Maybe There Is Hope For The Youth
by Big Dog on Oct 18, 2012 at 16:31 Political
This is an email I received from the Patriot Post. It is from a 2008 Obama supporter. Maybe there is hope for the youth of America after all. Then again, maybe they are suddenly realizing they are going to have to pay the bill…
I am sick and tired of politics!
Over the last couple of years, there has been a lot of tension over politics, and that division has intruded into my relationship with family and friends — particularly now with the upcoming election.
In 2008, I voted for Obama. That was my right — I am a good person and I voted for him for good reasons. But that decision has created stress between some of us, and that has been hurtful. Yes, sometimes I have thrown Obama in your face and I am sorry about that — I truly am.
Here is the thing. I don’t think you are stupid because you voted for McCain in ’08, and I’m not stupid because I voted for Barack Obama. We both want our country to go in the right direction, but we just have a difference of opinion as to what that direction is, and I’m entitled to my opinion.
I didn’t vote for Obama because of all the “hope and change” stuff. I voted for him because I could relate to him on so many levels and I trusted him. If this guy were my neighbor, I would give him the key to my house. I admire the fact that from his very difficult childhood and struggles rose a candidate for president of the Untied States — and an African-American with an unusual name!
I could relate to his desire to help people who most need it, to help the poor and elderly, children without medical care, and women in need. It seems like Republicans want to cut the important things people need most, and help the rich get richer. I feel like Republicans think Obama supporters are stupid.
I was excited that Obama was going to end the policies of George Bush. I have to tell you, I really didn’t like George Bush, and though I still feel that way about him, after four years it’s not as clear to me why.
But Obama against McCain, that was easy. Obama is more like me, energetic, young, loves his family.
I got a glimpse of the Obama motorcade on arrival for the debates here in Denver, and that was cool — though it held up a lot of traffic, which was not cool.
I watched this year’s first presidential debate closely and was disappointed in Obama. I found him depressing.
However, the Barack Obama I saw in the second debate the other night is the Obama I voted for in ’08!
He was “hitting on all cylinders” as Dad would say … but he wouldn’t about Obama, would he. 😉
I woke up Wednesday morning feeling invigorated. I had a chance to talk about the debate with friends, and some agreed with me. That was “the real Obama” seemed to be the consensus, but my two best friends didn’t share my enthusiasm.
Later in the day, I ran into some friends who agreed that Obama won the debate — but they had some harsh criticism. One of my colleagues at the University said to me that she felt betrayed, like she had been tricked into voting for Obama the first time. A guy friend was much more callous, saying that he was now convinced that Obama was a phony and a liar.
These two people were Obama’s biggest fans in ’08. Did they watch the same debate I watched Tuesday?
Last night I had the uneasy feeling that something wasn’t right, something was out of place. After all the good vibes with the debate, I now find myself wondering if Obama was sincere, or if what I heard was just talk aimed at “emotional women,” like I’m not smart enough to vote on what I think rather than how I feel.
And the more I think about all his comments Tuesday night, against the backdrop of the reality that things have gotten much worse in the last four years, not better as he seemed to claim, I’m not sure I trust Obama anymore. I’m more concerned now than I was in ’08.
I think that Obama is still a good person and he wanted to do good things, but I’m bothered by the fact that he didn’t take responsibility for where our economy is now. That troubles me the most. It seems like he hasn’t grown into the job and hasn’t done much of anything he said he would do, and he’s still blaming George Bush. Meanwhile, the number of unemployed citizens and poor families has grown a lot.
So why am I writing you?
I know Mitt Romney is a genuine person who really does love his family, who really does care about people from all walks of life. Part of me doesn’t like the fact that part of me likes Romney! I am conflicted. I’m not writing to say that I am voting for Romney, but I have decided not to vote for Obama.
Don’t tell Dad or I’ll never hear the end of it!
Karen
Cave canem!
Never surrender, never submit.
Tags: 2008, awakening, changed vote, karen, Obama, romney
Karen, everyone does things that seem right at the time. As Kid Rock said, ” I am proud that we elected our first Black president- I just wish he had done a better job, I really do>” , and that pretty much sums it up for many of us who first listened to him- after all , Obama IS a good speaker, I think all will admit.
But when reality comes calling, the person who leads the greatest country in the world had better have more than words to use, and he didn’t.
I make no bones about my feelings for that man- I listened hard to the meaning behind those ambiguous words and phrases- like you, I had been a bit disappointed in Bush, towards the end, even as I knew that it was the Democrat majority that came into office in 2006 that was a part of the problem also. But it was Obama’s actions to consolidate his agenda that bothered me the most- in his Inaugural Address, he promised that jobs were his top priority, and yet they weren’t- in his second year, as we were sliding down, he said he would “focus like a laser on jobs”, yet he did not- in his third year, once again he said he was concentrating on jobs, but he must have meant those of his campaign workers, because those were the only jobs he created this year.
So there you have it- he talks the talk, but down here in Texas, you have to walk the walk also if you want to be respected, and he has not.
Winston Churchill once said, ” If you are twenty and you are not a liberal, you have no heart, if you are forty and are not conservative, you have no brains.”
Most young people are idealistic- that’s not a bad thing, but life has a way of pointing out fact from fiction, and tempering our most idealistic urges into something akin to reality- not all, mind you, or we would never change for the better, but life does have a way of showing you what is truly the best solution to almost any problem, and God will show you the rest.