Barack Obama

I just started his new book The Audacity of Hope and so far am finding it refreshing and hopeful. For someone to so eloquently stand in their own authority and conviction, fighting against the temptations of politics while being deeply involved at the same time is aweinspiring. I saw him in a couple interviews and was just left with deep respect for this man, his values, morals, and outlook on life, politics and the goodness he sees in this country. I already found a site that is selling "Obama 2008" t-shirts, bumper stickers, pins, etc.

I have never volunteered for anything political in my life because I have continually felt like I only had two evils to choose from and would end up picking the lesser. Isn't that what our American way has gone toward in this country regarding politics. It gets ugly with mud-slinging, half-truths, pay-offs, bribes, back door deals, corruption, and enough crap to make just about anyone, regardless of their political leanings, sick to their stomach. I have switched between parties many a time trying to find who I felt was the best candidate, a person of integrity that would work for the people who put them in office. I have yet to feel I could vote for anyone thus far without doubt as to their own agenda and character. Then there comes this man, Barack Obama.

I encourage anyone to read his book, watch his interviews, get to know this man who I see as a hope for aligning this country, getting us back on the right path from which we are straying. Almost everyone I know feels helpless in some way, no matter how small, about where we are now as a country, the place politics have taken us in our domestic and foreign relations. I have been looking for someone like this man for quite some time. Okay, ever since I started voting. I implore you to come to know him and even if you don't agree with his political leanings, see the hope in his words, the power of his stance and conviction, and the integrity that he holds. He speaks many truths that can apply to all aspects of the political spectrum and things that we as the American people should not only expect, but demand from our government and those that serve us in office.

Barack Obama for President, hell yeah, without hesitation or question.