Thursday, July 29, 2004
day 96/ reason 5: hope
I'll be voting for Kerry/Edwards this November because they make me feel hopeful about the future. With them, I can believe that we'll have less poverty, better wages, and more jobs. With them, I can envision cars that run on something other than gasoline, on cities that control sprawl, and on national parks more treasured for their beauty than their financial worth. With them I can envision women gaining respect and better renumeration, homosexuals having the same rights as straight people, and dialogue rather than diatribes between people of all faiths and political persuasions. With them I can envision losing my irrational fears of my government and my government's enemies, losing my cynicism about the integrity of our elected officals, and losing my bitterness toward a political system that seems to be spiralling out of control.
I'll be voting for Kerry/Edwards this November because they make me feel hopeful about the future. With them, I can believe that we'll have less poverty, better wages, and more jobs. With them, I can envision cars that run on something other than gasoline, on cities that control sprawl, and on national parks more treasured for their beauty than their financial worth. With them I can envision women gaining respect and better renumeration, homosexuals having the same rights as straight people, and dialogue rather than diatribes between people of all faiths and political persuasions. With them I can envision losing my irrational fears of my government and my government's enemies, losing my cynicism about the integrity of our elected officals, and losing my bitterness toward a political system that seems to be spiralling out of control.
With Kerry and Edwards leading our nation, I can imagine regaining my faith in the American way of thinking and acting, in the basic goodness of people, and in the endless possibilities for my own children. I can imagine a future in which I can again be proud to say that I'm an American.
