November 3, 2008
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Our New President?
1 This occurred to me last night at around 6:30 p.m.
2 I'm going out on a limb and predicting a landslide.
3 I hadn't really thought too very much about it until my fourth period class. The students asked me some questions about the election.
4 I told them that I fully intend to keep politics out of the classroom.
5 They asked me about Proposition 8.
6 I was literally in a corner, and didn't really want to open a discussion, so I just said, "I believe anybody has the right to fall in love with whomever they wish."
7 Pretty good, huh?
8 They then asked if I was going to vote for Obama.
9 I said, "Well, I'm not really supposed to be bringing politics into the classroom...
10 "But I am descended from a long line of old Kennedy democrats."
11 I didn't have to say another word.
12 I also said I was very excited about tomorrow, which is to say, today.
13 I still am.
14 Today is a pretty important moment in our nation's history, no matter how you look at it.
15 It's a truly amazing thing to think about.
16 For a brief moment, I actually believe we have some hope.
17 The past eight years have been an intolerable, disgraceful time to watch.
18 I won't go into too much because such talk of course ignites emotions in people.
19 But I've also seen a corrupt group of multi-bilionaires move comfortably into the White House and proceed to get us involved in a war that has been a nightmare, an economy that has rocked the entire world to the edge of a recession, a dismantling of the Bill of Rights, and an arrogance that has the rest of the planet shaking its head.
20 The fact that this President's grandfather ran a bank that funded Nazi death camps is pretty telling.
21 Maybe "change" isn't going to happen. Maybe Obama has joined the "club".
22 Frankly I don't know, but I certainly think he is slicker, smarter and more intelligent than the bozo we have in charge right now.
23 That's just one guy's opinion.
24 I'm pretty blown away that Obama came out of nowhere and has managed a glittering campaign.
25 His grandma walked into a bar yesterday.
26 She's going to miss the landslide.
27 Down the hall, Journey's Don't Stop Believin' is blasting.
28 Perfect.
29 I don't know about anyone else, but when I cast my vote today, I'm going to feel pretty darned proud that I may have directly contributed to our future, and to my children, and to my children's children.
30 Or maybe I'm just an ignorant old poop.
31 I think not.
32 I think Obama is the real deal, and I'm looking forward to this historical evening.
33 If you're "going for" McCain, good luck and Godspeed.
34 But I don't think that's where America is headed.
35 Think landslide of epic proportions.
36 Happy voting.
37 This ad has been approved by H.
38 Peace.
GET YOUR ASS TO THE POLES...er...POLLS!
VOTE.
~H~
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