Did you watch his acceptance speech? You should have.
I'm a HUGE political junky, but usually I don't like to "talk politics" very often. I believe that everyone has a right to their own opinion, and I have no desire to be the one to convert someone to "my side". Most, if not all, of you know that I've loved Obama since his keynote speech at the democratic convention in 2004.
Throughout his campaign I've waivered on who I support. It's hard to support someone who doesn't agree 100% with what you believe. Why Obama doesn't support gay marriage I don't know. For whatever reason that is something important to me. I think it's because I look at Isabella and think that if one day she told me and Doug that she was gay I would want her to have EVERY SINGLE option that Doug and I have. I couldn't imagine Isabella not being able to "legally" be with someone just because she likes boobs. Luckily, most everything else that Obama says, I agree with.
I watched his acceptance speech tonight and couldn't believe that I am lucky enough to be witnessing something that I really never thought would happen. I even turned down going out tonight even though bellbell is at my mom's. I couldn't miss this. When he walked out onto the stage I realized fully why I couldn't miss this moment. It was amazing. Seriously, beyond amazing.
His speech was more than anything I expected and it really revived my support for him, and I hope it made others realize that he is the right person for the job.
I think the most amazing part for me was after his speech when Michelle and his daughters walked onto stage. Watching this entire family that looked completely different than me actually made me choke up. I've honestly never thought too much before about someone of a different race becoming president. I think I just assummed it would always be old, rich, white guys. You know, it just happened to be their turn to be president. Even though I've supported Obama from the start I didn't realize until this exact moment how big of a thing this would be for him to be elected president.
I think the only thing that amazes me more than the fact that we could have the first black president, is that we could finally have the first black president who most of America can get behind, and who will actually do something good for this country. How crazy is it that Obama is this perfect combination???
I'm just excited. No, SUPER EXCITED!!! I can't wait for November. Isabella will be coming with me to vote. Will she understand?? Nope. I just hope she learns to love this process sooner than I did. That would make me happy in the end.
Labels: Barack Obama, beyond excited
