America's Only Hope

After weighing the merits of the arguments for or against Obama, I am now more convinced than ever that Barack Obama is what we need in a president for this country, for this world.

The Wright controversy puts us squarely in the politics of the last 7 years. Politics of distraction. Politics of negativity. Politics of distortion. This has been cooked up by the Republicans (it took fire on Fox), has been seasoned by Clinton (to swing momentum in her direction) and burnt by the Media pundits (clips played over and over to shape public opinion). I am a steadfast supporter of Obama and that hasn't changed and will not change.

As a matter of fact, I don't have to look at the news shows to know what their next move will be. I'm so used to it. This is the same thing that has been happening for the last 7 years. And what the right wing, the military infrastructure and the Clintons would like is nothing better than to have politics continue as it's been for this generation and beyond.

Obama represents a break from what has been, what hasn't worked for Americans and what will serve our long term interests through out the rest of the world.

Clinton will not be able to change our politics of destruction because quite simply she's of it, is married to it, is indoctrinated by it. She has bought into the belief that since the Right wing is better at Politics that she will play the game their way and if she should be so lucky to win the nomination, she will have a chance to shape a few of her policies if again she should be so lucky to make it past the right wing in the General Election.

Her strategy is a flawed one and one that will never carry her where she would like to go because she's made her bed with the lot of the right wing. She has bought into the notion that she can only win by playing the game their way.

Obama's strategy is a better one because it benefits more people. It includes everyone. Be clear on this... the Wright story is a side show that the neo-cons want to play to get everyone in the country to question Obama's run for the presidency. This tells me that the media, Clinton, the entire republican party want to continue to take this country down the wrong path. When that many people jump all over statements that Obama never said and when that many people want to glue Obama to the statements and activities of people he knows without looking at their own actions then I know I'm backing the right candidate. Obama is that candidate. Someone I can believer in. Someone who didn't authorize a war all democrats detested is the right candidate. Someone who didn't vote for a bankruptcy bill that strapped more debt to poor people is the right candidate. Someone who did not take lobbyist money to influence the help he would give all Americans is the right candidate. Someone who will set the mission to bring all U.S. forces home and leave no permanent base in Iraq is the right candidate.

The media - hijacked by the Republicans - will have you believe that Wright is the only issue we care about. It isn't! I don't care about Wright in the quest for the presidency. I care about this country and a president who can lead us out of the same dumb kind of politics we've all come to hate. Obama supporters talk more about the attributes of Obama and stay away from the peripheral issues the Media and the Republicans will have you salivating over.

The right wing lives on hypocrisy. That's why I know I'm on the correct bandwagon. A candidate that acts in the best interest of his own party, in the best interest of his country, in the best interest of a people, in the interest of hope and optimism is the only candidate who can lead us out of this darkness.

Obama should be and will be the next president of these United States.