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Feb. 4th, 2008 10:52 pmSo, since I wasn't able to effectively cast a vote in the Michigan primary I'm now, in the hours before Super Tuesday, going to tell all of you how I would've voted and why.
Why wasn't I able to effectively vote, you ask? Because internal Democratic party politics pretty much invalidated the Michigan Dem primary and, as such, only Hilary Clinton was on the ballot. It doesn't really matter, though, as they're not even going to seat the Michigan delegates at the convention. Man, the U.S. doesn't want us and Canada probably wouldn't take us. I guess we'd better go eat worms.
So who would I have voted for? I would've voted for Barack Obama, if given the chance. While I have great respect for Hilary Clinton and think she would make an admirable and effective President I don't think she should be the official candidate. She is a figure that is nearly as divisive as the current President and the opposition has had nearly twenty years to not only demonize her but to solidify their hatred for her. The hatred is unwarranted and infuriating but it is real and, in my opinion, greatly reduces her chances of being elected.
I am also ready for a dynastic change. For my entire life, save for those first 8 months that I lived under the Carter Administration, this country has been shaped by either the same political families and voices. I'm, frankly, tired of the same old song and dance. Politics will always be politics but when I listen to Barack Obama speak I feel the pernicious political apathy that has affected me for so many years lighten and dissipate. A leader needs to do more than have policy plans and agendas, a leader needs to inspire, to lift us up through the power of his or her words and vision. All of the great United States presidents have one thing in common, and that was the ability to inspire. A nation such as this one is not defined by its leaders alone but rather by the ways in which its leaders rally this people, these citizens, to action and to belief. Not belief in a dogma or a sect but rather belief in ourselves and the good things that we can accomplish.
So, yeah, I would vote for Obama because hearing him speak makes me want to believe. And that, my friends, is a powerful force, indeed.
Senator Obama's Victory Speech in South Carolina
Why wasn't I able to effectively vote, you ask? Because internal Democratic party politics pretty much invalidated the Michigan Dem primary and, as such, only Hilary Clinton was on the ballot. It doesn't really matter, though, as they're not even going to seat the Michigan delegates at the convention. Man, the U.S. doesn't want us and Canada probably wouldn't take us. I guess we'd better go eat worms.
So who would I have voted for? I would've voted for Barack Obama, if given the chance. While I have great respect for Hilary Clinton and think she would make an admirable and effective President I don't think she should be the official candidate. She is a figure that is nearly as divisive as the current President and the opposition has had nearly twenty years to not only demonize her but to solidify their hatred for her. The hatred is unwarranted and infuriating but it is real and, in my opinion, greatly reduces her chances of being elected.
I am also ready for a dynastic change. For my entire life, save for those first 8 months that I lived under the Carter Administration, this country has been shaped by either the same political families and voices. I'm, frankly, tired of the same old song and dance. Politics will always be politics but when I listen to Barack Obama speak I feel the pernicious political apathy that has affected me for so many years lighten and dissipate. A leader needs to do more than have policy plans and agendas, a leader needs to inspire, to lift us up through the power of his or her words and vision. All of the great United States presidents have one thing in common, and that was the ability to inspire. A nation such as this one is not defined by its leaders alone but rather by the ways in which its leaders rally this people, these citizens, to action and to belief. Not belief in a dogma or a sect but rather belief in ourselves and the good things that we can accomplish.
So, yeah, I would vote for Obama because hearing him speak makes me want to believe. And that, my friends, is a powerful force, indeed.
Senator Obama's Victory Speech in South Carolina
