The Really: It will not be easy but this is the right man for this difficult time. It really is okay to vote for Obama.
The eight years of Rovian politics (politics based on fear and the basest of the base instincts of the American people) and the incompetence of the Bush adminstrations old boy network (good years for the monetary elite but very bad for the regular Joe) could reduce words like "hope" to the ash heap of history.
Reaganomics always seemed like a good idea for the military-industrial-Wall Street complex but that is not where we live and never was. As salaries and benefits went by the wayside in increments to add a few points to the bottom line and an entire country's desire to possess shoddy sparkly goods became "religious" the basic principles of what makes America great were lost. An HDTV is not freedom; shouting USA for no particular reason is not patriotism; holding political power as an end to itself is not American; winning the war in Iraq--whatever that means--was not some sacred mission.
The sin's of the Father's Founder's were known to them. They doubted the Republic could last with slavery. The Civil War was fought a century and a half ago and yet racism still exists. Yet, today, America will elect an African-American man to be their leader. There is a boldness here which gives one hope. It will not be the same old thing.
No it will not be easy. But what is "hope" except having a chance. What is the dream of America except an essential fairness.
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