Current mood:

contemplative

Bar-ack Oh-bam-uh!
So yeah, yesterday Luke and I went to see Mr. Obama speak at the waterfront.
Here's what the koin news people had to say:



It didn't feel like there were 75,000 people there, but we were sorta in the middle so we didn't know how many people were behind us. We were close enough to see that there was a skinny black man on the podium, but it could have been any skinny black man.

He gave a good speech, though. Lots of ambitious promises, like universal health care and our troops home by the end of '09. That seemed a little far fetched to me, but it's worth hoping for, maybe. The question that seems to be asked the most is "well, it sounds good, but how is he going to pay for it?" or "How is he going to actually make these things happen?" The only answer I heard is that he's going to pay for things with the money that was going to fund the Iraq war. That's a little more of a concrete answer than there has been so far, but far from a solid plan. I'm still undecided, but leaning toward voting for him if he becomes the nominee.

One good thing he talked about was how it's about the American people, and that's one thing I think our nation has lost sight of. The whole "by the people, for the people" idea has left American politics. That's one of the reasons I wouldn't vote for Hillary if she became the nominee. I think she's about her own ambitions and for her own purposes running for president.

Oh, and in other news, I have possibly the worst sunburn I've ever had. I don't feel like taking pictures of it to show it off, but I thought I would let you know.