Hi Folks!! Happy New Year!!!
Well…I may be a political junkie….but….WOW!!!!!!! Here we are on the the eve of a big victory by Obama in New Hampshire! The votes haven’t started being counted yet….but the winds of “change” are clearly blowing! The people of New Hampshire are turning out in record numbers…I heard figures of 85% of registered voters or more turning out in some areas! The young people and independents have been activated in a way that seems truly historic. Well…it stands to reason…with every action…there comes a reaction…..the frustration of people has been building up over alot of years…..I’ve followed every major “outsider”/”underdog”/”populist” politician over the last few years. We may be on the verge of something which comes along so rarely….and yet can be so important in changing the direction of nations….it may seem like hyperbole…..but…I mean….. Lincoln, JFK, RFK, MLK……their contribution to change in America may pale in comparison to what this new individual might accomplish….you see….now…with the internet….24 hour news….a truly mythic, heroic, idealistic figure may have stepped forward. The descendent of both slaves and slave owners! Americans are by and large completely fed up with politics as status quo….they overwhelmingly believe that their nation is on the wrong track. Any other year….in a normal cycle Hillary Clinton would have easily taken the Democratic nomination for President…the numbers of people activated by them were winning numbers…but Obama has arrived! Someone who truly speaks deeply to those ideals that so many Americans believe in…have tried to believe in….and almost completely given up on….a new spark has appeared in the darkness. Republicans are becoming Democratic and voting for Obama….they were running out of ballots today. I’ve spent quite a bit of time reading American History and deconstructing the historic figures of the American Mythos….of course they were all faulty and never fully lived up to their promise. I must caution myself and others….that things that are too good to be true….so often are….but…some days….I doubt my doubts. Everything about this gentleman tells me….that at the very least he could do a great deal to repair America’s divisions…and help it to find a more healthy place in the world. Whatever he may lack…he is full of idealism…courage….and hope. I truly hope he will be able to take it the distance and will avoid being corrupted by all the money and power that he will have surround him…especially now….as I expect he will defeat H.C. very strongly in New Hampshire.
+ Robyn Graves +
