With less than two months
until the 2008 presidential
election, I can’t wait for election
night. Months upon
months of speculation all culminates
to hours upon hours
of poll closings and voting
irregularities! Well, let’s hope
there aren’t any irregularities.
It’s been almost two years
since the first action of this
election took place, and we’re
now down to the final sprint.
I have been an avid political
pundit for years. I went into
this election with the mindset
that the next four years will
be better than the last eight
because we’ll finally have a
president capable of speaking
English and leading the country
to a better tomorrow.
As some know, I was an
avid Hillary Clinton supporter.
I believed that we needed
the strength of the Clintons to
right the ship that George
Bush so viciously pelted with
cannon balls. I thought
Barack Obama was a good
candidate, but that he was not
ready to be the next president.
Clinton was a known
commodity.
She would never back
down from a fight, like Bush.
But unlike him, she would
actually use her brain to make
decisions, instead of just asking
Dick Cheney. I wanted
her to win so badly because I
believed it was time for a
woman to lead. I grew up
with three women, and I
know their strength is beyond
the comprehension of words.
After many months and
millions of dollars, the clock
struck 12 on the dream of a
competent woman leading
the country. I say “competent”
because of the embarrassment
that is the Sarah
Palin candidacy. McCain
choosing her as his running
mate was the most obvious
display of pandering that the
American political process
has ever experienced.
She has just 18-months
experience as governor. Does
she remind anyone else of
Bush eight years ago? She’s a
media darling who offers
cutesy sound bites and conservative
rhetoric instead of
offering clear and distinct
knowledge about the issues.
This is exactly as Bush was,
and he ended up winning.
Let’s hope that doesn’t happen
again.
After Clinton failed to win
the nomination, I decided
that it was time to get to
know Obama better.
I did my research and
found that he is very much
like any of us here at Bucks.
He came from very little,
growing up with his grandparents
and mother in places
such as Indonesia and
Hawaii. He grew up in the
middle-class and worked his
way into college.
The strength that he has
shown in his childhood and
adult life inspired me to
believe that he could be our
next president. That’s why I
am now proud to support
Obama for president. We
need a president who won’t
let the special interests run
the White House like they
have for the past eight years.
We need a president who
will work to provide health
care for not just those who
can afford it, but for every
single American.
We need a president who
will stop using fear to get his
agenda passed.
We need a president who
will end the War in Iraq and
bring our troops home.
We need a president who
will support the middle-class
and those struggling to get
into it.
And finally, we need a president
who knows the difference
between a pit bull and a
hockey mom.and it’s not
lipstick.