Politics

I just read the recent Rolling Stones summaries of Obama's campaign.

Random thoughts:

• maybe we can outgrow herd instincts and prejudices. Someone named Osama drops us to our knees but we can vote for someone named Obama to lead us (I got lots of early emails full of ignorance about the name issue...)
  
• bipartisan politics seem like a way to divide a country. Now I'm thinking that narrowing it down to only a few parties, out of our possible millions, is genius.
• The election system is ill. If Obama can win using grass-roots organization, I like that idea alone. I don't feel like I've had a vote for years because I couldn't just say "no" to the choices. If I could have voted No all around, would they have had to come up with better options?
• If Obama wins by getting people organized and pulling together, he's got a chance as president.
• Hilary is scary as a person. It's really too bad she's a woman because she gives us a bad name. A woman has as much a chance to win as anyone. I don't think that gender and race have anything to do with potential. I am only concerned with the spirit of the person running.
• If our nation makes note of voting for a black man, we are commenting on how we are still stuck in our prejudices about race and gender.
• I am afraid that someone will feel a need to kill Obama ASAP if he wins just because of stuckness. But then, the herd instinct is cureable...
• I haven't talked about the other candidate because just looking at the family speaks volumes about their spirits. Sorry I'm judging the books by their covers, but their covers are transparent and I'm judging what I see as shallow, privileged, and entrenched.
  

I may vote in this election, for a change. I wonder how many of us will be coming out of the woodwork to shake up the establishment?