It’s Feb. 5 and it’s thundering and lightning outside this morning. A portentous start for a day of politcos and pundits, even though the returns won’t come in until this evening. I will have to find something to preoccupy me, like cleaning the bathroom or exercising, something physical to take my attention and anxiety away from the primaries. I’m a hopeless junkie.
For anyone who is reading and still can’t decide who to vote for, let me give you 10 reasons to vote for Obama:
- He’s got a wry sense of humor, which always signals great intelligence.
- He brings out the best in Andrew Sullivan’s writing.
- He’s neither Baby Boomer nor Gen Xer, which means he’s part of that fringe generation, like me and my friends.
- He eschews partisan politics—one of the most important qualities that other campaigns just don’t get. I never thought I’d quote Tucker Carlson, but as he said, “Obama doesn’t hate me.”
- The book he’d take with him to the White House is Doris Kearns Goodwin’s Team of Rivals. Telling insight into the kind of cabinet he would build.
- I’m confident that if both my parents were alive today, they would be voting for him, marking the first time they ever agreed on anything.
- He is, perhaps, the greatest orator of our time. Great orators have great minds. Look at history: Lincoln, Roosevelt, Churchill, Kennedy.
- He was against the war from the beginning, rejecting political convenience in favor of conscience.
- He is not a Bush or a Clinton.
- He comes not from a town called Hope but a spirit called Hope.
If you live in a primary state today, go vote. Make history.
Meggie–great thoughts. I (coincidentally) am currently reading “Team of Rivals” and see the connection.
I did get my butt out and vote today. I wrote a little story about it on RRC in the Pundi.
I really hope Barack doesn’t need my help here in Illinois. If there’s one thing this place has, it’s pride in our own. But if he does need it, I sincerely hope they manage to count my Provisional Ballot, instead of using it to live Dickie Daley’s birdcage or something.
Dearest Bob…Isn’t “T of R” great? I learned so much more than I knew before. Lincoln was quite a man.
And Miss B…big kisses for getting out to vote! I should add that #11 of reasons to vote for Obama would be “He’s from the center of the universe…the great state of Illinois.”