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Tuesday, February 24, 2009 

My view of the election

I try to steer away from politics on my blog, because no matter what someone says, they irritate 1/2 of their readers (so, that might actually be 3 people).

But, there has been one thing really annoying me since the election.

We were robbed.

No, I don't mean by the results of the election. I mean by the election itself.

You see, I've watched as many of my friends were so excited about their candidate. They believed in him. They were truly happy to vote for him. They have hope, and they are optimistic about the future with him in charge.

I wanted that.

I wanted a candidate that I could be excited about. One that would make me want to vote for them because of them, not the party. One who represented a change away from the old GOP, and one more in line with what I believe our priorities should be. And one that I truly thought had a chance to win.

And I got John McCain. Not saying he's not a fine man, or a good politician. But, he really never represented what I think our party needed. He wasn't someone I was excited about. To the contrary, I was very annoyed when he got the nod. Can't we nominate anyone exciting? Someone who has a revolutionary view of what our party and our country needs? Someone like, well, like Barack Obama, but more conservative. I fell back to the old habit of holding my nose while coloring in the circle on the ballot.

Sure, there were a few people in the running that I thought were closer to that than Senator McCain, but they didn't have a chance.

And then, we got Sarah Palin. Now, I know she is a smart, talented woman, who has done a great job in Alaska. But really, she was the best person to be VP? She had little experience. Sure, her speech at the convention was great, but why did they pick her? It was politics as usual. Symbolism over substance. She was young, female, and exciting. But, not the best person to be 1 hearbeat away from presidency. Sigh.

And, so we lost. And I watched my friends celebrate the inuguration. Smiling, crying, and so full of hope. And I felt robbed. I wanted that. I'm so tired of our party as it's been. I wanted "change", a new beginning, hope, but all I got was an old Senator who's been in the game too long.

I'm happy my friends are happy. And I hope that I can be excited and happy in 2012.

Someday we might all be defined by something other than republicans and democrats..afterall we ARE all in this together!

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