Although Obama's winning the Democratic nomination is an historic event, I have to say that he was not my first choice. I’m reminded of an online friend from Chattanooga who foretold this very thing. During an online chat, she mentioned his name as I Googled him on another page. My first thought was . . . ”He won’t get too far with THAT name”. Patiently abiding my ignorance, she encouraged me to look into his record to see what he had accomplished and told me to get over the name thing.
Sage advice that I didn’t follow.
Little did I know that some few months later the very same man would throw his hat into the presidential ring. Normally, I have about a three-second memory when something doesn’t interest me, but even I would be hard pressed not to remember the name “Barack Obama“. Had I maintained contact with my online chat buddy, I would have told her how right she had been and how totally wrong I was.
So, here we are with Obama possibly being our next president and I am 100% on board the “Change Train.” As the saying goes “better late than never”. He has made a believer out of me but, he has to know that even as his greatest supporter, if/when he takes office, I will also be his harshest critic. Gone are the days of electing politicians to office and not holding them accountable for their actions. I think back to all of the hype given to our having a Democratic Congress . . . and well, now what? What have they done? I certainly expected a lot more than I got in that deal.
Of Obama I ask, “Now what?“ First item up is who he will choose as a running mate. I know the world is sitting on pins and needles as am I. I am not wholeheartedly opposed to Hillary Clinton being Vice President (VP). She can help unify the Democrats and bring everyone together to oppose John McCain. Additionally, she has that cutthroat mentality that is sometimes needed in the political arena. Barack will always have to “watch his six” with her as his VP and I'm sure he knows that. With his life already potentially in danger, he doesn’t need the added pressure of in-house fighting.
Presently, with Hillary Clinton stopping short of conceding the race, she is doing significantly more harm than good. Soon enough, even her own supporters will turn on her. If the ultimate victory of the Democratic Party is of any real importance to her, she will stop passing up perfectly good opportunities to help bring the voters together. Right now, it's "all about Hillary". She's making it personal when it's really about the people. Someone should tap her on the shoulder and remind her. In her quest to win, it looks like she forgot.
I don’t know what McCain has in store for Obama but I know he will come out fighting. He has yet to put up his fists because Clinton is doing such a great job of doing it for him. She just went down in flames and it appears as if she wants to take the party with her.
A house divided can not stand. The Democrats divided can not win.
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