1.I wrote this long lovely post about the history of Obama and Iowa, with pictures and everything – but the blog ate it so this is all you get now.
There isn’t really a whole lot of politics goin around on this blog, at least not typical ‘vote for this guy’ politics. However my everyday involves more politics and news than I care to admit. My husband listens to more NPR and news radio than a little bit. I read web news through out the day at work. We as a family don’t WATCH a lot of news, mainly for me personally, I don’t need the thirty minutes of snippets the daily news offers, I feel I can get more news – more complete new from reading rather than watching.
But as a WOBL in training, there are times when we have to acknowledge the history of a moment. And the other night while my husband and children were sick and sleeping Barack Obama won the caucus in Iowa, and not just by you know percent or two he won by like eight or nine.
I don’t know if I ever really thought I would see the day.
And I was talking to a friend and thinking about the whole of the situation during the counting of the votes and everything about why I was on the fence about Obama. I didn’t want his being African American to be the reason why I was voting for him, but the differences between him and other candidates I was reviewing are in some cases few, and in others vast. But he tends to lean in my direction. He just happens to be Black. Which is awesome for my raising of black children, and generally anyone who wants society to show their children that any dream is possible.
We have gone on about the danger of this dream for Obama in my home. It is the first thing that we fear. I have thought of his safety many times, especially now with Iowa so firmly in the history books. I wonder if he is protecting himself, I wonder how thin bullet proof vests are and if he can wear one under a dress shirt without detection. I wonder how many holes there are in the security around him, and if someone is tasked with finding them and fixing them, protecting him. the whole discussion about having to over come the defeatist attitude black and probably many american in general equate with his accoplishment at this point is something you guys lost to the blog gods. Soo Sorry for ya!
My fears for his family withstanding he is one of the candidates I think would have the most impact, and cause the most CHANGE. Hillary I am afraid, is from the good old boys club and will just really not change anything. And while I hate to say it, her being a woman has very little effect on my choosing her. It is not the automatic that I thought that it would be when the idea of a woman for president was just being planted in our heads back when Bill was still president. And honestly I don’t think it would have been even if Obama had not been running. I probably would be voting for John Edwards if Obama was a non issue.
Anywho I know I can’t be the only person on the fence still, although I keep fallin off in Obamas direction, In the little world of the web there are widgets including http://glassbooth.org/ and tons of information out there to help us all find the information we need to make an informed choice. I hope upon hope that we, as a country, are making the right one.
2. Writers guild strike. I for one, am still supporting the writers. Bloggers in particular should understand the goal of protecting your content. So my family watches very, very little TV. Actually I can’t remember the last adultTV show I watched. We have not started watching the new shows, we don’t plan on watching new reality TV, we just really just let Cammy watch her kid programming as most of that has been in rerun for upwards of six years. Which is genius mind you, kids channels must have the lowest over head and greatest return, as their audience is automatically replenished as there target market grows out of their demographic. Hence they don’t have to worry about reruns cause
- Kids like seeing the same thing over and over, and
- by the time the kid is sick of seeing the same thing over and over they have moved on to other shows abandoned by their older sibling. The only persons left to suffer thru that same episode of Bear in the Big Blue House from 2001 for the skabillionth time is the PARENTS.
Genius I tell you.
If you’ve gotten this far into this post I will reward you with the news that I have been invited to perform at a reading in Feb, near about Valentines Day. Can I just say, I am about skurd poop free?!?! Gotta come up with a memorize fifteen to twenty minutes of material in my normal genre of love. Thinking I may perform Before the Crayons take over – any input on that poem would be appreciated. And then I have to come up with and try and memorize fifteen minutes of other material.
This is gonna be interesting.
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Hey, speaking of things that won’t come, I found you a ‘Cock Block’ T-Shirt:
http://www.cafepress.com/gsmonthly
Don’t worry, it’s PG.
You’ve had alot on your mind, lady. But I’ve thought about Obama’s safety too. I do worry for him and his family.
As for the writer’s block. Yes, I support that too. We haven’t been watching much tv. Its sort of been a good thing as we’ve gotten quite used to doing other things these days… (I rarely watch. I’d rather read blogs) But its been good for “the boy.”
I don’t only worry about Obama, but for Hillary too. First woman (possible) president? Yeah, she has her haters.
And, while Hillary has been around the politics for what? 16 years or something? I’d have to say she is definitely NOT a good old boy. Listen to her speeches. She’s demanding change. Obama, unfortunately, doesn’t have the experience to obtain the change he’s hoping for. I like them both, but if the Democrats want to beat the Republicans, I don’t think Obama can do it. Read this: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/08/opinion/08steinem.html
marriage 101- WIth the recent assination of Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto – the thought had crossed my mind that Hillary would be under similar threat. However I don’t beleive she will win against any republican who would win. My reasoning will not be listed as it won’t change your mind so I’m not gonna waste the space in comments. Funny thing about Black Women I find, most cannot find the balance between race issues and sexism. And typically forced to chose (what a choice right?) typically chose via race lines. these are general statements and not meant to define the choice for whom ever happens across the statement.
This race for president is highlighting that – for me at least, although I ‘m sure there are surveys and the like that show the exact opposite as well. I can show you polls and opinions that directly conflict with the one you linked to.
Hillary simply doesn’t speak to me.. and the sudden shift in voice that shes had since losing so soundly in Iowa – doesn’t say anything to me except “wait I know what you wanna hear and I can say it too!” And while it does strike me as more sincere than she had been previously – it does not bode well to her character that she spent a year being less than sincere.. in my opinion.
But thats a whole post in itself.. clearly you are Hilary in 08 huh?
Jeannette – LOVE LOVE LOVE that t-shirt, I need it in a toddler 4t and in a 6-12 mo onesie – I should dress them the way they live right! HA!
I just finished my post that speaks to your concern over Hil’s change in voice. And honestly, I’ll vote for whomever wins the D-nomination. I like Obama, I just like Hillary better.
um…loved the post and found it to be very thougth provoking.
Me and my assistant talked about it ‘ security issue’ for most of the morning. good point.
Thanks.
Obama’s speeches are absolutely amazing and I believe that he is what we’ve been without for a long time and that is a politican who isn’t about politics but about the people. I too have thought of the danger he would be in. Especially after Bhutto’s death when the reality of what people can do to another in the name of what they think is “right”. It is hard for me b/c I tend to lean Republican and so I find myself in b/w a rock and a hard place.
stop playing with my emotions and tell me where is the show gonna be?