Just look at the two speeches made last night, and that will give you all the contrast between the candidates that you need. Obama's gave a gracious victory speech in front of a huge and raucous crowd. McCain gave a staid, boring "speech" in front of a staid, boring, and small crowd of senior citizens who were barely awake enough to applaud.
No, it's not going to be easy. The Right Wing Noise Machine will pull out all the stops to portray Barack as the Most Black Liberal Scary Black Radical Secret Black Muslim EVAR. McCain, meanwhile, is in the unenviable position of running to be Bush's Third Term while simultaneously denying any connection to America's Worst President.
It won't work. The American people are fed up with Bush, and fed up with anyone who emulates him. Obama represents a new direction for the country, and I think the country is smart enough to take it.
I'm less worried about what the Republicans will do to damage Obama's campaign than I am about all the things Hillary Clinton has already done to damage it. She seems hell-bent on keeping the party bitterly divided so that she can run again in 2012.
I do not choose to hero worship politicians. Save for dead ones like Eleanor Roosevelt. However, I am waiting to see how he handles himself.
On the other hand, Superman is not eligible for the presidency, as he wasn't born in the US.
Sadly, and to me this is the saddest part, I was asked recently if I though Obama could get elected. The person who was asking didn't think so because of his skin color. Which to me is sad and frustrating, and so depressing. When will people understand that it's the person that is elected, not his melanin.
You have a valid point, and I probably should include a smiley or two there; my comments were meant to be at least partially tongue-in-cheek. Still, it's a welcome change to actually find someone I want to vote for as opposed to against.
And as far as his race is concerned... sadly, there will always be small-minded people who are unable (or unwilling) to consider the person. But their numbers are shrinking day by day, year by year. Whether there will be enough of them to deny America the president it needs remains to be seen. It will be a very interesting summer...
I want to vote for him too, but he makes it hard sometimes. I kind of get the uneasy feeling that Obama desperately wants everybody to like him, which is a dangerous characteristic in a President.
(George W. Bush suffers from exactly the same problem. People accused Bill Clinton of it too, although now that I consider it, I don't think that's right; Clinton was just good at actually being liked, which is a different thing altogether.)
Regardless, various cold strategic calculations compel me to vote for Obama this year. Unless he picks Edwards for VP in which case all bets are off.
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No, it's not going to be easy. The Right Wing Noise Machine will pull out all the stops to portray Barack as the Most Black Liberal Scary Black Radical Secret Black Muslim EVAR. McCain, meanwhile, is in the unenviable position of running to be Bush's Third Term while simultaneously denying any connection to America's Worst President.
It won't work. The American people are fed up with Bush, and fed up with anyone who emulates him. Obama represents a new direction for the country, and I think the country is smart enough to take it.
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I do not choose to hero worship politicians. Save for dead ones like Eleanor Roosevelt. However, I am waiting to see how he handles himself.
On the other hand, Superman is not eligible for the presidency, as he wasn't born in the US.
Sadly, and to me this is the saddest part, I was asked recently if I though Obama could get elected. The person who was asking didn't think so because of his skin color. Which to me is sad and frustrating, and so depressing. When will people understand that it's the person that is elected, not his melanin.
The person was a youngish Latina.
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You have a valid point, and I probably should include a smiley or two there; my comments were meant to be at least partially tongue-in-cheek. Still, it's a welcome change to actually find someone I want to vote for as opposed to against.
And as far as his race is concerned... sadly, there will always be small-minded people who are unable (or unwilling) to consider the person. But their numbers are shrinking day by day, year by year. Whether there will be enough of them to deny America the president it needs remains to be seen. It will be a very interesting summer...
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My heroes tend to be scientists.
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(George W. Bush suffers from exactly the same problem. People accused Bill Clinton of it too, although now that I consider it, I don't think that's right; Clinton was just good at actually being liked, which is a different thing altogether.)
Regardless, various cold strategic calculations compel me to vote for Obama this year. Unless he picks Edwards for VP in which case all bets are off.
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