Now That We Have Our Candidates
We the people of the United States aren't fucked because our problems begin with policies. we're fucked because there's enough people voting for or against someone on the basis of a middle name instead of voting for their own interests. god, guns & gays certainly don't number among them, though these people like to pretend that they do.
and i get tired of talking about Bush. i'm sure alot of people do to. everything going wrong as result of the choices made by the Bush administration and the GOP congress they had in their back pocket for 6 years has come to pass because WE THE PEOPLE let it happen. Europe is LAUGHING at us for it.
the mindset in this country has to evolve. the two party political system has to change. i believe it'll take too much time for one president to do it in two terms. or even two presidents over 16 years if the latter carries the ideals of the former.
it's going to take a new generation. we've spoken about the youth vote for many years. certainly since before i could vote and that's been a over decade now. but this primary season has made something clear - Obama turned out the youth vote and we'll likely see that come to fruition in November.
i believe this generation (if not, then THEIR children... real progress usually takes long swaths of time) will become the players who change Washington, bringing about a truer democracy. and history will recognize that it started with Obama. but right now between these two candidates, Obama's our best shot at a better future, however small a distance he'll be able to bring us forward by. i really don't expect a whole lot of the change he's campaigning for. we are really that fucked.
at the end of the day, i really am focused on a truth: gender and race matter in who our president is UNTIL we elect a female or non-white president... AND THEN it won't matter anymore. let's just get over that hurdle and be done with it.
in light of what McCain stands for and what he's willing to do and to keep going as president, this really should make it easy for people to vote for Obama. he's CLEARLY the better candidate. OR if you want to look at it another way... Obama is CLEARLY the lesser of two evils.
Mccain is just getting in the way of our ability to make history and put much of our racial bullshit behind us.
and i get tired of talking about Bush. i'm sure alot of people do to. everything going wrong as result of the choices made by the Bush administration and the GOP congress they had in their back pocket for 6 years has come to pass because WE THE PEOPLE let it happen. Europe is LAUGHING at us for it.
the mindset in this country has to evolve. the two party political system has to change. i believe it'll take too much time for one president to do it in two terms. or even two presidents over 16 years if the latter carries the ideals of the former.
it's going to take a new generation. we've spoken about the youth vote for many years. certainly since before i could vote and that's been a over decade now. but this primary season has made something clear - Obama turned out the youth vote and we'll likely see that come to fruition in November.
i believe this generation (if not, then THEIR children... real progress usually takes long swaths of time) will become the players who change Washington, bringing about a truer democracy. and history will recognize that it started with Obama. but right now between these two candidates, Obama's our best shot at a better future, however small a distance he'll be able to bring us forward by. i really don't expect a whole lot of the change he's campaigning for. we are really that fucked.
at the end of the day, i really am focused on a truth: gender and race matter in who our president is UNTIL we elect a female or non-white president... AND THEN it won't matter anymore. let's just get over that hurdle and be done with it.
in light of what McCain stands for and what he's willing to do and to keep going as president, this really should make it easy for people to vote for Obama. he's CLEARLY the better candidate. OR if you want to look at it another way... Obama is CLEARLY the lesser of two evils.
Mccain is just getting in the way of our ability to make history and put much of our racial bullshit behind us.
posted by Omar at 11:59 PM
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