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Champagne

Change I need (different from Obama’s Hope Commodity, short-short)

In the 1932 election, I voted for Franklin D. Roosevelt. Again, he got my vote in 1936, 1940, and 1944. After that, his name was no longer on the ballot, so I simply wrote his name down and voted for him anyway. My friends all thought I was nuts and lived in the long-gone past. But, in subsequent elections as I looked at the presidential candidates and their policy platforms, I saw no reason to give up my duty to vote responsibly. We are Americans and we want the best man, not a lesser good or evil man, as our President. Being a man of principle, I stood firm in my convictions and continued to vote for the best man.

Then in the 1960 election, my friends, this time including my talkative wife, eagerly appealed to my fear of where our country was headed. Their truly patriotic, not partisan, attitudes made me to think about whom was the best man this time and place. It was time to change, so I voted for John F. Kennedy for my president.

Of course, I was still a man of principle and never forgot my duty. I continued to pencil out the names on the ballot and kept voting for John F. Kennedy for my president. My friends, surely including my ex-wife, thought I was incurably nuts and snared by the haunting past. But, I still stood firm because of my sense of duty.

But now this year, 2008, they have been appealing to my fear of not only where our country is going to be headed, but also where my pension and house will be in the next few months, or maybe weeks. Our country is at a crossroads and we need change! Once again, I've been forced to rethink my choice for president. Doubtless, it is my duty!

Now, I’m on my way to the voting booth, and this time I’ll write in Martin Luther King and vote for him for my president. This is the change I need. I'm humming to myself along the way to the booth:

God Bless America,
Land that I love.
Stand beside her, and guide her
Thru the night with a light from above.
From the mountains, to the prairies,
To the oceans, white with foam
God bless America, My home sweet home.
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I'm Champagne,
Bottled poetry with sparkling joy.

christine · 四品府丞 （封疆大吏也！） 注册时间: 2008-02-25 帖子: 304

Lake · 发表于: 星期日十一月 02, 2008 11:08 pm 发表主题:

"Change I need", sure everyone wants a change, but it's hard to tell who will make the change you need. The person I voted didn't get to the office, the person I voted disappointed me. Do I need to vote again this year? Will it make a difference?

Champagne

Champagne · 发表于: 星期一十一月 03, 2008 11:00 pm 发表主题:

温暖的水獸 · 发表于: 星期二十一月 04, 2008 2:11 pm 发表主题:

I laughed and loved this one.

Champagne · 发表于: 星期二十一月 04, 2008 8:40 pm 发表主题:

christine · 发表于: 星期四十一月 06, 2008 10:04 am 发表主题:

Champagne · 发表于: 星期五十一月 07, 2008 4:45 pm 发表主题:

Yes.

The crowd roared
fists in the air
for hope and change.
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I'm Champagne,
Bottled poetry with sparkling joy.

浴恩福 · 发表于: 星期六十一月 08, 2008 1:58 pm 发表主题:

Champagne · 发表于: 星期四十一月 27, 2008 6:40 pm 发表主题:

Champagne · 发表于: 星期六二月 07, 2009 9:34 am 发表主题:

Below is an excerpt from a New York Time piece entitled Tough Times at Obama Inc. by GAIL COLLINS:

“I know it’s been a tough week, little Obamaites. You’ve been feeling ... unstimulated.

But think of it this way — the drama in the Senate drove Tom Daschle completely out of the news. In a week or so, nobody will even remember that he was nominated for anything.

Perk up and feel free to ask questions:

How could so many cabinet nominees get into trouble? The Obama transition team was supposed to be so organized! Did their seven-page questionnaire ask about Facebook pages but not tax liens?”
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I'm Champagne,
Bottled poetry with sparkling joy.