I wrote this on August 29th.
Who would ever have thought we'd get this far, and here we are! It'll be an exciting time between now and the US presidential election. If Obama wins, so many people can keep their dreams alive. If he loses, countless dreams will die. The taste of a McCain victory would be a bitter one. It is said that you get the government you deserve, but we do NOT deserve the government we currently have. If only the people who voted for our current leader had to live under his policies, life would be more just, but that is only a fantasy.
I wrote this on September 15th.
I must ask how so many people can be thrilled by the prospect Sarah Palin as our vice president. We all know that John McCain is over 70. Although Americans have longer life spans these days, John McCain is at greater risk for death during the presidency than many of his peers because of his less-than-stellar health.
Hey, all. When you post, there is a box for the first paragraph or so of your post. Then there's a box, labeled "Extended Post Text", for the rest of your post. Not everyone wants to read pages and pages of your post. That is the point of only posting a small portion of your post in the first box.
In the long list of blog entries, anything posted in the first box appears. So if you don't use the Extended Post Text box, you may be posting pages and pages of text which many people will not want to wade through. What people want to see are summaries or introductions, so they can choose which ones to read quickly.
Thank you!
I wrote this on October 2nd, right aver the vice-presidential debate.
Well, if you are looking for a VP who is just like you -- a hockey mom, or Joe Sixpack -- I'd have to say that Sarah Palin put on a good show. If you are someone who is looking for a convincing argument that she is ready to lead and to truly represent the people because of her vast experience running a state of millions upon millions and deep experience with foreign policy issues, you may have been disappointed, or not entirely surprised.
I wrote this on Tuesday, November 11th.
I thought maybe I was crazy for missing the election. After each debate, I heaved a sigh of relief that it was one less I would have to watch. I am guess I am relieved to know the outcome; not to have to worry anymore. However, now that the election is gone, I miss it terribly. Not the debates, of course! They were something close to torture.
I wrote this on Monday, November 10th.
Working at my desk this afternoon, before I knew it, I was in near darkness. I could see the lights from cars on the highway through my floor to ceiling window. Only my desk lamp illuminated the space around me. I knew it would be cold outside. Most people were gone. I felt as if I had wasted my day. Tomorrow, I will have to rethink what I did today.
I wrote this back on October 16th.
Guess what? You don't have to be in the military or the Peace Corps to serve your country. No, you can do something as simple as taking a day off work on November 4th, and volunteering. I have volunteered to give rides to people who would not otherwise have a way to get to the polls on election day.
See the intro: Oh, what a feeling!
My day as a volunteer evolved from the time I called to express my interest right down to the last two hours before the polls closed. The Obama campaign was not just organized, but also agile. As needs changed or were fulfilled, the organizers quickly “re-prioritized”.
I volunteered all day on November 4th, election day. Afterwards, I wished I had done more! Never mind that the actual value I contributed in the big picture was probably quite small.
I wrote this back on November 3rd.
I'm so excited. I voted absentee this morning. I had volunteered for the Obama campaign tomorrow. I had thought I would have time during the day to vote, but they had to do some last minute "reprioritization", so I am now being bused down to a town 30 minutes away for almost the entire voting period to go door to door in a last minute "get out the vote" effort. I got the call on Saturday.
