Hope

I hope that this blog, in a small and humble way, will provide an antidote to the frivilous distractions that have permeated the American conciousness to a frightening extent. The constant flood of pressures to consume at a rapid pace and the bombardment of meaningless pop 'news' stories have destroyed our collective focus on the exigent issues that we are now faced with. We have become so distracted in fact, that we allowed one of the most morally and intellectually bankrupt politcians ever to steal not one but two elections from us. As a result, we have alienated our allies, hardened the resolve of our enemies, needlessly caused the deaths of over 4,000 American soldiers and over 100,000 Iraqis, further exacerbated the problems faced by our health care system, and have done nothing to reverse the energy crisis that is growing daily. Fortunately, however, we are faced with a historic opportunity to reverse course. Two of the most capable and resolved presidential canidates ever are prepared to step into the breach to lead our country out of the darkness.

It should be clear the McCain, if elected, would attempt to implement the same failed policies perpetuated for eight years by the Bush administration. Given how low Bush's approval ratings are and how little enthusiasm McCain has been able to generate, there does not appear to be any chance (unless the election is stolen) of there being another Republican president.

This leaves us with the question that has been dominating the media for months now, Clinton or Obama? Starting out, I was an ardent Clinton supporter and still feel that she would be an amazing president. However, given the realities of the nominating process and the fact that she has less popular votes than Obama, it is time for her to step out of the race. As much as I would love to see such a strong-willed, intelligent, and caring woman in the Whitehouse, she has nothing more to gain. I hope that Obama, recgonizing Clinton's numerous attributes, offers her the Vice Presidency and she accepts. Together they can go a long way towards healing the wounds that have ruptured open in the last eight years.