Obamarama

Yes, ladies and gentlemen, this fellow blogger loves Barack Obama. Let me tell you, I do not normally get this excited about politics, especially U.S politics. I like political change, in fact, I love change. In that way I am not your average person who wants to live inside a shell, or build a house within massive walls. Alan Rickman described that well. He said it would be like a "living death." Damn right.

That, quite frankly, is why I voted for Obama in the primary. My first choice, Joe Biden, had already bit the dust. But Barack Obama was the next best thing, if not better.

I do not care that he is black. I do not give a damn. It's just a part of his being. Being black will not make or break Barack's take on the White House. I've talked with people who say that we aren't ready for a Black President.

Well, quite frankly, America...we weren't ready for a lot of things.

• We weren't ready to invade Iraq. (I am sorry if I offend any diehard supporters of this war)
• Before John F. Kennedy was elected, America said they would never elect a Catholic President. JFK was Catholic.
• Many people claimed we weren't ready for integration. But it had to happen someday.

Yes, that's right. It has to happen someday. Having a woman or black person as President is not such a big deal. It has been proved time and time again throughout history that woman are just as smart as men, and that people of different races have different things to bring to the table. Race does not equal intelligence. Hard work, determination, and drive are what makes a person smart. Barack Obama went to Harvard and throughout his life he was worked to get a good education. It shows.

As I said, I like change. For the past 200 years, we have elected old white men. A few have bee young. Some, like JFK, even handsome. I think it's time for change, and time to change the norm. I am not voting for Obama solely based on his promise of change. If I didn't feel he'd bring about change, I wouldn;'t vote for him. He has his wits about him and during the primary he has dealt with some pretty nasty insults from the Clinton Campaign.