We're all pissed, fired up, and ready for a blood-match with the Republicans aren't we?
We're ready for war--
"It's ON Bitch!!!"
"The gloves are coming off!"
"How dare you insult community organizers?!"
"You lying sacks of shit and scum, we need to eradicate you people from out country!"
etc.....!!!!
I avoid seeing the speech tonight, but i did catch a bit of it on NPR from my drive home from the gym tonight. And all the anger, frustrations, and disbelief that YOU'VE all expressed here, went through me as well.
I want a battle. I want it to be bloody. I want Republican carcasses to litter the streets when i am done.....
But, but, but.....
I've learned something important for the first time last week. It was the morning after Obama's speech-- i was thinking over his speech, trying to narrow down my favorite parts-- the tingling power of his presence and words were still reverberating in my mind. This is corny, but there was a true feeling of "Hope" within me that the fate of our great Nation still had spectacular possibilities if men of Obama's stature are out there waiting their turn at leading.
And something clicked in that moment and i had an epiphany. It was so simple and obvious, i was missing it all along:
This man is MUCH smarter that i am.
He is much more mature and wiser than i am.
He seems to see much more deeply into the nature of people and events than i can.
His "fight" and "game" are levels deeper than anybody i've seen-- including the venerated Clintons.
It is why we LOVE this man. It is why we fight for this man. It is why our EMOTIONS are so tied to this man and this fight.
I've chosen him to be my leader. I've chosen him to be the one with the intellect, judgement, wisdom, and fairness to help right our country and re-steer it in a direction of success.
And based on this, i choose to wait on his instructions and his alone, for my marching orders.
So after watching Palin, Guliani, Huckabee, and feeling all the anger and frustrations build up in me, i told myself, "OK assholes, you want a battle? I'm ready for it, and so are many other millions of other pissed off, fed-up people like me. But i'm not just going to waste my energy flailing about and expending my energies wastefully. I'll wait for Obama to give me the marching orders. But i'm playing this by his rules. By his strategy. I will stop the arrogant belief that i can better tell him how to "win"."
You want Obama (you want US) to win this?
You gotta decide he's your leader. You gotta believe in his "game plan". Then you need to EXECUTE the game plan when he gives it to you.
He'll stay quiet and respectfully allow the Republicans finish their convention (he's all-class as usual) tomorrow night. And i assure you he'll come back on the attack. And he'll send you the game plan-- then all you gotta do is execute.
Conventions are like the start of a football game-- lot's of trash talking and cheerleaders cheering.
But the game will be won or lost on the debates and on the "ground game"-- how many voters we turn out against them.
DON'T FOR A MOMENT FORGET THAT. DON'T LET THE TABLOID ENTERTAINMENT DISTRACT YOU FROM THAT.
Let Obama and Biden handle the debates. Let US take care of the GROUND GAME:
AND HERE'S OUR GROUND GAME:
- DONATE
- PHONE BANK
- REGISTER VOTERS
- TALK TO YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS