This really wasn't an easy choice for me, at least not as easy as many may have thought. I was a Dodd supporter and flirted with John Edwards after Dodd dropped out. While I'll freely admit have misgivings about both the Democrats left standing, I also realize with great pride that both our candidates are infinitely preferable to anyone on the other side.
But, today I had to bite the bullet and make a choice. I chose Barack Obama. I think Meteor Blades over at DailyKos echoes my thoughts on this choice perfectly:
I have reservations, misgivings, worries about Senator Obama. But tomorrow when I cast my ballot, I'll vote for him. I'll jettison my doubts and accept the key themes of his campaign: hope and change. I hope he's willing to go far in shaping a post-Cold War, post-9/11 foreign policy that tosses aside the pernicious myth of American exceptionalism and overcomes the denial that America has an empire, which is not a good thing for the world, or America. I hope to see him go far in separating himself from the corporate forces that influence (and frequently direct) government policy at home and abroad. I hope the changes he initiates for dealing with global warming and health care and prison reform will be a match for his spell-binding oratory. I hope he will avoid falling prey to the myth that race in America has been transcended and that he will renew the fight against racism in its many guises. I hope that he will let no day pass in which he does not seek ways to do something about what John Edwards so rightly labeled the two Americas. I hope he will be braver as a President on gay rights than he has been as a candidate.
So, there. It's official. I'm for Obama. |
