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This is what change is about. It is about having political leadership that is not scared of having discussion about important issues. It is about having politicians who go beyond simple sloganeering and selling themselves like candy bars.
For too long the whole idea of American electoral politics is that elections are won and lost by getting the swing voters, who on average are not too bright or well informed, on board via simple "four legs good, two legs bad" slogans, keeping your real thoughts about anything as secret as possible, and using the machinery of power for personal enrichment and to suppress discussion of issues and opposing views. We are seeing this now with the Jeremiah Wright scenario.
This is no way to run a democracy. It is bringing us to ruination.
Can Obama bring about some change? I hope so, because there is nothing else out there.
