I realize it’s just my personal opinion, but I have a right to express it. And I am about to.
I want Barack Obama to be the next president of the United States. So shoot me.
I trust his judgment, and his ability to navigate what are often troubling political waters without losing sight of our ultimate destination. So call me lost.
I admire his determination, and believe it is focused not on achieving what is best for himself, or even what is best for me as an individual, but what is best for our country. So tell me I don’t see the big picture.
I support not only his ideas, but his ideals – and wholeheartedly so. I want to see those ideas implemented and those ideals adopted, not as some radical new philosophy, but as the norm. So accuse me of being naïve.
I listen to his words and I take them to heart; I find them encouraging, hopeful, and truly inspiring. So call me a hopeless optimist, unwilling to let the American Dream die without a fight. Tell me the fight is useless, or already lost – or simply isn’t worthwhile. I’m not listening.
I watch the way he moves, the way he reaches out, the way he invites dialogue and encourages participation, and I see something I haven’t seen in a very long time – someone who has a solid grasp on reality viewed through the lens of common sense, rather than a tenuous hold on undeliverable promises to be sold to the masses with political rhetoric. So say I’m just a sucker for believing that things can change, and will.
I see in him a sense of fairness, a sense of justice, a sense of purpose, and most importantly a sense of vision of what can be, and what will be – if only we have the necessary fortitude to do what must be done, and the strength to ignore the nay-sayers who say it can’t be done. So remind me that I’m just willfully blind to his flaws.
I love my country, and my fellow countrymen. And more often than not, that love requires a little faith, a little belief in what may seem unbelievable, a little show of strength even you didn’t know you had, and a little willingness to put your trust in someone other than yourself.
I’ve put my trust in Barack Obama – not because of who he is, but because of what he stands for. I refuse to parse his every statement in hopes of unearthing a contradiction he can be skewered with; I refuse to second-guess his every move on the assumption that I somehow know better than he does how to move this nation forward. Most of all, I steadfastly refuse to hand the enemy an ounce of ammunition with which to shoot down the man who stands between real democracy and a continuation of the policies of the last seven-plus years.
And I want him to be the next president of the United States. So shoot me.
- MoonPenny
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