I didn't feel as strongly as you--in fact, I was pretty damn undecided until a few days before. (Would have loved to have voted for Kucinich, actually...)
We all love Kucinich. In an ideal world I'd love him to be in charge. But in the world we're in - which is one embroiled in a useless war, where young people's general attitude toward the government and the future ranges from apathy to dejection, and where the energy of the '60s is seen as a curse to be averted rather than a passion to be reawakened - someone like Barack Obama is exactly what's needed. Because Kucinich - let's face it. His politics are wonderful and he says all the right things to make my heart glow with glee. But in terms of getting people excited? Making them feel that spark of pride that none of us have felt since, at least, 2003? He's a step and a half below Al Gore was. And while some people think that aspect of Obama is all fluff and no substance (generally people who haven't bothered to look for the substance) I think that it's as important, right now, as any other piece of any candidate's platform
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Thanks! Yeah, it's been hard to decide because so many people that I know, love, and respect are very fiercely and passionately pro-Hillary. But I think the big deciding factors for me were
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PLEASE, ANY POWER THAT BE.
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I honestly never thought I'd feel as strongly about any election, ever, as I do about this one.
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But I did vote for Obama, in the end.
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We all love Kucinich. In an ideal world I'd love him to be in charge. But in the world we're in - which is one embroiled in a useless war, where young people's general attitude toward the government and the future ranges from apathy to dejection, and where the energy of the '60s is seen as a curse to be averted rather than a passion to be reawakened - someone like Barack Obama is exactly what's needed. Because Kucinich - let's face it. His politics are wonderful and he says all the right things to make my heart glow with glee. But in terms of getting people excited? Making them feel that spark of pride that none of us have felt since, at least, 2003? He's a step and a half below Al Gore was. And while some people think that aspect of Obama is all fluff and no substance (generally people who haven't bothered to look for the substance) I think that it's as important, right now, as any other piece of any candidate's platform ( ... )
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