Obama
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Color me a bit cynical, but I don't expect much from Obama, policy-wise. He is a politician, and he has to work within the system, which is always the hard rocks upon which any wave of change crashes against. If he even does 25% of what his rhetoric implies I'd be happy though.
What I do like Obama for is he changes the arena, he broadens the scope and really does bring a bit of sunshine to the dark clouds that have hovered over us since 2001. All Bush has done is alienate the populace from the government. "You stay over there, and we'll take care of things over here, and fuck you if you don't like it."
What I do like about Obama is that under his style of leadership many other people would start to feel empowered, begin to feel that government is a force of good and not something to be drowned in a bath tub, something that should be run for the common good and not for those who have the inside track in a "free market", especially the young, and dammit do we need them. We really do. Obama makes me feel like if I did something for society it would count for something. Bush has made me feel like if I did something, Homeland Security or the CIA would come knocking at me door asking me why I'm being uppity...
I hope an Obama presidency would get rid of "Free Speech Zones", would lead us to a smarter, efficient fight against terrorists, give people a reason to actually give a shit about doing something good for someone else. Good leadership does that by rhetoric and example, even if it doesn't always succeed...
- bravo, that's a really good explanationkelpie
- well said.mrdobolina
- +1rough
- another +1kerus
- TheBlueOne for president! :)monkeyshine