I will be the first to admit that I don’t understand politics at all.  I took the AP U.S. History class in high school.  In fact, I even enjoyed it due to the crazy ex-Vietnam vet that happened to be the professor.  I learned the whole checks and balances thing.  I (kind of) remember what each branch of government does.  I even (used to) know every past President’s name, the term(s) he served, and had a good idea of the good, bad, and ugly of each.

However, as much as I hate to say it, I don’t have - or want to have for that matter - a great deal of time to devote to the mudslinging that goes on.  Ideally, I want a bulleted list of what each candidate stands for, believes in, and has in store for the next four years.  The bullshitting and namecalling can be left at home, thank you very much.

However, I got something much better than a bulleted list.  In fact, I got something that I can relate to 100%.  This article from The Morning News compares the remaining candidates to technology.  It is with this quote:

At worst, Obama is Hillary’s equal, but what if he really is next-generation technology, not Blu-Ray or HD-DVD, but something entirely new, a force that is beamed directly into the limbic portion of our brains, something that the Republicans can’t even hope to grapple with?

that I emphatically know that my gut instinct to support Obama is correct.  What if Obama is the Steve Jobs of politics?  I like shiny new technology, yet when the state of this country comes to mind, it appears to be more like a 1997 Compaq that’s been thrown from a 10th floor window.  Not exactly something to pick up and try to put back together; you’re probably better off recycling what you can and throwing away the rest.

Essentially, something fundamental needs to change and putting another aging white male in office will not make that happen, at least not to the extent that is necessary.  I suppose I should state for the record that I don’t consider myself democratic or republican, if only for the fact that those labels mean I would be “for” something and “against” something else.  In a country that has “United” in the title, it seems a bit contradictory to have such opposing sides.  Maybe those labels were not always such contrasting forces, but from what I have seen in my 22 years, they are just that.

So from here on out, consider me part of the Obama-Bama Bo-Bama mania.

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