I'm an Obama Mama

I should have said this a long time ago. I'm an Obama Mama. No, make that a Crazy-for-Obama Mama. Over at Cupcakes, we're all Obama gals, totally sweet on the guy. This man needs to be elected. It's not because he is black or young or about "change"--it's because he represents much needed change and a new paradigm. The snarky, mean-spirited, irresponsible, unaccountable spit-firing status quo has not been working for some time. Eight years in fact but that road was paved long ago during the Reagan years.

As the recent economic bubble bursting would indicate, the party is over, people, and we need to cut back, regroup and focus on America again. Not on corporate greed, not on rewriting the Constitution for our own purposes, not on wars we have no business fighting in the first place and that we can't possibly win.

We need another FDR to benefit and sustain the middle class through programs that create work. Sustainable energy would be a start: in this country, not outsourced, pay as we go. And while we're at it, let's bring back the FDR stance on isolationism. Sure, he eventually realized we had to enter World War II but that was a different kind of war than the small turf wars we are fighting now (and in countries that hopefully Sarah Palin can identify were she to be elected).

As for the experience question, when you get right down to it, who is really qualified to be president of the United States? A warrior and same-old politician who changes his mind and his alliances for public favor or someone who passionately, eloquently gets things done and thinks them through and who will surround himself who those who think and challenge him, also? As for religious views, I echo the words of others: we are not electing a new Messiah, we are electing a person to run this country. They are two different entities. America was founded on personal and religious freedoms and we can never take those for granted but the current administration has been doing a great disservice to those freedoms.

If race (or even gender) is a consideration, consider that is probably the most ignorant posture one can take--in this era or any other. If it is the economy and you are still wrapped up in the tiresome Democratic "tax and spend" debate, consider this: George W. Bush has spent more of your tax dollars and his country's largess than any other president in history. Meanwhile, for those who think Obama is a socialist because McCain says so, please consider that the government's recent bail out of Wall Street is Republican socialism for the rich. Think of what that same money--or the billions of dollars in Iraq--could do towards helpful programs like health care and quality education? If that's considered socialism, I'll eat my high monthly health insurance bill and private tuition expenditures.

Needed change will come by ousting out any semblance of the past eight years and allowing someone new and bright and inspiring to have a try. I believe that Senators Barack Obama and Joseph Biden and Democratic leaders across the nation are our only hope for reversing many negative situations and the collective ethos of this country. America has been a great nation, is great, and can be even greater again. I am looking forward to November 5--a new day and hopefully a new era for the United States of America.