how come the story about Obama and his supposed mob ties and ties to slum lords in chicago are not bigger news? i know the man gives a good speech, but let's be honest, if this were hillary, the media would be all over this. i was thinking, too, how did he rise so fast without these ties? i know he is a good speaker, but to clean up this mess our country is in, it is gonna take more than speeches. sure we need to be united, but we need to be united for a cause. where is his action. what has he done? a few terms in his state government, and two as a senator. but the way he talks. and don't get me wrong, he says some wonderful things, but he is for things like " no child left behind." think about it. every kid has to be on the same level at the same age. and they have to pass the test to prove they are at that level. this is ridiculous. some kids are never going to read or do math on their grade level. and some kids are going to blow these tests out of the water. but school funding is based on these tests as well. that is scary. don't the kids who fall behind need more funding to get them up to par? and who sets par? probably someone who would have had no problem passing these milestone tests. it just seems silly. i just wonder if some people aren't taken in by his speeches and how charismatic he is. but issues.
i heard darlin' bill talk not too long ago. saying glorious things about his wife, of course. and he said that being president is a tough job because at the end of the day, you are still human. and you are going to fail at some things. he went on to say that it is how the president handles failure that determines what kind of president they are. in the late 1990's he let hillary chair a board on health care reform. she took a lot of flack for her position (it was looked at like a spoils of victory position). she took so much flack, the reform she was working on failed. FAILED. but she picked herself up, and started working on better health care for kids. and our country now has better benefits for more kids than it ever had. all because of her failure. she has made huge changes in our country. and most have been positive. but it just seems to me that she may lose to rhetoric. i'm sick of "empty words". GeeDub promised to unite us, too. you 'member? personally, i do think we need some unity, but unite us with a cause and the cause should be greater than furthering our political party, or our own career, or how great we were in the past. this is now. let's get some real changes going. that would be better.
it is not a race issue, and i don't think i am a racist for not supporting the black guy. i think he will get his time, but let's do something. for once. this is my soap box.
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i just wanted y'all to know that you could leave comments. i know i got some staunch obama fans reading this. and i would love to hear what youn's think. xoxo
I have not yet made up my mind about these issues entirely. But I would like to say this.
We have already had 28 years of either a Bush or a Clinton as Pres or VP. That is almost our whole lives. And that is seeming a little too dynastic to me. We are not supposed to have an aristocracy in this country.
I am not saying I would vote against Hillary based solely on her last name. I have always wanted to see a woman president in my lifetime. I'm just not sold on her being the one for me.
just like all children won't learn at the same rate and won't test the same, we will never as a country unite behind one cause. it's a sad impossibility. when my cowoekres get into heated arguments dscussing valid points like, "yankees suck" or "no, red sox suck harder" i fear that we are doomed to fight ourselves eternally. that's why the primaries make me so depressed because instead of attacking the fuckers in the conservative bullpen and their fearmongering, anti-logic tactics and beliefs, the democrats waste so much air fighting each other. i understand there's a race going on but the bitterness and games being played internally are draining and take our eyes off the target which is to get either one of these people into office because both will be a breath of fresh air and a chance for a different set of values to get some precedence. that said, i like obama's lack of experience because i feel enough people with years of real world political experience have blown their chances for too long and i'm ready to hand over the reigns to someone young and relatively inexperienced and hungry. again, either would be a good choice and a nice new start but the greenness (not in an environmental sense) of obama is what gives him the edge in my book.
i think you both make very valid points. and i want you both to know that i will whole heartedly support whichever gets the nomination, but i can't let my girl go down without a fight.
Fight! Fight! Fight!
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