About a Girl. there is usually more to a girl than you ever would think and it is to this i want to apologize. whatever you may read, overlook it. whatever you may hear, ignore it. whatever i may say, forget it. but please, do not overlook me or ignore me or forget me. i am complicated, but i need to be appreciated. i will love, but i need to be loved. i am a girl, forgive me.
I just wanted to say, this is a historic night, no matter what way you voted. I have a lot of thoughts, and I've had a lot of insightful conversations, but now's not the time. It's just a moment in history when America changed that we will never forget.
We are not a collection of red states and blue states. We are and always will be the United States of America. - Mr. President
So I've read a few blog responses and talked with a few different groups of people about the debates and I have to say, I'm wondering what "older" America is thinking, cause it seems pretty clear what "younger" America is saying.
McCain has a huge distaste for Obama. It's like he's thinking, "why again do I have to *BIG AIR QUOTES* "debate" this kid? He's never been a POW, he's barely a Senator, he is pretty good looking *don't look at Obama, don't look at Obama, don't look at Obama*, but besides that, if this kid wins the presidency like it's a popularity contest I'm gunna raise hell."
McCain won't respond to Obama. He won't look at Obama. He won't talk to Obama. He won't even call him Barack, even though he was asked time and time again to "respond to Senator Obama", "talk to Senator Obama". It was sad. Even shaking his hand at the end of the debate, which to me it seemed like Obama was chasing McCain down to shake his hand, even then good 'ol boy McCain can't look at him. Josh Marshall, Talking Points Memo "McCain [had] that sneer and there did seem to be this thing where he was so contemptuous and angry at Obama that he couldn't get himself to make eye contact. I think we'll hear more about that."
Obama came out punching when it came to foreign policy... Kos, Daily Kos "Obama fought back by speaking at length on every issue, aided by a format that allowed him to speak beyond 30 second sound bites, and he name dropped countries and foreign leaders by the bucketful, to underscore the fact that he knows what he's talking about. It was very effective."
And, can I add, my complete shock when Obama spoke in regards to Osama Bin Ladin? He stated very matter of fact that we need to "capture and kill" him. Did this surprise anyone else? I was like, oh shit, this guy means business. Coming from Obama, who I admit seems meek and well mannered most of the time, kill was a powerful, weighted word. He wasn't saying it lightly, he was eliciting his complete composure and ability to be Commander in Chief.
I agree, it does matter if going to war in Iraq in the first place mattered or not. But I equally care about what we are going to do about it now that we're there. And one thing I'm seriously pissed off about in regards to both candidates is their responses to the opening questions regarding the mortgage crisis and proposed bail out. They both suck. Neither of them answered the questions. Neither of them provided a solid solution that wasn't, ya, let's bail them out. They eventually talked about responsibility and accountability, but beyond that...it feels like as Americans we still won't have a say in what the government decides to do with our money.
My favorite was McCain freaking out about Obama parsing words...isn't that what makes a great debater? No, I'm not going to just assume we both know what the other person means by that. I'm going to point out the definition, clarify, question your use of terms, PARSE WORDS! This leads me to the thought...I'd like to know Josh's take on the debates. He's such a smarty pants (in a good way.)
When our choice was McCain or Obama, I thought, well, I spose either way I'll be fine. But now that the Vice Presidential candidates have been announced? Well. My thoughts have changed. I'm kind of at a loss. I'm "undecided" a bit.
Now at first I thought Palin's a lady and that should mean something. I mean, seriously, it's about time that gender or race don't matter in the most melting pot country around! But now I wonder, is she just a pretty face?
In hearing more about her, listening to her respond to questions? Well, honestly, I wonder at this point what T.J. thinks.
Here's one interview out of the gazillion I could have posted.
This may be a bunch of ramblings. But I'd like people to think for a bit and care, especially you younger Americans, cause it matters ...and don't any of you miss the Vice Presidential debates, this one's going to go down in the record books. I don't know what for yet, but something's going down...I can feel it.
And one last thing...I linked to both Obama's and McCain's prez websites. I have my opinions, or gut reactions, but I'll refrain for now.
Check them out, and I'd love to hear what people think of them, side by side, as it were.
It's all fun and games until someone becomes the President.
It happened on Friday night at 9:18 pm. Obama visited me downtown, along with over 10,000 other Oregonians, but who cares right? I have to admit, regardless of if you agree with Obama's politics or not, he is an amazing speaker, a charismatic and genuine sounding man, and even if he can't fulfill ALL of his promises, I at least think that he'll attempt to.
He convinced me with his speech on Race in our country and his live speech on friday that he's the best option for our country right now. He's not perfect, I'm not crazy, of course I know that! And some may think he's just the lesser of two evils, but heck, if that's what you think than that means a vote for him right?
It was amazing to be in the same room as this man, it was a moment in history that I'm happy is my memory to keep.
Barack Obama is arriving in our town at 9:00 PM tonight. I'm going to try to touch him on the person...either that or...perhaps take his picture. Yeah. Either one. We'll see.
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