14 February 2008

Hope Is Not the Same as Blind Optimism...



h/t to the always awesome HotPotatoMash for this. If you are feeling a little inspired, go here.

10 February 2008

Painfully Earnest... and Yet...



I've had an Obama '08 sticker on my car since 2006. I said he would run. And everybody told me he wouldn't. I said he had a chance. And everyone told me he didn't. He's not a saint or a savior and he's not perfect. But I haven't seen a politician like this in my lifetime.
I'm a person whose typical attitude regarding hope is that it kills. Really. That's my motto. "Hope Kills". It's why I'm so afraid to even entertain the thought that this guy could win. I don't want to deal with the letdown. Yet, I'm like Mulder with the poster in his office..."I want to believe..."
Hillary Clinton would make a fine President. But right now our country needs something more than that. I think we've found it, if only we'll embrace it.

Updated to add: Check out the HILARIOUS and SPOT ON parody of this featuring John McCain's inspiring words...Here.

08 February 2008

Get UP.