Political Football

Well, here I am already putting in my two cents.  -pf may be sorry she invited me to blog along with her!

Watched Dem Convention 1st night with real interest to see if I could get a better handle on what Obama stands for other than “change.”  Heck – I stand for change also – change in my purse, change in employment opportunities, change in my bank account, change in access across America and the world (as in handicap access), change in attitudes toward the disabled and more change in my dresser coin jar (sense a theme here?).  So – I stand for that – how will I bring it about?  I’m getting my resume done and gearing up for job interviewing, am stop spending money on incidentals, am writing letters advocating for access and am doing presentations at schools to help kids understand people with disabilities are just people – nothing wrong with us.  These are concrete plans – whether they pan out remains to be seen but I’ve put them out there to hold myself accountable.

I believe in a better America also and so does -pf which is why she’s campaigning for a worthy congressional candidate.  Obama says he believes in a better America but how does a less than one full term Senator accomplish that?  What are his concrete plans?  Why won’t he do a Town Hall meeting to discuss his plans with his opponent?  I want to hear the concrete plans now before the election.  I want to hear plans from both candidates – concrete plans that will hold them accountable.  In my humble opinion – not enough people are held accountable anymore (well, John Edwards may actually disagree right now).  Certainly the general public isn’t holding Congress accountable except that they give it the lowest rating ever.  What is Congress’ response?  Speaker Pelosi blames the President.  Even though I majored in American Studies at Smith I knew from grade school that Congress legislates – it is the Legislature – it’s supposed to write laws.  What are Sen. Obama’s laws that he has written/sponsored?  Shouldn’t we all be very familiar with them by now since he is a Presidential candidate? 

Perhaps Michelle Obama should have let us know her husband’s accomplishments in the Senate using concrete language not flowery adjectives.  Mrs. Obama’s speech I thought started out weakly (would have liked to have fixed her opening parts in a different order) but finished more strongly although I didn’t feel any passion – I wasn’t moved.  Much to my surprise that wily James Carville (Dem Pundit) on CNN said the Dems didn’t present a coherent message all night.  For me – the night’s highlight was Sen. Teddy Kennedy.  It was clear to me he pushed himself to be heard and his shaky voice carried more conviction that Mrs. Obama’s.

Look forward to hearing Chelsea and Sen. Clinton tonight.  Do you think she will truly implore her supporters to get behind Sen. Obama?  I’m not convinced it’ll work.  Afterall women may feel that if they waited over 100 years for their right to vote – they could wait another 4 for their gal. 

Libra Girl

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