Everyone here loves Obama--he is half Kenyan, you know. The newspapers adore him. It seems like McCain doesn't have a chance when you read it from the Kenyan perspective. I made it to the American Embassy and filled out my voter absentee form so that I can exercise my privilege to have a say in who my country's leader is. So, my question for you all in America is--what is the feel in America? What is your take on a woman vice president? Everyone here is sooo excited about the possibility of having a black American President. What does America think about that? Tell me what you know about the candidates and give me some details of why you think you'll vote for who you'll vote for. I look forward to hearing from you!
Monday, September 15, 2008
Obama?
When people ask me where I'm from I say USA, then they ask what state and I say IL and then I see Illinois registering in their mind through my accent, and then they say "Oh! Illinois, Obama!" Right. I'm from Obama's state. Today as I was standing in line to finalize my work permit (which now I'm almost officially a Kenyan worker/missionary!) a man saw my American passport and said, "will you vote for Obama?!" I replied, "Sijui," I don't know.
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Ash,
ReplyDeleteWell you know that I do not get into politics all that much, but I am thinking of voting for Mccain, reason is very experienced. I believe he would really try to turn this country around, since he was a soldier fighting for this country at one time. He was a POW at one time and went through a lot then. I also have heard great things about Palin. I have not heard her speak, but my mom said she was very impressed the other night listening to her. She has the new prospective to add with the old prospective, and I think they would balance each other well. I don't know a lot about Obama. Nate thinks he just talks a lot about how he will be great, but not a lot of plans of substance to back it up. I don't know though, that is just some of my thoughts.
Love Ya,
Erica
Ash,
ReplyDeleteI have read many of Obama's speeches and I am very impressed. He has ton's more substance in his talks and plans than McCain.
I also think that this year for the first time since I have been following and involved (1968 Nixon, Humphrey, Wallace 3 way race) that both parties primaries picked the best candidates. So I could live with McCain and Palin. She is so very inexperienced and while a good speaker was not well liked by her peers in Alaska.
Go online and listen to Obama's speech on Race from last spring. It was the first speech by a major presidential candidate since 1963 written by the candidate and not speech writers. It shows his heart.
Obama also became a Christian after graduating from Harvard (Which he got into after being raised by his mom and grandparents in Kansas). McCain is now wooing the evangelicals but has ridiculed us for years and is very crude and vulgar plus he has a bad temper.
Obama is deep. His answers are thoughtful. Neither He nor McCain were supported by their parties until they won the primary. This shows some independence. But McCain has no real agenda for change in health care, poverty reduction, education, foreign policy or the war in Iraq.
Obama is for a specific handing over to Iraqi's of the security of Iraq and withdraw American from that war. He also wants to vastly increase our presence in Afghanistan and actually remove Al Quaida and make it a stable country. We puled troops out when we got bogged down in Iraq.
Biden is a strong Catholic and family man. His wife and daughter were killed in a car accident after he had won his first Senate seat. He refused to go to Washington for his inauguration so the Senate leaders swore him in at his two son's bedsides. For more than 30 years he rode the train home to Deleware every night from Washington so he could be with his family. Very, very intelligent and experienced and principled. I liked him when he ran for president twice before.
Anyway, Obama excites me more than any candidate since President Carter - and I liked him because he was from my neck of the woods!
Love you Ash.
Phil
I don't have much to say about your actual post, frankly I'm a little tired of all of it (the political season is just too long in the US!)
ReplyDeleteAnyway, it was an excuse to tell you that I'm trying to help pray you through some of the nasty buggers of culture shock.
And, I'm thankful for you that you have naturally curly hair, because your hair looks considerably better than mine would without any work to it at all. I guess you're just naturally gifted in the beauty department. :)
love you! and let me know if there is anything in particular you would like by way of "airmail"..