What Obama stands for

Barak Obama stands for all of us. He stands for the best that we can be as a society; one that is compassionate, fair, generous and gives of itself. His background in community organizing and community work has been poo pooed by the Republicans, as if it doesn't count and isn't valuable. They also poo poo any voter that doesn't live in a "small town" or the "real America". Just watch John Stewart's Daily show excerpt to find out if you are a "real American" by taking this quiz http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=188637&title=quiz-are-you-a-real-american

Obama stands for the call to all of us to help make our world, town, community and neighborhood a better place. If you lift up another person, you lift up yourself and those around you. If you work to make positive change for people to help themselves become better citizens, more financially solvent, independent, and fully recognized members of our nation, then to me that is being a "real American".

Obama stands for undoing the racism that is embedded in the very foundation and bedrock of our nation. Much progress has been made over the years since the civil rights movement demanded change. However, it wasn't that long ago that the Freedom Riders in the south were murdered, that blacks protesting against segregation in the south were beaten, fire hosed and attached by dogs. There has been a lot of talk about a "post-racial" United States and that has been attributed to so many young people jumping on the Obama wagon....that they can envision a post-racial society where racism isn't as common a practice in the everyday lives of americans. Just because we elect our first African American president doesn't mean that the work is done. Obama will stand for all of America, UNLIKE Mcain who will stand for only the "real America" that of the white, rural, working class, provincial, uninformed and small minded.

Do I sound a little biased? Well I am. I can't stand it when I see these supposedly educated, world traveled people spewing the vitriolic venom of the Republican Party. Mcain has cowtowed to his party so he can finally be THE Republican candidate. He has compromised in so many ways, not the least of which is his campaign's negative orientation. The evil tactics they typically use are turning voters off, as they should. But to see John Mcain approving and participating in this, has taken any of the respect I had for him as a public figure and politician away.

Obama has kept his campaign clean. He has followed through on his promise to do so. He hasn't let the riotous radicals of the democratic party create these charactar assassinating ads like the "swift boat" groups. Obama not only stands for doing the right thing by others, he actually DOES the right thing. When Obama is elected, and he will be, he will do the right thing, he will maintain his convictions yet respond to learning new things as he will in the awesome job of president. I must admit that I myself have felt that he should be elected at all costs. If we lived in another country in another part of the world, there may be people killed to have a politician elected. I appreciate the fact that we live in a society where that isn't the case.

I have to hold onto the hope that Obama will be elected in spite of re-drawn election districts; faulty voting machines, hanging chads, legitimate votes not counted(remember the votes from the U.S. military abroad that weren't counted because of the post mark date in the 2004 election?). In spite of all of it, Obama has to be elected. He is our only hope for a positive future.

Inform yourself of where we are electorally by visiting:
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/maps/obama_vs_mccain/