Finding Momentum

Is it so wrong to want to vote for Obama because you like his rhetoric? Because you find him lik­able, gosh darn it. I agree (mostly) with his domes­tic plat­form, (mostly) on for­eign pol­icy, a lit­tle less on the so-called “moral” issues. But the guy seems like a level-headed leader I’d like to call President.

Heh, there’s only so much I have to say here (I’ve been pretty mum about my polit­i­cal lean­ings, mostly because I haven’t had any for the longest time). I guess I’m try­ing to explain this sense of excite­ment and even grat­i­tude in an admittedly-imperfect polit­i­cal sys­tem that I can take part in. And I’m try­ing to dis­en­tan­gle the mess of stri­dent voices in my head telling me: I’m wrong, I’m igno­rant, I haven’t prayed, I haven’t under­stood these impli­ca­tions fully.

When will I fully grasp what’s at stake? There’s only so much you can know about a can­di­date, right? You have to pray you’ve seen past the hype, peered into the issues and stood by your con­vic­tions. After a while, in good faith and con­science, you have to vote going on what (lit­tle) you know.

So I researched, I prayed, and today I voted. I hope you do the same.