Feeling of Hope, Prosperity and Community

This is something that I’ve wanted to try to put into words for a while now. During the Clinton years, despite a couple of bumps in the road, people in this country felt proud, energized, prosperous, hopeful and happy about their lives and anticipated better days ahead. When George W. Bush was appointed president, people became increasingly disillusioned by an administration that ignored their wishes, trampled on their rights and passed legislation into law that gave more rights and privileges to corporations and large entities and less for individuals, consumers and – well, just regular folks.

I believe with all my heart that a McCain Administration will bring more of the same. Barack Obama doesn’t just use change and hope as a slogan; it is a state of mind, a realization that there will be a change in Washington. Change for the good, a change in the way that our president governs and the feeling that he won’t do things because he has a hunch or a theory, but that he has consulted with experienced leaders from all perspectives to come up with what is the best direction for the American people.

This cannot be overlooked. How people feel in this country, whether they’re hopeful or in despair, makes a difference and means something. I, like millions of people in this country, wish to go back to better times, happier times when we were considered into the equation of our government, where our leader and the leader of the free world looked at all angles and into the future to see whether his decisions are right, to figure out how they will affect this country and didn’t just shrug off the wishes of the citizens of this country as just another voice looking for attention. In case anyone has forgotten, this is our country, and the president of the United States works for us, not the other way around.

So let’s not ignore the climate and the good feeling that a President Obama will bring to this country. We are a country of doers, of hard workers and will work with pride, and when our leader includes us in the mix, we will give everything we have to support him and make this country the most prosperous it can possibly be. Obama will give us all the tools we need to fulfill that mission. I want to feel good. Don’t you? Let’s get going and do everything we can to elect Barack Obama.