Barack Obama for President

I am writing this to anyone who hasn't yet decided to support Barack Obama for president. I've been alive for 37 years. I've been aware of politics almost all my life. At ten years old, I cried when Ronald Reagan was elected. I am writing now as somewho who believes that we have a moral, ethical, and political duty to elect Barack Obama as our next president.

For the past 8 years, I have been questioning my patriotism. Wondering if I could ever love this country with the nationalist pride I see in other countries, wondering if the shame at our actions in the world will ever make me feel proud to be an American again. What Barack Obama makes me understand is that it is because I love this country that I am sad about its current state. It is because I am proud to be an American that I support a Democratic candidate who believes in the rights of all citizens to participate fully in this country, regardless of their race, religion, economic status, sex, or sexual orientation. It is because I am a patriot that I support a candidate who believes we can do better and who is where he is because he worked his ass off, not because he cashed in family favors. Barack Obama makes me hope. He embodies everything that is great about this country. I believe what he says, I believe in who he is, and I believe he will be the next president of the United States. A person like him may only come along once in my lifetime - and we are so fortunate as a nation that this brilliant man who has spent his life working for people has chosen this time to stand up and say "pick me." Let's not waste this opportunity. Please join me in supporting Barack Obama for President.

Please watch Barack's speech after the Iowa caucuses - it will make you swell with pride.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XB-sNaaaJRU

For more on Barack's campaign, go to http://www.barackobama.com/