Simmermon: Finally, time for some change
Barack Obama’s election would usher in a new culture in the White House
Today’s young people have been complacent toward politics during their lifetimes, but now they’re beginning to unite for some change, in the form of presidential candidate Barack Obama.
Friday, February 1st, 2008
Growing up, I thought it would be cool be involved in a revolution, to fight for a cause and seize the day. Sort of that V for Vendetta feel, I wanted to reinvent myself for the better, yet, life was always too good for a revolution in my youth, Things were never so bad that the people were in an uproar.
I feel that times have changed, finally people in this country are beginning to wake up and realize that the safe proud vision of America we used to know has all but disappeared. It’s up to us as a people to unite ourselves behind one candidate that has the ability to bring about that change: Barack Obama.
I feel that times have changed, finally people in this country are beginning to wake up and realize that the safe proud vision of America we used to know has all but disappeared. It’s up to us as a people to unite ourselves behind one candidate that has the ability to bring about that change: Barack Obama.
Super Tuesday is an exciting day for voters in Kansas. Being affiliated with the democrats, it is the one election where I feel like my vote counts for something. As students we have a duty to represent ourselves and our future, and how we vote directly effects everything in our lives as we grow into self-sufficient adults. Whether it’s how much we pay for taxes or how we come by healthcare for ourselves and our future families. This election matters for us, and I for one am not going to sit back and let the rest of the country decide my future for me.
What I am looking for in a candidate is someone with a good heart who will lead this country powerfully but honestly. I have researched Barack Obama, I have read his speeches, followed his progress, watched him very carefully and I have come to believe in him and his ideals. He’s original and charismatic and smart. Imagine getting ready for a presidential speech and being hopeful and excited rather than anxious and worried that the leader of our country is going to misinterpret a word or make one up. As for the people who say that he is too young to and inexperienced to lead, suppose all the young people of the past who had made a difference in this world were silenced. What kind of world would we live in without the revolutionary influences of Martin Luther King, Jr., John F. Kennedy, Thomas Edison, Immanuel Kant or even Jesus for that matter.
In the spirit of equality, change and forward-thinking, envision with me a president who hasn’t been sculpted by the robotic hands of Washington, a president who truly wants to see this country be the ideal country it’s used to be. To regain respect from the other countries and peoples of the world, to be at peace, and not a slave to big corporations and oil-grubbing tycoons. Perhaps the revolution needed now is a different, modern kind of revolution. Maybe all we need is a revolution of thought within ourselves, to see the path has been laid for us, right our wrongs and better this fine country.
Simmermon is a Leawood senior in journalism.
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