November 5 2008
America the beautiful.
Last night I sat in my dorm’s lounge beginning at 7:00 PM, watching and waiting as the results were displayed. Every percentage change either added tension or caused cheers to erupt from the group watching CNN. Although many predicted Obama would be the victor, I have no doubt that even Obama’s most fervent supporters doubted such good news. People we’re nervous. Finally America took a chance for something better.
At 11:00 PM, myself and a few others jumped on the subway towards Times Square. I have never seen so many happy or emotional people in my entire life. The streets and sidewalks were overflowing with people yelling, chanting, giving hugs, crying, laughing and smiling. I have never been more confident on the capactiy for optomistim as I was last night. I hope this “high” for America lasts a while, it’s what we need.
On the otherside of the country, however, Proposition 8 passed. Which I personally do not agree with. But, that’s another topic, one that probably will not be titled “America the beautiful.”
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August 30 2008
Oh, McCain.
Instead of talking about my life I would like to discuss Senator McCain. Now, I’ve always liked McCain, I had respect for him and his ideas, well, as much as I could considering that I don’t agree with a majority of republican policies. Even as an Obama supporter, I had respect for him. And when he produced an ad that negatively emphasized Obama’s “celebrity” status, I turned my head, denouncing the game of politics, but not him. However, his recent decision to choose a young female to be on his ticket as Vice President caused me to denounce his game of politics and him as a capable leader.
I understand that McCain has a lot to compete with. He is old, Obama young. He is white and “typical”, and Obama is black and “new”. But was it really an intelligent decision to choose a young woman, apparently younger than Obama, with no federal experience as his Vice President? She is the governor of Alaska and previously the mayor of a city with no more than 9000 people. Does that qualify? Is that adequate experience dealing with the triumphant federal government? I know she is a social conservative, which balances his more liberal approach on some issues. But wouldn’t it have been wiser to choose another social conservative? I sure hope that his choice to chose a woman wasn’t solely because he desired to obtain Clinton supporters. And I hope that the females of America will be smart enough to see through his scheme and not chose him because he picked a woman for Vice President.
Well, that’s my rant. Agree, disagree?
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