We got to make a change...It's time for us as a people to start making some changes. Let's change the way we eat, let's change the way we live and let's change the way we treat each other. You see the old way wasn't working so it's on us to do what we got to do to survive
There is war on the streets & the war in the Middle East. Instead of war on poverty, they got a war on drugs so the police can bother me. Don't let them jack you up, back you up, crack you up and pimp smack you up. You got to learn to hold ya own.
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The prospect of Barack Obama as president will change how the world sees America. I do not underestimate the power of his candidacy. Black kids will look at other black kids differently. White kids will look at black kids differently (and vice versa). The fundamental belief that anything is possible in America will be so real that people will dream different dreams while on the same bed. The ceiling above our dreams will be removed that there will be no more impossible dreams under the sun...and that’s good particularly for my son who is half black, half white. That’s a good thing for my husband who is white, it’s a good thing for my neighbors who are Indian...it’s a good thing for you...it’s good for our society...it’s a good thing for my America, the land of the brave.
"Understand that the right to choose your own path is a sacred privilege. Use it. Dwell in possibility" – Oprah Winfrey.
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Obama seems to be driven by integrity. By nature and based on his policies, Obama is a progressive who believes in reform, open and transparent governance, and empowering the people. Hillary doesn’t strike me to be a strong agent of change and integrity. She gives me a sense of business as usual, DLC corporatist and concealment. (Remember: she said in Chicago that we shouldn’t always say what we think...also remember the GQ magazine story that her campaign pushed to kill?)...hum... I may be wrong, but I doubt it.
"To put the world right in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must first put the family in order; to put the family in order, we must first cultivate our personal life; we must first set our hearts right" – Confucius.
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Obama believes that we should talk to our adversaries; Obama’s willingness to compromise with others’ ways of living and cooperation in common tasks will make living happy and fruitful. In contrast, Hillary is for the continuation of the "Bush-Cheney" foreign policy. Hillary believes that it is naïve and irresponsible to be willing to talk to our adversaries.
"If you wish to make a man your enemy, tell him simply, "You are wrong." This method works every time, and if you want to make peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies" - Moshey Dayan.
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Obama displayed a good judgment in opposing the dump war in Iraq in 2002. Hillary authorized the war and argued on a senate floor that her vote was based on her "experience" in the Whitehouse. Well, based on result, isn’t it fair to say that her experience did not do her any good? She has since refused to apologize for her vote or even call it a mistake. We’re all human and we do make mistake – I believe she should apologize for her vote after all, a life without an apology is not worth living.
"Good judgment and Maturity are achieved when a person postpones immediate pleasures for long-term values and never run an apology with an excuse" – Kimberly Johnson
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The prospect of Obama in the Whitehouse brings excitement. Obama has a much more powerful intellect, is more charismatic and has a better personality and a good family man. He tells us to put all excuses aside and remind us what we are capable. He said ordinary people just like you and I can do ordinary things. I believe him when he says the world as it is not the world as it should be. This assertion is not just true in politics, but also in real life. When you worried and broken hearted, doesn’t it feel good to hear those words whispered in your ear?
It doesn’t hurt to have a president who every now and then encourages us and tells us to believe again!
In contrast, not just Hillary, but other candidates as well suffer an enthusiasm gap. Hillary portrays a personality of being too screechy, preachy and controlling and I am afraid that her policies will have a little byte of her character.
"A man can succeed at almost anything for which he has unlimited enthusiasm. - Francois Pierre Guillaume
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Obama believes that the key to accomplishment is to get the American people motivated, around a common purpose (Black, White, Asian, Latino, Democrats, Republican and Independent). Obama believes that a house divided against itself cannot stand. In contrary, Hillary advocates divisiveness, the blue-red states mantra and "the right wing machine mentality". I don’t know about you but it’s depressing to hear that mantra.
"There is no liberal America, or a conservative America, there is the United States of America...We are one people" – Barack Obama
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Obama does not take Washington lobbyist money, but Hillary does and has refused to stop taking lobbyist money. Obama and Edwards attacked her on it and Hillary refused to stop taking it. If Clinton wants to defend the right of lobbyists to engage in legal corruption, by all means, she should go right ahead but she and her supporters shouldn't think that it doesn't make a lot of people throw up a little in their mouth.
"Greed will kill us all...It's not how much you have that makes people look up to you, it's who you are.'' — Elvis Presley\
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With Obama, we don’t have a choice to vote for the lesser of two evil. Unlike other presidential candidates, Obama vowed to always be truthful to us. He is not just bound to win; he is bound to be true. Obama is not bound to succeed, but to live by the light he has. Obama is not perfect, but by his nature and character, Obama is willing to stand with anybody that stands right, and stand with him her while he she is right, and part with you when you go wrong.
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Obama called on us to hope. He tells us not to let our fears hold us back from pursuing our hopes, our dreams. The hope of a slave sitting in a fire place singing a freedom song.
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Abraham Lincoln once said, this country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it, or exercise their revolutionary right to overthrow it. As an American who is longing for change, my concern today is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right. And I hope that Obama will strive to be on Gods side, for God is always right.
People who love their county can change it. We have the power to make a change. And to change the world, we must be the change we wish to see.
"We got to make a change...It's time for us as a people to start making some changes. Let's change the way we eat, let's change the way we live and let's change the way we treat each other. You see the old way wasn't working so it's on us to do what we got to do to survive
There is war on the streets & the war in the Middle East. Instead of war on poverty, they got a war on drugs so the police can bother me. Don't let them jack you up, back you up, crack you up and pimp smack you up. You got to learn to hold ya own....Tupac
Bush-Clinton-Bush-Clinton...that’s not change...Some things got to change!