Asking One Thing
I don't politic much. It's weird being in Washington and totally divorced from the scene. Sure, I have clients who are lobbyists, clients who are lawyers and clients who do graphic design for both sides of the political spectrum, but my involvement is in fixing their computers, not in their policies or politics. It's doubly odd when you think that Tiffany and I both have degrees in political science. We were both drawn to this seat of power, but on arriving, felt that it had become something we could not in good conscience serve.
It wasn't the policies. It was something else. And it put me off Washington for quite a while. It wasn't til I'd lived here a few years that I got to be okay with it all.
But, I suppose, there's at least part of an answer out there. There's definitely something to Change. There's Hope in Change. I fear this nation has seen too much partisan stagnation over the last 20 years. Everyone's only about tearing down the other guy instead of running on a platform. That makes it awful hard to consider any kind of change, as all your energy seems to go into a horrible feedback loop that keeps us angry, afraid and desperate to trash the other guy.
But hope is what we look for. It's what lets us Believe. It's what makes Nations Great. It's what allows us to remove tarnish, to do good works and to lead. It sparks those, like me, who've stood aside as those with zeal, not hope, have bent the nation to their will. It's interesting to watch something like this happen, as I certainly didn't expect to be in the camp of the leftmost candidate.
But here I am.
And here you all are. Please take a second to read Michael Chabon's endorsement of Sen. Obama in today's Washington Post.
It's probably some of the finest political writing I've read in a while. Then go vote.
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