One of my favorite activies is solving Puzzabilty dot com's "Say What" puzzles. Often wish they posted a new one daily, not just once on Sunday. Last weeks quote was:
Winston Churchill said: Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak. Courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.
Another of my web activites is reading Obama '08 member's blog posts on the community page. I think that quote applies to many. To listen more and talk less. I say that because it seems like many members are unaware of elements of this long primary campaign. An example might be when someone DEMANDS that Senator Obama do something, when he already did so.
Demanding he name a VP when he said it was too eary to do so, seemed rude to me. I wonder, if the posters were "listening" would they "talk less" in their demading. As a reader it is disheartening. I tend to assume everyone knows about Senator Clinton's special interest lies, for instance. Do not they know, I think, that Senator and Bill Clinton have been telling their voters for months now that McCain is better than Obama.
Strange to me is the posts that keep suggesting VP's who did not endorse Senator Obama and endorse him quickly in the campaign. Even on the day it was announced that Senator Kennedy has a brain tumor, there was a post saying he needs to be Obama's VP. It was announced that Caroline (nee: Kennedy) is on Obama's committee to "vet" candidates, yet, I read posts here still suggesting she would be a great VP.
One of the reasons I choose to vote for Obama in my state's primary is that he traveled his state talking to citizens. He listens first. But he also had the courage to speech out about something that mattered even though it may have cost him his election in Illinois that year. That he did win, shows me that he is in touch with citizens and what they want from government. Listening to us being one of those things.
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