While I sincerely hope that Sen. Obama wins the election (and am among them who believe the only way he will lose it will be if the Republican party manages to steal the nomination again), there’s so much nonsense being written and spoken about him that I wonder if our electorate is smart enough to see through it all.
No, Obama is neither Saint nor Devil. He is just an ordinary man in most respects, but happens to be smarter than average, more committed to helping his fellow citizens and the rest of the world get along than others, and to have linked up with people who knew how to put together an absolutely terrific campaign strategy so that, even though he was virtually unknown a couple of years ago and even though he has a very unusual name and even though he has a biracial background — this solid citizen might actually become our President. Amazing. Wonderful. Almost unbelievable. But isn’t that what we were all taught COULD happen if you worked and studied hard and if you cared enough about your nation and its citizens?
We’ve had many many years of hateful governance by the Republican party that bears almost no resemblance to its own antecedents and values. Iin response to a Republican-leaning friend who was telling me how afraid he was of an Obama presidency, I said what I will say here — I’ve had to suffer and endure the horrors of Reagan I and II and BushJr. I and II. If Obama wins, suck it up and suffer. I promise you it won’t be nearly as hard to take for either American citizens or the world community as what we’ve had to endure.
