I am not gay nor lesbian. I am not far left or extremist in any way. So I personally don't like the media and others narrative of only Gay and Lesbian far left groups being upset about this Warren thing.
I feel like I've been sitting around patiently yet anxiously for the promises made to me as a supporter to be realized. They weren't large promises just bring trust, integrity, and honor to the office of the presidency that has been missing for so long, if ever present in my lifetime. I elected a man wh o is honest & respectable. At this moment I feel like I elected a man who just laughed in my face & told me I've been punked!!
My intelligence was quite insulted at Obama telling me that Warren displays his attempt to unite us? Who is he trying to unite? Has he not looked at his favorability ratings? 70% approving of his transition! C'mon. Don't play me for a fool Obama, not after you've been so direct thus far. I don't know what this Warren thing is about, but it's not about uniting. I mean besides his recent publicity for being so outspoken in his opposition to the Gay and Lesbian lifestyle & their rights, not only is he a complete hawk when it comes to foreign policy, not only this, but he didn't even support Obama. The Saddleback forum was a sham w/ question geared to benefit McCain in his "cone of silence", not to mention the next day he's on Hannity's radio show w/, at best, lukewarm oppostion to Hannity's attacks on Obama and an all but endorsement of McCain.
If the idea is unite, why not put a bunch of heads of various religions w/ great civil service records to lead the inauguration. Why not let an Imam give a prayer, and a priest, and a Rabbi,etc. etc. then I could understand the pick of Warren amongst those. But to have him highlighting this inauguartion as though he earned an honor beyond any other out there, Everyone will be watching, and most importantly I will be watching. I worked my butt off as many of us did, and I don't want Warren representing me, or my government, or the president I elected.
I can't wait to be talked down, as Ms. Maddow likes to say. I can't wait to be proven wrong!!
We all have come from various walks of life to end up here. Not just on this site, not just as supporters of this campaign, but here in the sense that we've (hopefully) arrived to a new state of mind and a new view of what the future can hold for us. I can speak for myself in saying that before I was not interested in politics, or really anything to do with our government. With the candidacy of Barack Obama and the message he brought with it, I found a renewed sense of pride in my country and first time interest in how my country "works". And I don't care how the media spun it, but I think most of us understood what Mrs. Obama meant when she said that about "The first time in her adult life..." There has been such a disconnect with the American people from it's government, and even the America people from one another. Times have gotten so hard that it's hard to take the time to care for your fellow man, nor, in these dog eat dog days, are we encouraged to do so.
It's hard for me to understand how some people don't want to see things change for the better. Quick anecdote: I recently volunteered at an elderly care facility. My goal was to make the residents there happy. It didn't take much. Simple things like talking, touching their hand, playing UNO, painting their nails, or putting in an "oldey but goody" movie in the VCR was all it took to make their day. The employees though, soon grew frustrated with me. I faced constant confrontation whenever I tried to do any activity with the residents. They began to feel as though I was trying to show off, show them up, or show them how horrible they were that they never took the time to do these things. They didn't realize that I wasn't there for them, I wasn't even really there for me (although I was equally rewarded by making them happy), I was there for the residents. I couldn't understand how some people didn't want good things to happen to people, especially those who are the most likely not to find much good in life.
Am I the only who has been feeling like the coverage from the media is becoming more and more... biased? I don't want to be like those whiney Republicans who claim that "to question = to attack", but I must say, most of us Obama supporters have given the so called "liberal" media the benefit of the doubt when they have been hard on Obama over the months. Though they seem to obsess over every little thing done by the Obama campaign, especially the gaffes. I know for myself I thought, well, he is relatively new on the scene, maybe that's why they spend their every waking coverage dissecting his speeches & requesting "more substance", investigating relatives abroad, playing clips of poorly chosen words over and over again, looking at any poll that suggests a Hillary gap, a Working Class gap, a Women gap, a blue gap, or a red gap.
I, for the most part, gave them the benefit of the doubt. John McCain has of course been in the senate for 26 years trying to "shake up Washington" ( i kid, i kid), so maybe they are just trying to give the viewers balance. Fast foward three to four days ago...
McCain announces a vice president whom no one in the media, "the google", not even spokespersons in the McCain camp know anything about. First the media begins by giving us campaign talking points. She's a reformer, a fresh face, a maverick, they said... examples? No.
I'd like to ask John McCain what changes he's offering, besides, as Biden put it, the billions of dollars worth of change he's offering to put into the pockets of the oil companies. And if there were to be real changes in Washington under a McCain presidency, who would they be catering to? Based on his vice presidential selection, I'd guess the far right, ultraconservatives. I don't want those kinds of changes in my or my son's lifetime.
Next time someone tells you that Barack Obama doesn't have the experience to lead, or asks you what foreign policy credentials does he have. Ask them to consider a few people from our past:
Where did Martin Luther King Jr. come from? How did he end up getting all those people to show up in Washington with no experience? How did he become the leader of the civil rights movement w/out years of training? Who cares!?! We have equal rights now!
How much experience did our founding fathers have with writing constitutions, building a nation, and governing a people? None. And who cares?!? Look where we are today, we are the United States of America!
How much experience did Harriet Tubman have when she became the leader of the underground railroad which led slaves to free states? She didn't even have a map! Who cares!?! She led them to freedom!
I don't care how much experience Obama has or doesn't have because he inspires me and millions of others to get off our butts and change OUR country for the better. By the People, For the People
