Clinton the past. Obama the future. - Democratic Underground

peoli

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Mon Dec-31-07 06:25 PM
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Clinton the past. Obama the future.

It is really what this whole election is all about for us democrats. When you strip away all the rhetoric, the attacks, the garbage, you have before you two choices. One is a symbol of all that has been. One is a symbol of all that can be.

There is no doubt that no matter who wins the democratic nomination that things will be different than George Bush. That is also true however if we plucked someone off the street and put him in the oval office. Anyone that can drive a car can sit behind the wheel. Only one person can take us down a different road.

What the two canidates offer is two completely different realities and two completely different futures for us.

Clinton is a safe choice for many people because she is a security blanket of all that has been done before and is known. At the same time all that has been done and is known for the last 28 years at least is fighting , deadlock, and nothing accomplished. The fighting of politicians creates a void in the lives of people. It leaves them out in the cold, it leaves them apathetic towards the very politicians that are trying to do something real for them but rarely ever do. This is what Clinton embodies. The very sameness of the past. Her negatives among republicans are astronaomical. Her negatives among democrats are higher than any other canidate. If she does manage to win she will do little to acomplish what we need and we will find ourselves blaming republicans for another 4 years of reasons why nothing got done. She cannot pull republicans over to her cause.

Obama embodies what this country can be and at a very core level where this country wants to be. How much harder would it be to teach racial hatred when our president is in fact black? There would be an instant healing for many people on many levels. And for those that arent healed there will be a brain melting at the very realization that we are moving forward as a people. Obama wants to have policy discussions be live on CSPAN with participation from citizens. Has any canidate offered anything even close to this as a way to bring people back into the decision making? Obama is unique in that his vision for this country is directly related to the direction that the founding fathers wanted it to be. Calling a conference with Muslim leaders to work out issues in the middle east. Can you for one second imagine Hillary at a round table with Muslim leaders? Obama's clear understanding that "we are a nation among a community of nations", shows that we are one people on earth and that our different cultures and different beliefs are not something to fight about but something to embrace about the human race.
Obama represents a new generation of politics. There is an entire generation that has not had their voices heard since the beginning if the BUSH-CLINTON BI-NASTY.

If you strip away the rhetoric and meditate on the core of these two people, you can clearly see the difference. The only choice after this is then, do you want to evolve or do you want to wallow in the mud of the past?

I honestly do not know what will happen and a part of me fears that people may gravitate to the security blanket of Clinton simply because of FEAR itsself. Fear of what can be. I pray that we have the courage to change.