Voting in America-2008

Obama or McCain

Tough choice, or maybe not so tough. Over the last few months, I had decided I was voting for Hillary. You know, the whole "being a woman in America and having the first woman president" would have been cool. Then Hillary pulled out and I did feel bit of a kick for few days, but I got over it and thought, "Now I have a real decision to make". One that will not be easy, because now I have to actually pay attention to what the candidates are saying, and what they plan to do for the people of the United States.

I had kind of decided, OK, Obama is out. Mainly because he didn't pick Hillary as his Vice President, but Biden has been around long enough, he knows the game. But then I thought I had decided to vote for McCain, but upon listening to Obama speak and really paying attention to what he said, and in his words, I changed my vote.

In his words, he made valid points about what is wrong with America today. He pointed out the glaring things that need to be fixed; but more than anything, he pointed out that this country is not black or white, this country is red, white, and blue.

America is about, as it has been for over two hundred

years, helping each other. Black, white, rich, poor--we are each other. We are the people our forefathers fought for, we are the people who didn't just sit on our hands in England, we didn't like what was going on so we changed it. We are the people who made the rough journey across the ocean, who created a new country, our country.

America stands alone in the world, but also stands as a defender of freedom for everyone, not just ourselves, so we aren't really alone. We stand for change, we stand together when things get tough, we fight for each other no matter how bad things get in this country. We eventually come out on top, no matter how beat up, we are stronger for the fight.

In listening to Barack Obama speak, I saw a man who does not hold his upbringing, against anyone. He took the reigns of his life, knew what he wanted to do, and did it. He may not have started out wanting to be President, but in his speech, I no longer saw him as a man who would be the first African-American man as President, I saw a man who truly sees the problems facing all Americans, and is willing to take a chance on America to bring about the changes needed.

I put my faith in Bill Clinton years ago, and he did a lot for America. On November 4th, I will again put my faith in the candidate who came from the back, the mostly unknown guy without much experience, and I will cross my fingers like I did for Al Gore--and I will vote for no other color than red, white and blue.