Election 2008. Relax.
This has been a heated election. Both the right and left, including their respective media outlets of choice, have done their best to get the average voter spun up, angry even. Inspiring people is good, making them get angry is bad. I've found myself getting angry a lot lately, what's more I haven't made up my mind as to who I'm voting for. Yes folks, I'm undecided.
Today however, I learned to relax about it all. I won't let blogs, or snarky twitter comments upset me. Nor will I make comments that are bound to upset others (I know I have upset a few friends). I'll do my best not to watch any political pundits on the news. What I will watch is how much each candidate shows their humanity in the next few weeks. And what made me relax? This video showing both McCain and Obama and their human side. They both made me laugh. I think I laughed more at Obama not being able to keep a straight face after his jokes than anything else. But again, most importantly it reminded me that 1) these two are human and 2) they are proud Americans.
Sure they had (extremely talented and funny) speech writers, but I do hope they meant every word. I do believe that every little thing is gonna be alright.
Not sure if you know, but the video doesn't play for anyone not stateside.
Shame :(
Posted by Crystal on October 17, 2008 at 04:23 PM PDT #
Crystal, both speeches are on YouTube, but broken up due to the length.
I agree that this was a very refreshing video. I was great to see honest respect by each candidate for the other.
I'll give the humor edge to McCain as I laughed louder at his jokes, but both were funny.
Posted by Kevin on October 17, 2008 at 05:11 PM PDT #
I can understand your frustration and feelings about the election, I experienced the same in Belgium last year. But I hope you can remain calm the next 2 weeks, and make the correct choice ;-)
Posted by Marc Dierens on October 17, 2008 at 10:35 PM PDT #