First of all, let me state this is my first diary, so be gentle. I first heard about Daily Kos after Bill O called a group of bloggers a much of Nazis. I thought who is this Nazi calling anybody a Nazi. I am not a BO fan, so I was curious about these bloggers who were able to get BO so mad. I have been very impressed by the bloggers on this site, I find you to be intellectual, insightful, honest, funny, engaging, fearless and proud to be a liberals. I get some teasing from my co-workers for being such a political junkie, but that is what Obama has made me into. I have taken upon myself to keep them well informed. I am an avid supporter and defender of Obama. My first dairy entry relates to my 10- year old daughter...
On the way home today, my daughtter asked me why I like politics so much. I told her because of Obama. I asked her who was she voting for, she said a resounding OBAMA. Then I started teasing her about her vote 4 years ago. When she was in the second grade, the teachers had a pretend voting booth, I guess to teach the kids about the political system. My daughter came home and told me about the event. I ask her who she voted for, she said Bush. I pretended to be devasted. I told her "you never go against the family" LOL.
Today, I teased her again about her vote for Bush 4 years ago. She said "mom, I didn't know what I was doing, I was only in the second grade". I laughed. Then I said, I guess when you know better, you do better right, she said right mom.
I thought about what she said and how it applies to Bush supporters, who are still planning to vote for McCain, despite of what we know today, a corrupt political party who has jeopordized our standing in the world.
McCain is no maverick, no reformer, he is just a just another Bush prototype (remembered vote for 90% of Bush polices) I honestly do not believe that the people who supported Bush knew what they were doing at the time, they just fell for the rhetoric of fear and lies. I pray to God almighty, that come November, people who supported Bush for the last 8 years will make the right decision this time. When you know better, you do better.
I saw this comment before and thought it was worth repeating with some modifications - "I do not want another president whose idea of how to govern is taken from some John Wayne war flick or Die-Hard movies. We need a president who can run this country like a grown up"
Thank you