I have decided to cover politics in my blog. I was unsure if I wanted to. I thought about it and decided that I would. I hope that the readers of my blog will use the info and links I post to further educate themselves on the candidates and what their views are.
This site was posted on one of the boards I frequent. I went to it and answered the questions to see what candidate it would say matches my beliefs. I was NOT at all suprised by it's answer. You should try it out!
I came across this video while reading Young, Black & Fabulous today. I really really really like it! Please watch it! This video is so inspiring! "Yes We Can"
Over the last month or so I have had many discussion, online and in person, about this election. I am so proud of the people my age, 21-31, who are learning about the candidates and their view points. I have been able to have real conversations about the upcoming election. I didn't get this opportunity as much during the last presidential election. I am truely hoping the amount of voters interested that I know, reflects what is happening around America. I believe it's "time for a change" and we have to make it happen, not wait around watch.
One thing I have come across in my election conversations is the talk of assassination. I have heard it in several forms. Sometimes about Hilary if she becomes the first woman president. Other times about Obama because he WILL be the first African-American president. It irritates me when people talk about how someone is going to try to assassinate either one of them if they are elected president.
Saying or even thinking statements like that buy into the stereotype that women and AA are inferior. It is 2008, I truely can not understand how a black person or a woman can form their mouth to say that. It makes me wonder if they feel that we, I mean this as a woman and an AA, are capable of being president of our nation.
I know that they have a right to their opinion but I believe in speaking things into existance. Yes, there are still racest and sexist people in the world, but they did not stop us from starting the civil rights movement. They did not stop AA or women from earning voting rights. I have three words for you: Equal Rights Act!
I am bothered by the amount I hear the reference to one or both of them being killed if they are elected president and/or vice president. The best part of their dumb comments is that if the president and vice-president are killed the speaker of the house is president. Guess what!?! The speaker of the house is a WOMAN! These dumb, unrational and 1800 thoughts show me that not everyone is ready for change. Thankfully a whole bunch of the US is!
"Clinton is an essay, solid and reasoned; Obama is a poem, lyric and filled with possibility. Clinton would be a valuable and competent executive, but Obama matches her in substance and adds something that the nation has been missing far too long -- a sense of aspiration."-- LA Times Endorsement of Barack Obama
This site was posted on one of the boards I frequent. I went to it and answered the questions to see what candidate it would say matches my beliefs. I was NOT at all suprised by it's answer. You should try it out!
I came across this video while reading Young, Black & Fabulous today. I really really really like it! Please watch it! This video is so inspiring! "Yes We Can"
Over the last month or so I have had many discussion, online and in person, about this election. I am so proud of the people my age, 21-31, who are learning about the candidates and their view points. I have been able to have real conversations about the upcoming election. I didn't get this opportunity as much during the last presidential election. I am truely hoping the amount of voters interested that I know, reflects what is happening around America. I believe it's "time for a change" and we have to make it happen, not wait around watch.
One thing I have come across in my election conversations is the talk of assassination. I have heard it in several forms. Sometimes about Hilary if she becomes the first woman president. Other times about Obama because he WILL be the first African-American president. It irritates me when people talk about how someone is going to try to assassinate either one of them if they are elected president.
Saying or even thinking statements like that buy into the stereotype that women and AA are inferior. It is 2008, I truely can not understand how a black person or a woman can form their mouth to say that. It makes me wonder if they feel that we, I mean this as a woman and an AA, are capable of being president of our nation.
I know that they have a right to their opinion but I believe in speaking things into existance. Yes, there are still racest and sexist people in the world, but they did not stop us from starting the civil rights movement. They did not stop AA or women from earning voting rights. I have three words for you: Equal Rights Act!
I am bothered by the amount I hear the reference to one or both of them being killed if they are elected president and/or vice president. The best part of their dumb comments is that if the president and vice-president are killed the speaker of the house is president. Guess what!?! The speaker of the house is a WOMAN! These dumb, unrational and 1800 thoughts show me that not everyone is ready for change. Thankfully a whole bunch of the US is!
"Clinton is an essay, solid and reasoned; Obama is a poem, lyric and filled with possibility. Clinton would be a valuable and competent executive, but Obama matches her in substance and adds something that the nation has been missing far too long -- a sense of aspiration."-- LA Times Endorsement of Barack Obama
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