Last night, my wife and I watched as Barack Obama spoke as the presumptive Democratic candidate for the first time.
I have been a life long Republican. I served 6 years in the Marine Corps. I make a bunch of money and therefore pay a bunch of taxes. I am white, male, educated, and from Virginia. Based on all that, you would think that I would be a supporter of McCain. You would be wrong.
Everyone is ga-ga over Obama being the first black candidate for President (that has a chance, sorry Jesse). They talk about how historic this is that the country has a black candidate. To be honest, his skin color is completely irrevelant. It is about as important to me as is his height, weight or shoe size.
What draws me to support Obama is his message. He is going to raise my taxes, but he is also going to reach out to those left behind in our economy. He is going to bring diplomacy back to our foreign policy. He is going to find a way to end the war in Iraq and to win the war in Afganistan. Will he succeed at everything he talks about? Probably not. But at least his goals are in the right place.
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