I need a distraction and I have been sitting on these thoughts for too many weeks now. Without further ado, I now commence to make this blog comprehensively offensive by covering both religion AND politics. Woo.

Anyone who knows me knows that I am a Barack Obama fan. What you might not know is that I’ve been a fan for much longer than has been popular. I think it was a year and a half ago when I first took notice and started following his campaign/ideas. As more than one person has noted, one of the issues with Barack is whether or not he is too good to be true.

My problems with Hillary Clinton are these:

1) Dynasty. 4 years of one Bush, 8 years of one Clinton, 8 years of another Bush, 8 years of another Clinton??? What kind of democracy are we promoting with that kind of lineup? It makes me supremely uncomfortable to think of the most powerful position in the world being held in the hands of two families for (potentially) 28 years. We’re already at 20 years and that has caused more than enough trouble for me.

2) Clinton’s willingness to do anything for power. Granted this is a personal/personality issue. It’s my blog so I get to do things like that. To stay in a loveless marriage while her husband actively and continuously carries on extra-marital affairs… all for the sake of her political potential. This bothers me. As a friend of mine pointed out… what kind of person is it that wants to be the most powerful person in the world? Politics in the olden days was about service and sacrifice… whereas now it’s about power and influence.

3) No matter what anyone says, Clinton is NOT electable. A quick perusal of facebook makes this abundantly clear. None of the other candidates inspire such hatred and dislike. As much as I would like to pretend otherwise, the world is not ready for Hillary.

My problem with John Edwards is this. This is entirely personal and potentially unfair, but… you know… my blog. I just can’t get behind the man whose major platform is poverty living this kind of lifestyle. Not to mention the multi-hundred dollar haircuts. :)

So what do I like about Barack? SO glad you asked!

When Barack said in one of the debates that “words matter” I actually flinched a little. Why?!?! If anyone believes that words matter it’s me, but I guess it seemed too poetic to be acceptable. But, it’s true. Part of my love for Barack is that I believe that he can use words to 1) restore our reputation with the rest of the world 2) unite enough people to actually get something accomplished and 3) restore HOPE. How cheesy is that? And yet I believe it. Barack is the only candidate that gives me hope and makes me think I can hold off on that long-awaited move to Canada.