Anyway, if you HAVE been involved with or encountered the LWV women, I'd love to know your thoughts. If not, and you're wondering what the heck I'm rambling about, you can check our their national website here:
http://www.lwv.org/
My local website is here:
http://lwvvigocounty.org/
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In other news, Obama is going to be our new president!!!!!
I know a lot of you may be upset about that, saying things like "where is our country going, and why are we in this handbasket?" (hehe, that statement always cracks me up on t-shirts.) but regardless of your belief system, you have to admit that Obama has AMAZING potential to unite our country. I urge you to give him a fair shot, and stand behind him on whatever issues you feel are morally right. He IS the leader of our country now, and I wholeheartedly believe he deserves a chance to prove himself without our constant judgement.
I believe that he can unite this country, and we have been divided for SO LONG. I don't think we have truly been "United we stand", except for a very brief period after Sept 11, since WWII. That is SO sad... and divided we WILL fall. I believe it's time we set aside our own agendas, our old arguements, and try for once to do something together as a country. Like... perhaps... get our economy out of the crapper?
TRUE change requires a united front... and change is the one platform everyone agreed on across the party lines. So now... lets unite and change some things!!!!
7 comments:
Umm...Jana he is the president elect, sweetie. He does not take office until January 20th, 2009. President Bush is still our president.
I will pray for him and this nation, but I will never, ever claim him as MY President. I can congratulate him for his victory and for making history, but that is as far as I will go.
I know you and I disagree about him, so I will just say that he is morally corrupt and I cannot support him.
Anyhoo, I hope you have a beautiful weekend!!
OH, and about the League of Women voters, I don't have a clue.
OK - so I have to jump in here! Disagreeing and having different view points is well and good. We each have the right to our own opinions. That is what makes America great.
However, your comment leticia... is condescending and downright mean! And your attitude... well, wow. That's it - just wow. I'm sad to hear so many religious folks proclaiming that they won't support Obama because he isn't the same as them. Or has different beliefs. That is just sad and quite intolerant. I thought that religion/Christianity/what have you was supposed to be about tolerance and accepting others. I guess maybe I was wrong.
I voted for Obama. But, if McCain had won, I would not have been saying I would not support him. He would not be my president... That is just not OK in my book.
Jana - you are courageous for posting your views. I applaud you for that! Even if you don't believe in everything Obama does, supporting him and believing in hope is a good thing! I do think he will bring some much needed change to our country. And hopefully some unity!
I'm a New Zealander not an American. We've got our national elections going on at the moment too. What made me vote for who I voted for were their policies and who they were as people. I've researched some of Barack Obama's policies and you know, one topic like abortion, he apparently thinks is ok. I'm sorry but I"m with leticia on this one. Maybe people out there need to research a bit more about their leaders and find out more about them, it's not as clear cut as they think it is. Sorry Jana, we don't have league of women voters here so I can't help. Hope your weekend is going well :-)
Hi Jana - yep, have been a Leaguer. My local league is the one that sent me to Zambia for two weeks to work with women there on women's voting rights. Amazing journey! I find the League hard to work with because they study everything to death - they are meticulous - while I am more of an action person. They are nonpartisan and hold to that. Everything must work its way through layers of hierarchy - another thing which makes me crazy. But they do a huge service to the community - it's just not my favorite form of activism.
By the way, go Tammy (and not just because you have my name). I've heard from Paris, Canada, England and Australia - all bloggers who are as delighted as I am that we get Barack Obama. Amy - what in the world makes you think we don't know he's pro-choice - like the majority of Americans?! leticia - well, you're where you are and I'm sure you won't be budged. That's sad. But I'm hopeful for you. and Amy. And all of us. for the first time in a very very long time.
To Tammy, I was in no way condescending or mean, I was being honest. And for the record, I am not religious, I am a Christian, which means I follow the teachings and principles of my Savior Jesus Christ. Which for some people find difficult to comprehend.
To both Tammies,
Obama represents things that I find reprehensible and I cannot in good conscience support him and his so-called, "values and/or beliefs." I will not conform to popular belief or what the world sees as tolerance. We are to love and pray for our enemies. Jesus died for all sinners but that doesn't mean we need to continue to live in sin. So as for acceptance, that is incorrect. If that were so then the Lord died in vain and shed His precious blood for nothing.
Hadn't read your blog in a while, but I have to totally agree with Leticia. No where in the Bible does it say we are to be tolerant of other peoples sin. It does not mean we don't associate with them, or love them anyway, but there is NO stinking way that I will be tolerant of the beliefs of the president elect. He is on the very extreme side of the pro-choice movement, something that I can not, in this lifetime, be in support of.
This country will NEVER be united. It's a nice, fuzzy warm thought, but there will always be opposing views and there will always be sin. Those things do not make things united. And someone mentioned something about if we unite we can change some things. Like what is it we are supposed to change? I guess I don't understand this statement. The change in the country happens in who is in charge and makes the laws, has nothing to do with us. Time will tell just who Mr. Obama is, or isn't. We'll just have to wait and see and hope things turn out ok.
That last comment was from me, but I just realized I did it under my hubby's name. Sorry.
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