Independence for CHange Part II of II
September 9th 2008 16:03
The brick wall I'm running into with Obama is a question of how is change going to come with the same players that brought us into this disastrous dance?
While Joe Biden is a Congressional Maverick who has reached across the aisle in his long history as a statesman, I find it hard to compare this kind of change in leadership when thrown against that of a Washington Outsider with executive experience.
The choice of Sarah Palin is everything Obama should have thought of before making his Vice Presidential pick…
The minute this choice was made, many saw it as a superficial attempt from the McCain camp to prey on Barack Obama's weaknesses and election blunders and in this I would have to agree.
Obama's failure was not in the fact that he did not pick Hillary Clinton but rather in the fact that he lost the meaning behind the speeches that inspired many American's including me.
While many wrote off the choice of Palin as failed attempt of the Republican Party to influence women to vote simply based on the gender I equate this logic with the same thinking of "white people will never vote for Obama".
At the end of the day we need to understand that some people will always vote Democratic or will not vote at all and the same would apply to the Republican Party. There is too much at stake in the "Hillary" women's movement for them to simply flip to the Republican Party because they have a woman running for the Vice President on the other side.
Clinton and Palin are polar opposites and represent the two sides of the modern women's movement in this country and should be respected for their differences.
McCain chose Palin for VP for the simple reasons of her meeting the interests of the conservative base and she was also the right executive for the job who has a history of bi-partisanship beyond her strong social conservative beliefs.
In order for us to truly find a candidate who is an agent of change we need to look beyond the people who meet the exact needs of one party or another. There are admirable qualities I have found with all four Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates in this election season.
As much as I have been goated into accepting Obama as the true agent of change simnply based on his speeches and to demonize Sarah Palin as something that is "different" than I should accept
I simply find this kind of thinking just as unacceptable when those statements were reversed and Barack Obama was the one being victimized for "not being part of the establishment" or different from the rest of America.
Thinking straight up and down on the issues I am personally deadlocked but as I said from the beginning my criteria is based on who is going to make my government effective again….
John McCain says he is the best agent for change based on proven results…
Instead of rejecting good ideas because we didn't think of them first, let's use the best ideas from both sides. Instead of fighting over who gets the credit, let's try sharing it. This amazing country can do anything we put our minds to. I will ask Democrats and independents to serve with me. And my administration will set a new standard for transparency and accountability.
We're going to finally start getting things done for the people who are counting on us, and I won't care who gets the credit.
Barack Obama says he is the man who instilled visions of a country that can progress past our differences and can be better through effective government…
Tonight, I say to the American people, to Democrats and Republicans and independents across this great land — enough! This moment — this election — is our chance to keep, in the 21st century, the American promise alive. Because next week, in Minnesota, the same party that brought you two terms of George Bush and Dick Cheney will ask this country for a third. And we are here because we love this country too much to let the next four years look like the last eight. On November 4, we must stand up and say: "Eight is enough."
Beyond the false rhetoric and our egocentric need to have our personal views portrayed through our leaders, 2008 is the year of the Independents. It should be the goal of both parties to court these Americans and the decision will not be easy.
For me personally, I'm voting for the man who can show me through the people they surround themselves with that they can rise above the party fray and nominate Supreme Court Justices, make foreign policy decisions and work with Congress through and Independent thinking process and not through Party Policy.
Both candidates have shown me moments of disappointment and have also shown me flashes of brilliance through Independent thinking and challenging their parties through the nomination process.
The last test will be debates and I'm personally looking forward to watching two men who won't be relying on catch phrases and false charges but rather will give Americans what they deserve….
An intelligent discussion on how their administration will deal with the issues that are important to this country.
I am Khalfani King and I approved this message
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