a conservative. I am me....and I am proud to say I voted for Barack Obama.

***This was not to sway anyone or try to change anyone's views. I respect everyone's rights and opinions, as long as they are educated :-) ***