I am surrounded by a lot of people in my life who are on the Obama bandwagon. They are held captive by his charisma. His new idealistic appeal for Change. He might be able to be a good President but how do we know? He barely has a track record. He's been in the Senate less than the time I've lived in the southside of Chicago, and what improvements has he brought here? To the very place he calls home? None.
I voted for the tried and true, the experienced, the survivor, the amazing role model, the strong woman that I only hope to emulate. So yes, I'm disappointed and worried and sad that Hillary R. Clinton won't be the democratic candidate. This doesn't mean I'm voting Republican. But still. It's hard to vote Obama, after all of this.
I didn't get to see Hillary's speech live last weekend but I just read the transcript. And it is amazing. Here are my favorite parts:
"...when I was asked what it means to be a woman running for President, I always gave the same answer: that I was proud to be running as a woman but I was running because I thought I'd be the best President. But I am a woman, and like millions of women, I know there are still barriers and biases out there, often unconscious.
I want to build an America that respects and embraces the potential of every last one of us.
I ran as a daughter who benefited from opportunities my mother never dreamed of. I ran as a mother who worries about my daughter's future and a mother who wants to lead all children to brighter tomorrows. To build that future I see, we must make sure that women and men alike understand the struggles of their grandmothers and mothers, and that women enjoy equal opportunities, equal pay, and equal respect. Let us resolve and work toward achieving some very simple propositions: There are no acceptable limits and there are no acceptable prejudices in the twenty-first century.
You can be so proud that, from now on, it will be unremarkable for a woman to win primary state victories, unremarkable to have a woman in a close race to be our nominee, unremarkable to think that a woman can be the President of the United States. And that is truly remarkable.
To those who are disappointed that we couldn't go all the way- especially the young people who put so much into this campaign- it would break my heart if, in falling short of my goal, I in any way discouraged any of you from pursuing yours. Always aim high, work hard, and care deeply about what you believe in. When you stumble, keep faith. When you're knocked down, get right back up. And never listen to anyone who says you can't or shouldn't go on...
Although we weren't able to shatter that highest, hardest glass ceiling this time, thanks to you, it's got about 18 million cracks in it. and the light is shining through like never before, filing us all with the hope and the sure knowledge that the path will be a little easier next time. That has always been the history of progress in America."
And I just have to add, on a totally unrelated note: GO LAKERS!
