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Bring Barack Back

By Andrew Tsao
Mon Aug 25, 2008 at 02:14:01 AM PST
Section: Diary Topic: Alternative and Community Media

In 2006 I stood in a packed room at Bellevue Community College to listen to Obama, Cantwell and Burner. I knew then Obama would be one to reckon with. His entire person emanated change and a new beginning.

In early 2008 I worked for Obama's primary run in Washington, speaking at my precinct caucus on his behalf. I knew then Obama had a real chance to make a difference.

Today, I find myself hoping somehow, something will bring Barack back. Back from his daily slide towards mediocre political maneuvering. Back from non-committal policy statements. Back from caving to the status quo. Back from business as usual. Back from the unsettling misstep of selecting a VP candidate who embodies the old Washington, insider politics, the insidiousness of watered down compromise, and the past. Back from admitting by this selection that he indeed does lack the confidence to forge new ground. Back from the admission that he lacks gravitas. Back from this place of the practical over the promise.

Should the frenzied among you evoke Kennedy's selection of Johnson as a paradigm, consider this: Johnson brought all the electoral votes of Texas to Kennedy in the general election. How practical are Biden's Deleware assets?

 Bring Barack back. Maybe the rare air of Denver can help.

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Hope and change are up to us
Remember that FDR ran on a balanced budget platform, of all things.  It was pressure from below that pushed him to do the right thing.  It won't be any different with an Obama administration.

by eridani on Mon Aug 25, 2008 at 10:33:29 PM PST

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