Obama is for change. Change from Bush's mistakes, change from the government looking over each citizens shoulder, and change from wondering where our next paycheck is coming from, or if it is coming.
Long ago, before this site was started and we all wrote on TCM, someone asked if anyone knew of anybody who might be a better president than Dubya (George Bush in case you didn't know). I wrote that I had been watching this guy here in Illinois since he ran for Senator. He seemed to be pretty decent, a good orator, and very much for the people. I felt at the time, he was probably a little too inexperienced, but would maybe be ready around 2012. Surprise for me when he announced running now. But if you listened, and watched him during the democratic debates among all 14 candidates, he stood out with an exciting authority and command of issues. I liked the way he tried to stick to discussing issues with McCain like Social Security, the war in Iraq, the economy, global warming and so many other things when McCain only wanted to talk about what a great prisoner of war he had been. I'm grateful to him for being so, but that was a long time ago and in the vernacular - "What have you done for me lately Bud?" I hate the way McCain keeps mis-quoting Obama about taxes, saying Obama wants to raise them, when people who have seen his plan have all agreed he does not, yet McCain hangs on like a child to a toy he won't give up. Also his and Palins' Joe the plumber, and being mavericks and all that other foolishness is getting more and more boring, while again, Obama keeps talking about the U.S. issues and what has to be done to fix things, but he has not put himself on a deadline, he doesn't promise to fix things in the first year or two, he is honest and says it will take time, but during that time he will make it as easy as possible for us. In other words - he is not a liar, and is not feeding us lies.
Finally, the thing that really got me on his side was his acceptance speech for the candidacy from which the title of this thread is taken. He listed all that needs to be done but in 8 years nobody tried to do it, then he said very clearly and loudly . . . Enough . . . then he went on to say his campaign would be run on the issues affecting the U.S. and its citizens, as it has been done.
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Therefore, I am a huge Obama supporter.
Anne