An attempt at stepping back

I know that I tend to be pretty opinionated when it comes to politics, but with this blog I hope to not only rant and give my own opinion but try and step back and understand why I feel the way I do and why I think "the other party" is in the wrong.  I tend to get pretty passionate about the statements and the stereotypes and the misinformation represented in american politics, but hopefully my "observing ego" will be switched on some of the time.  

First of all, I am going to put it out there that I am a democrat and I that I support Barack Obama, so I know that I will be definitely "liberally leaning" when it comes to my opinion rants.  When I applied to college I wrote my application essay on  Barack Obama's 2004 DNC speech because of its message of promoting, "not a red America, or a blue America, but a United States of America".  Not only have I found this inspiring, but it is evident that many others have as well since Obama is now the nominee for the Democratic party.  

Watching the DNC this year, I am hopeful that this country has the answer that it needs; a candidate that will fight for what America needs and not only what his personal or religious convictions conduct him to do.  Barack Obama is not a "celebrity" but a political force that is making the country excited that for the first time in many years that there may not be four more years... but rather, four more months left of the current state of our country.

In my next post I hope to discuss the RNC speeches of VP nominee Sarah Palin and the Republican nominee John McCain.  Not only will I discuss what I agree or disagree with in regards of their statements, but why I feel this way, which should be interesting.   (to me at least) 

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