***I'd apologize for my long-winded self but if I did, I'd never stop apologizing! So proceed at your own risk!***
I don't pretend to be politically savvy or even to "get" what's going on all the time. I tend to think of the economy in terms of $100 and do I have enough for gas this week. So the $700,000,000 thingy is out of the realm of my comprehension for sure. I do know that all those big numbers affect my little number self and that I am among the very fortunate in this country and in the world. But I do see things on a small scale and so I've been "line hopping" for months now - my basic views are conservative and am driven by my religious beliefs but I do walk pretty close to the "dividing" line.I didn't decide who I was going to vote for until the very last minute. I'd voted all the way down the ballot and went back to the top to fill in the "biggie". I quickly sealed my envelope and ran to the mailbox so I couldn't change my mind again.
Mike is pretty much a die hard Republican. We're both pretty passionate people and so our political discussions are rarely calm; which is funny because we ultimately want the same things.
My family weighs more democratic and there are even a few radicals in the bunch. I am definately the most conservative of the group. Mike's family is mostly conservative but he is definately leaning more right than all of them.
Leigha has been doing mock election stuff and political research for a while now at school. It makes me happy that, after hearing many passionate political arguments and having such a politically diverse extended family, she read everything her sweet mind could comprehend and made her own decision. She was among the few mock voters in 6th grade that voted for McCain, but she did it proudly and without apology....she amazes me!
It is wonderful that we live in place where we can pick our own leaders and that the majority of us can look past our physical and political differences and work together to make our nation even more great.
We do live in a promised land and we have been reserved for now to stand up for what is right and do everything we can to prepare our children to do the same.
I don't know what will happen. I don't know if the right man was elected. I believe that both had much to offer and that both are good men.
But here we are, and we must honor the office of the presidency, and therefore, respect the man who holds that office. I have faith that we will not be led astray and that we will be blessed for supporting our leaders.
Though we differ greatly politically, I echo my sister's comment that I hope that Obama is really as hopeful as he has led us all to believe and that with him we can work together to make a better future for this country and for our children..... isn't that really what we all want??? For our kids to be happy?
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The thing that I am MOST excited for about this election, is that people cared. People cared enough to study the hard questions and think about who to vote for. I'm excited to actually get some work done with my fellow Americans to make this country better. I leave you with a highlight from Obama's victory speech:
"I will listen to you, especially when we disagree. And, above all, I will ask you to join in the work of remaking this nation, the only way it’s been done in America for 221 years — block by block, brick by brick, calloused hand by calloused hand.
What began 21 months ago in the depths of winter cannot end on this autumn night. This victory alone is not the change we seek. It is only the chance for us to make that change. And that cannot happen if we go back to the way things were.
It can’t happen without you, without a new spirit of service, a new spirit of sacrifice. So let us summon a new spirit of patriotism, of responsibility, where each of us resolves to pitch in and work harder and look after not only ourselves but each other."
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