20000 Strong for Obama in Wilmington!
While hanging out with Matt and Jack last night, I was expressing my interest in voting for Barack Obama but that I was worried in regards to my reasonings. Jack goes on to mention that he was actually going to be speaking in Rodney Square today and I immediately perked up. After all, I could wake up, get dressed, and then walk five blocks to see the man in person and hear what he has to say. Funny enough, I still ended up going to bed at 5am...
After a weird dream involving a friend that could transform into a rain cloud, her crying to me in regards to workplace injustice, and an evil hypnotist chanting some disturbing crap into my ears, I woke up and rushed up to the Square. Upon my arrival, I was shocked by the amount of people that had turned out for this thing and I was even MORE shocked by the fact that a much larger number showed up after I did.In the end, people barely had room to move around and I had to clap far less often than I wanted to because the space just wasn't there for me to reposition my arms. Throughout the Obama speech, people were occasionally chanting lines such as "MR. PRESIDENT!!" or asking me to take pictures of him with their camera due to me being one of the few people in my area that could actually see him (I could see over the ENTIRE crowd). I found it especially funny when a woman actually motioned to me and said: "What is Mr. Obama wearing? What color is his suit?"
As far as the actual speech went, I enjoyed listening to what I he had to say but as he would read off his goals and proposals, I could only think that I've heard these sorts of promises before. In fact, it wasn't until the end of his speech that I actually took an interest in learning more about him. The reason? He went on to explain his lack of experience in Washington. I began to talk about how the other candidates are smearing him as a extreme hopeful and a man with no experience but in reality, extraordinary things begin with hope. And I personally feel that his lack of experience in DC could prompt him to take measures and go at angles untrudged by former politicians.
While I'm not as politically aware as some of the people that I associate with, I'd be lying if I didn't admit that I actually care about them. One thing that I took away from all of this is that I AM ready for a change and that I'll probably end up researching for this election far more than I have any previous elections that I've had to the right to vote in. And everyone else should do the same...
As for Tuesday, should I be in the Democratic party (I THINK I am in the Independant though...need to find my voting card again), my vote is most likely going to Barack Obama.
After a weird dream involving a friend that could transform into a rain cloud, her crying to me in regards to workplace injustice, and an evil hypnotist chanting some disturbing crap into my ears, I woke up and rushed up to the Square. Upon my arrival, I was shocked by the amount of people that had turned out for this thing and I was even MORE shocked by the fact that a much larger number showed up after I did.In the end, people barely had room to move around and I had to clap far less often than I wanted to because the space just wasn't there for me to reposition my arms. Throughout the Obama speech, people were occasionally chanting lines such as "MR. PRESIDENT!!" or asking me to take pictures of him with their camera due to me being one of the few people in my area that could actually see him (I could see over the ENTIRE crowd). I found it especially funny when a woman actually motioned to me and said: "What is Mr. Obama wearing? What color is his suit?"
As far as the actual speech went, I enjoyed listening to what I he had to say but as he would read off his goals and proposals, I could only think that I've heard these sorts of promises before. In fact, it wasn't until the end of his speech that I actually took an interest in learning more about him. The reason? He went on to explain his lack of experience in Washington. I began to talk about how the other candidates are smearing him as a extreme hopeful and a man with no experience but in reality, extraordinary things begin with hope. And I personally feel that his lack of experience in DC could prompt him to take measures and go at angles untrudged by former politicians.
While I'm not as politically aware as some of the people that I associate with, I'd be lying if I didn't admit that I actually care about them. One thing that I took away from all of this is that I AM ready for a change and that I'll probably end up researching for this election far more than I have any previous elections that I've had to the right to vote in. And everyone else should do the same...
As for Tuesday, should I be in the Democratic party (I THINK I am in the Independant though...need to find my voting card again), my vote is most likely going to Barack Obama.