America Cannot Stand Four More years of Republiganda Rule -- Obama Will Bring Hope

As I have written here before, I liked the John McCain of the 2000 campaign, and we sometimes see glimpses of that old maverick every now and then this year.But for the most part he is Bush warmed over, and his policies and the people around him will just give us four more years of the last eight years.Plus, he is running the same dishonest style campaign as Bush, with some of the same people manufacturing the lies, half-truths and assorted distortions -- the Repbliganda (Republican propaganda and spin).

America, it is time for a real change. That is why I am voting for Barack Obama. As the respected General Colin Powell said, in endorsing Obama Sunday, “he is a transformational figure.”

We need a president who can inspire Americans across all divides, whether republican or democrat, black, brown, or white, woman or man. We do not need one who appeals to our fears and fuels mutual distrust. We need a president who can ask all Americans to make the sacrifices necessary to change the course of this country. We do not need one who asks us to go shopping while we send our young soldiers off to make those sacrifices for us. We need a president who understands that the government is not about politicians, corporations, or lobbyists; it is about we the people. We need a president who requires us to think, inspires us to dream, and challenges us to take action. Do not underestimate the power of hope, of words that inspire. We are at a pivotal crossroads in this country.

We can choose to continue down a path that will leave a legacy for our children of insurmountable debt, perpetual wars, and environmental collapse, as will happened with John “McSame” McCain, or we can create real change, not the hollow promises of the ones that messed America in the first place. Only one candidate seems to get that it is not about him, it is about us. “We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.”

For these reasons, the choice for the next president of our United States of America is clear. Senator Barack Obama is the thinking person’s candidate. He is committed to social justice and helping the underprivileged in our society. His dynamic plans and policies will revitalize the large, critically squeezed middle class.

Senator Barack Obama can bring new politics that are grounded, but yet progressive, for our changing times in America.. Old politics no longer work and no longer are fit in our ever changing world. He speaks a language of truth with the courage and faith to bring about change in government that meets the needs of a wider range of Americans so we can regain our status in the educational world.

I support Senator Obama’s investment plan in early childhood education as it is truly a head start in education. We are behind other countries and Senator Obama will help us overhaul the whole educational system that is failing our young, including the blatant unfunded mandates of the "no child left behind" law. We are failing our children and we need to clean this area of concern up, for the future of our country. Obama and Biden have real ideas for the public schools,not vouchers for the private ones that will take funding away from the public schools, which is at the heart of McCain's education plan.

I support Senator Barack Obama in believing the time has come to start bringing our troops home as well. I am concerned as to what has really entered the systems of our troops who have served our country. When we hear of head pain, suicides, and their thinking process to be so not themselves, we must ask what really has happened. Has the war within them come home to be fought here? VA needs to give Americans some fast answers before we bring all our troops home. Thank you, Senator Barack Obama for the support of job protection for family members caring for these soldiers. And a defense department with leaders like Powell and General Wesley Clark will be so much better for our troops.

Another reason to support Senator Obama is that Senator Obama plans to eliminate taxes for senior citizens with incomes of less than $50,000 a year. Life for seniors is hard enough here in Maine with the high cost of heating oil just to stay warm. Haven’t we put our seniors through enough? Please consider voting for Senator Barack Obama and Senator Joe Biden to fix a creaky system that no longer works, to stop the ideologically driven rule by spin and deception, and to give us a government of truthfulness and transparency.

There are other reasons to support Obama. Take a look at his website www.barackobama.com for many other insightful policy positions that will bring the change we need.