Boot Camp Is Over

Congratulations to Senator Obama. In my humble opinion, what sealed Senator Clintons fate was the gas tax holiday idea. Whoever came up with this idea completely misjudged the minds of the voters in this election. This dose of pandering was just too big to swallow and the phrase itself should live in infamy in the political blunder hall of fame. The idea of it will be scarier than the act of spelling the word potato or a picture having anything to do with a tank. A real Mission Accomplished or "Brownie, your doing a heck of a job," moment.
More than anything else, her campaign has shown what a Hillary Clinton presidency could have looked like and I'm happy to say that the voters weren't fooled.
Are we certain what a Barrack Obama presidency will look like? Absolutely not but using the election campaign gauge in this case provides a far more optimistic outlook.
So what is it that I wish most out of an Obama presidency? I, like many Americans, do worry about the threat of terrorism. An enemy has struck once and it's fair to say, wishes to do it again. A basic emotional level response is to lash out at such an enemy and we did that. Unfortunately we did it wrong and in a very big way.
Senator Clinton and Senator McCain are wise to the ways of Washington which means they owe too much to too many people to ever really significantly change anything. This is what is behind Senator Obama's claim that he will only attempt this once. He knows that certainly in eight years and probably in four he will no longer have the ability to achieve the level of change possible as a newcomer. I just want to try a new approach to foreign policy and Senator Obama has gained my trust.
This is not to say that Senator Clinton or McCain are not skilled at what they do nor to to say they are not committed to the people of this country. But combined with their successes and commitment are deficiencies and it's the duty of the American people to seek to remedy those shortcomings when possible. It is that time and we must recognize it and take the steps necessary to fulfill our responsibilities to ourselves and future generations. Just my opinion.
And back to politics, we thankfully won't have to suffer through what seemed like an endless stream of political errors committed by the Clinton campaign. Let's see what the general election brings. If Senator McCains wifes recent statement about her husband not running a negative campaign holds true we may be spared what we just witnessed. But I suspect he must think he's pretty far ahead and will stay that way because that would be the only way he could keep that promise.
One more thing, I know someone who went to the Punahou School in Hawaii where Senator Obama attended. I was speaking to him the other day and jokingly asked if he knew Barrack Obama? To my surprise he said yes he did. He said he was one year older than Barry but knew him from playing sports. That's how he knew him, as Barry. He said that when he digs out his year book he'll show me what he wrote. He said it says something like have good summer then it's signed Barry O with a little afro on the O. So 70's.