Change vs McCain

[H2O Man]

{1} "The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew."
--Abraham Lincoln

Perhaps the single most important issue that the 2008 election should be focused upon is the concept of "change." The difference between the two candidates – John McCain and Barack Obama – illustrates the stark differences between the two major political parties. At a time when the majority of American citizens being polled say that our nation is heading in the wrong direction, this is the issue that grass roots activists need to be constantly putting forward in every discussion regarding the 2008 election.

Do we continue to head in the wrong direction, hoping that by doing more of the things that created the severe problems we face will somehow get better? Or do we make thoughtful changes today, in our approach to the future?


{2} "I am not an advocate for frequent changes in laws and constitutions, but laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind. As that becomes more developed, more enlightened, as new discoveries are made, new truths discovered and manners and opinions change, with the change of circumstances, institutions must advance also to keep pace with the times. We might as well require a man to wear still the coat which fitted him when a boy as civilized society to remain ever under the regimen of their barbarous ancestors."
--Thomas Jefferson

John McCain represents the interests of the republican party. If elected, his administration will be the third term of Bush/Cheney. Senator McCain assures us that change is the greatest danger that we face as a nation, and that we should be afraid of Senator Obama’s call for change. He is asking Americans to wear the clothes that fit them when they were children, and to willingly remain under the "leadership" that has purposely led us down the most dangerous of paths.

Barack Obama represents the best potential of not only the democratic party’s leadership, but also for the future of our country. He has warned that the nation was heading in the wrong direction when President Bush was lying this nation into the war in Iraq. Today he is asking the people of this country to work together to change the direction we are heading in. He is advocating that the grass roots steps up into an active role of leadership in this effort.

{3} "Now let us begin. Now let us rededicate ourselves to the long and bitter – but beautiful – struggle for a new world. ….The choice is ours, and though we might prefer it otherwise we must choose in this crucial moment of human history."
--Martin Luther King, Jr.

It’s no coincidence that John McCain had a strong dislike for Martin Luther King, Jr., until he found it to his advantage politically to pretend that he respected King. The ugly commercials and insulting statements coming from the McCain campaign are the exact same thing that the enemies of Dr. King were saying 40 years ago. King’s enemies were afraid that if the nation listened to King, that our society would change.

The republicans are again trying to create an atmosphere of fear and hatred, to convince the public that the changes we must make are somehow "dangerous." It won’t work this time. Change is going to come.