| | Well, America voted and we have a new president-elect - congratulations to Barack Obama. I didn't support him in the election primarily because of his pro-choice views and the fact that he would support the disgusting Freedom of Choice Act. I didn't support him on a secondary level because while I don't consider him a socialist, I do consider some of his ideas "big government" but that's the tendency of the Democratic party. Now that he's elected though, he's my president. Period. I'm not going to be like those whiny anti-Bush punks who would talk about how "Bush wasn't their president" just because they didn't vote for him. I always wanted to tell those people to grow up. We live in the US. This is how the process works, sometimes your guy wins, sometimes he loses, but whoever wins is your president. Truth be told, I liked Huckabee best and I voted for him in the caucuses. We all know how that played out.
I do have apprehension about Obama's pro-choice stance. I worry about him single handedly overturning legislation voted on *by the people* through federal legislation (taking away states rights). I grieve for the unborn babies (most of them African-American, ironically) that will continue to be sacrificed on the altar of American individualism and "rights". I'll be praying that he sees the fact that it is the minority races that suffer heavily from this, not the whites (statistically speaking, that is). There's thought out there that if the rate of abortions among African American women continues at it's current rate, eventually no one will care about them because there won't be enough to be a viable voting sector (in a couple generations). What a huge irony that we finally have a black president but it may all be moot point in the end!
I'm also excited about Obama too. I thrive on change. I may disagree with him on certain policies, but I'm curious to see what he does. The next four years will be fascinating to watch. I love living in history. I love having stories to tell.
My final thought is in defense of Sarah Palin. I hope that my liberal friends are taking the rumors coming out about her with a grain of salt. The McCain campaign was run poorly and I get the sense that Palin is their patsy, their scapegoat. They yanked her in, remember? She was up there in Alaska doing just fine (she was cleared of wrong doing in a second investigation). Not a perfect job, mind you, but good enough from what I could tell. She joined their ticket and she was a woman. Now everyone is painting this very awful picture of her (notice that these rumors come from unnamed sources). Frankly I don't have a problem with the wardrobe budget. I'd be curious to know what Hilary spends on her wardrobe frankly. She has millions of dollars, Palin doesn't. Palin is in front of the cameras *every day* and she has an image to keep up. As for the tantrums and the idiot factor - I can't help but think those are greatly exaggerated. Palin isn't a moron. But they want to paint her as one.
Ultimately I think Palin's slip ups were the result of being thrust into the limelight with very little prep. Even Obama wasn't this slick at the beginning, it took him some time to find his ground - but he had two years so we have already forgotten about his less than stellar moments. Palin only had months and that was her only shot.
I don't think Palin is the greatest person ever. I do have a lot of respect for her and I refuse to simply buy into the rumors just yet. I just hope other people will be as level headed.
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| | Posted 11/9/2008 9:53 AM - 10 Views - 2 eProps - 1 Comment
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