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I am all about Senator Obama. I was behind John Edwards initially, but since Edwards pulled out early in the primaries, I have been a staunch Obama supporter.

I simply cannot believe the crap that this guy is being faced with: being accused of being an Islamic terrorist. What with the blatant stereotyping and racism of the news media against him, I don't really blame the people who are not very positive about the white community. The facts are that he is a smart, articulate, charismatic man who has some new ideas and some integrity. How he is going to survive in Washington with those two things, I don't know, but I am more than excited about giving him the opportunity to try.

I received a poll in the mail from the Democratic National Committee, which I took the time to fill out. It asked me to rank what I thought were the most important issues in the country today. The ones I put on the top were: jobs and the economy, education, health care (for the elderly,) and the Iraq war. The fiscal irresponsibility of the current administration is embarrassing. If a Fortune 500 company president ran his company that way, the shareholders would have fired him, and there would be a criminal investigation. If you are in government, however, people seem not to notice so much.

I am much less bothered with the moral social issues that seem to stir people up. I find them peripheral and distracting from the big picture.
1.) People have concerns about the breakdown of "the family"? Improve the economy so that it doesn't take two people working full time to make enough to put food on the table and clothes on their kids backs and still be able to afford a solid education. (Parents get cranky when they don't have money and tend to take it out on each other. They also miss out on things going on with their kids. Just an observation.)
2.) People are opposed to abortion? Educate people about practicing contraception and have access to health care professionals to help them out with that.
3.) Illegal immigration? People tend to go after foreigners when they are unhappy and looking for someone to blame. (Hello, Nazi Germany.) Americans need to change their attitudes about what jobs are beneath them, and remember that the United States is a country built on the backs of immigrant labor. Fresh blood and perspectives can be a good thing.
4.) Religion in schools? Is this really about religion or about making people better? Get them educated and give them a living wage with reasonable access to doctors and medicine when they need it, and I guarantee you will find happier, better people.
5.) Gun control? Well, yes, guns don't kill people; people kill people, but guns certainly help. And if we were living in a country where people are happier from being better educated, less afraid, and with a stronger economy, maybe there would be less gun related crime.

I don't know about any of this; I am just hypothesizing. But doesn't it seem reasonable??

Anyhow, I am supporting Senator Obama in this election. I think that he would do a good job. Certainly a better one than the current president.

BTW, in case you missed it, a motion to impeach the President and the Vice President was introduced in the House of Representatives last week and was sent to committee. It is expected to die there, but the fact that it was introduced gives me hope.