Why Obama?

Complain all you want about lead paint in toys from China, metal in candy, the exterpation of the rain-forest, political unrest, and global warming;
we reap what we sew until we all come together and plant something which bears the fruit of real change and hope for tomorrow.

We waste away this new day with 'Us verses Them' politics in a system of ineffectual compromise and undemocratic "representation", by politicians on both sides, purchased through contributions in advance by those wishing to lazily maintain and continue financially benefitting from the same old story.

The method of maintaining the status quo over the last eight years has been like a nightmare, where the only unity we are encouraged to feel is the fear of the next disaster, the sunrise, the new day, tomorrow. We are chained by fear, immobilized and demoralized by 'us verses them' issues, at the very time in history when it is most important for us come together, as a unified nation to hold our heads high each and every day to the challenges we face together. Not only as Americans, but as humans, all of us, are in this together.

I think we need a leader who isn't so 'experienced' in cynicism and putting on the old hand-me-downs of failed policies. We need a person who can recognize the cheap threading and hasty workmanship before they begin unravelling.

Have we really learned nothing from the mistakes of Vietnam?
Did we really have to stay there for so long, to prove what point again?
Would it be cynical to suggest we try something less conventional next time?
May we not spend taxpayer money propping-up and funding men like Bin Ladin, Hussein, and so on only to wage the same conventional wars against them, with deficit spending? We can win any conventional war right now, obviously, with what we are spending-- but show me this enemy today?
It's like using a battle axe blade to tighten a loose screw-
Soldiers fight, politicians invent reasons.
Let's at least make them good ones, if it is required, to honor their sacrifices.
Would the "Axis of Evil" even exist today without our Cold War Policies? We should remember those brave souls who stood for change, from all nationalities, who stood next to the wall, literally or metaphorically, with sledge hammers and dismantled the hopelessness of super power politics,
blow by blow on that day, or all the dark days without hope that led up to it.

As Americans, we have the resources and responsibility to be innovative,
it is unbecoming of us to give up, to give in to the fear at the beginning of the day. In the World, and our own politics, it is not a conventional war, we do not win by dominating and dictating to those who disagree, we all win by participating in a dialog, the great dialog that is our Humanity, our common heritage, our collective gaze toward the horizon, toward tomorrow.

Right now though, I do believe, in the present, with all we must accomplish,
it makes sense that the only way we can achieve this innovation within economy, environment, education, and health, is by participating in a global dialogue with effective leadership at the federal level, and utilizing those resources without the burden of lazy pandering and wasteful stagnation.
By a leader that is effective, a leader that is inspired by the challenge of change, and not already defeated by the intension of punishing opponents.
Beyond rhetoric, everyone needs to be at this table of change. We are in a global economy and to fix the problems we face, we need global solutions,
but not based on the lowest common denominator rule. We need innovative solutions that give all the children of the world a reason to hope,
beyond hopping fences.

We need leader who will actually inspire Americans to again raise their heads to the horizon, to be the people we all know we can be in our hearts,
to lead by example, as citizens of this country, and as good citizens of this world.
One who will facilitate us to speak with one voice, infinitely nuanced within our own personalities and diversities, but together welcoming each new day
as an opportunity to improve on what we can say together about ourselves,
as the people of this planet.

I am not perfect;
Barack Obama isn't perfect.
But he understands how to inspire real change by addressing the hopelessness in the world today.
We've all heard campaign promises in the past. Both parties had their try at healthcare, each failed through partisan maneuvering.
An effective leader doesn't arise because they are owed the candidacy,
because of their race, gender, or age. An effective leader only arises when what they're saying from their heart coincides with what people feel in their guts.
Is it a movement to challenge hopelessness?
To wage unconventional War on hopelessness?

I sure hope so.

When we can stop playing big brother to the world, and be a friend instead,
When we can stand together to anticipate the coming day as a unified whole, bound together by patriotism and honor,
When we open our eyes and instead of seeing what can be accomplished alone, we see everything that we could accomplish together.
And we think "Yes, we can."

That'll be the day.