GUESS WHO'S IN A BLOGGING MOOD??

I will NOT speak of this again until the next Primary Races come up, I PROMISE!! Well... unless something MAJOR happens anyway. But one last post won't kill anybody...

After all my talk about Barack Obama, I thought I would take the opportunity to actually explain why I support him. This was a post I put on my myspace blog before I started this one. It has some of the BEST you tubes EVER of Obama, and while I am well aware that speeches aren't everything, even Harold Henn said last night on the phone that when he hears Obama speeches the hair on the back of his neck stands up. So watch for yourself and feel free to disagree, I think everyone's opinion matters, even if I don't agree with them.

I got this e-mail from Obama this morning and I thought I would share:

Alyson --

There is something happening in America.

A week ago we were 14 points behind, and no one imagined that we'd accomplish what we did in New Hampshire last night.

There is something happening when Americans who have never participated in politics turn out in numbers we've never seen before.

There is something happening when people vote not just for the party they belong to but the hopes they hold in common.

Change is what's happening in America.

We are ready to take this country in a fundamentally new direction, but we need your help to make it happen.

You got us this far. But we are about to enter the most decisive period of the campaign. We need to act immediately to build up our organization to compete in Nevada, South Carolina, and the 22 states that will hold their contests on February 5th.

We can lead this nation out of a long political darkness.

We can overcome the division and distraction that have clouded Washington.

Because when we challenge ourselves to reach for something better, there's no problem we can't solve -- no destiny we cannot fulfill.

Thank you,

Barack

So, even if the Clinton machine beats my man Obama in the end... one cannot deny his ridiculous ability to inspire.

SO ONTO THE BLOG...

SOME MAY DOUBT OBAMA BASED ON A PECEIVED "LACK OF EXPERIENCE". I REMIND THEM THAT SOME OF THE GREATEST PRESIDENTS WE HAVE EVER HAD HAVE HAD LESS "EXPERIENCE" THAN BARACK OBAMA HAS. I WILL JUST LET THEM TELL YOU THEMSELVES...



SOME MAY DOUBT THAT A CAMPAIGN CAN BE SUCCESSFUL WHEN IT IS BASED ON HOPE AND CHANGE, YET AFTER IOWA I HAVE NEVER HEARD THE WORD "CHANGE" SPOKEN SO MUCH BY FELLOW PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL'S IN BOTH PARTIES. THE ONE WHO CAN BRING ABOUT THE NECESSARY CHANGE WE NEED IN THIS COUNTRY- TO UNIFY AND NOT DIVIDE- IS BARACK OBAMA. HIS WORDS INSPIRE AND HIS ACTIONS INCITE PASSION. THE DECADES OF CORRUPTION IN GOVERNMENT MIGHT ACTUALLY COME TO AN END AND WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO BELIEVE IN OUR GOVERNMENT AGAIN. AND BY "WE" I MEAN ALL AMERICANS WHETHER THEY ARE DEMOCRATS, REPUBLICANS OR INDEPENDANTS...



I GET ASKED, "WHY OBAMA?" ALL THE TIME, AND HERE IS MY RESPONSE... NEVER HAVE I BELIEVED IN A CANDIDATE AS STRONGLY AS I BELIEVE IN THIS MAN. I GREW UP DURING THE REAGAN ERA AND UNTIL 9/11 AND THE SUBSEQUENT WAR WITH IRAQ IT HAD TRULY NEVER OCCURED TO ME THAT THE PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE COULD BECOME A DICTATORSHIP REPRESENTED BY ONE, AND CERTAINLY NOT ALL OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE'S IDEALS AND STANDARDS. THIS MAN, MY PRESIDENT... BRINGS HOPE TO THE FACES OF MILLIONS WHO HAVE BEEN WITHOUT IT FOR SO LONG. THIS MAN LACKS NOTHING IN CHARACTER, HONOR, MORALITY, HONESTY, FAIRNESS, KINDNESS AND COURAGE. THIS MAN IS BARACK OBAMA. I GENUINELY FEAR WHAT THIS NATION MIGHT BECOME IF ANYONE OTHER THAN HE WINS THIS ELECTION. I HAVE NEVER BELIEVED MORE STRONGLY ABOUT ANYTHING IN MY 32 YEARS ON THIS EARTH THAN I BELIEVE THAT BARACK OBAMA DOES NOT JUST DESERVE TO BE OUR PRESIDENT BUT THAT HE MUST BE OUR PRESIDENT, BECAUSE WE DESERVE TO BE LED AND REPRESENTED BY SOMEONE WHO IS HOPEFUL, IDEALISTIC, RESPECTFUL, INTELLIGENT AND STILL ADMITS TO BEING A HUMAN BEING WHO IS REAL AND NOT FLAWLESS. I CANNOT TOLERATE ANYMORE CORRUPTION INSIDE OF OUR GOVERNMENT. EVERY SINGLE INSTANCE OF SHEER INCOMPETENCE- ALBEIT LAPSES IN JUDGEMENT, OR "FAULTY INTELLIGENCE", OR COMPLETE AND UTTER DISREGARD OF THE HUMAN CONDITION- THAT HAS OCCURED OVER THE PAST 8 YEARS HAS SLOWLY CHIPPED AWAY AT MY PRIDE IN THIS COUNTRY. NOBODY SHOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO THAT TO THE CITIZENS THEY CLAIM TO PROTECT AND BE RESPONSIBLE FOR. THE ONLY WAY TO CHANGE THIS CATASTROPHE THAT HAS BECOME THE PRESENT DAY AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AND ITS' POLITICS IS TO ELECT THE ONLY CANDIDATE THAT HONESTLY WANTS THESE CHANGES AS WELL. IT'S SO VERY SIMPLE IN THE MAD-MAD WORLD OF THIS POLITICAL CIRCUS. WE HAVE A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM… BUT THE BEAUTY IS THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE A SOLUTION. THAT SOLUTION ISN'T JUST MY CHOICE FOR PRESIDENT, MY PRAYER FOR THIS COUNTRY, MY HOPE FOR ITS' VAST POTENTIAL... IT IS MY PRESIDENT. AND MY PRESIDENT'S NAME IS BARACK OBAMA.



VOTE SMART. VOTE FOR CHANGE. VOTE OBAMA!!



"YOUR VOICE CAN CHANGE THE WORLD!!!"

HERE ARE TWO ADDITIONAL CLIPS FROM WWW.OBAMATN.ORG ENCOURAGING TENNESSEEANS TO VOTE ON FEBRUARY 5TH...





THE END :-)