A new hope
Barack Obama inspires me to be a better man. He reminds me that complaining is easy while action shows character. Cynicism is an easy way to hide. Optimism requires strength. But optimism alone is impotent: power comes from working to turn hope into reality.
I was a little boy the last time a president inspired me. I asked my parents to stop leaving the hallway light on for me at night because Jimmy Carter told us to save energy.
There is no single simple clear action that I take away from tonight’s speech. But I will check myself every time I catch a whiff of cynicism or bitterness or start to think that maybe we’re just wasting our time trying to make the system better; and not just for politics but for all areas of my life.
Yes we can.
I have decided I can not morally vote for either Obama orMcCain. McCain seems to me very anti-gay,while Obama has voted for certain measures in Congress that pretty much do away with our constitutional rights. That is how government steals freedom from its people, by preying on us during times of trouble and slowly robbing us of our rights in the name of safety. Obama has voted to allow our government to wire tap and search us without due process or obtaining warrants. That is scary. Why does everybody choose to ignore the fact that Obama does not support our rights given to us by the constitution, and sides with Bush that terrorism attacks give those in charge the right to take away our rights in the name of public safety?