Ok… How to do this without offending anyone ? Well, here goes. I had an epiphany today… Somehow the debate on wednesday pierced the thick skin of my protective bubble. I was doing my weekly news debrief with jon stewert and Stephen colbert tonight when i learned of the samual jackson video WTFU. I guess I’m hearing of it about a week after the rest of the planet. Im not going to put a link here because a) some will find it deeply offensive.. And b) you’ve probably already seen it. That foul mouthed and amateurish video, which was produced by a liberal PAC run by folks like me (liberal, jewish, irreverent ) was talking right to me. It was funny and brilliant and It made me realize that like most folks i know, im sleeping through this election…watching romney and obama debate tax policy the other night almost put me to sleep…this video truly woke me up. The stakes couldn’t be higher in this election….. Is a clear choice between two very different ideologies… Though both candidates are pandering towards the middle to influence swing voters….listening to them, you could be lulled into thinking that it doesn’t matter which guy wins… But it really does. Romney would take us back to the principles of trickle down where the self interests
Of the wealthy factor more in policy than the needs of the most vulnerable. We cant have that….im not a huge fan of the Administrations track over the last 4 years.. Here were many things promised which were left undone…. But.. Given the impasses in congress and the economy, obama and crew have accomplished quite a bit. More importantly, obama’s heart is in the right place. I believe that he truly cares about the welfare of all folks… And i don’t believe thats true of his opponent..
Now, i know its dicey to talk politics with friends… And i consider you all friends…you can and some will disagree with with me.. But even if you disagree with my politics… Ou too need to wake up to the big choice here.. We all need to WTFU and make sure our voices are heard in November
End of sermon
Nite all, note sam
-me
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John – I shared this video on Facebook the morning after the debate. I felt the risk of offending any of my friends was worth getting the message out there. Thank you for positing this on your blog. It is important and we all need to step up and not only vote but also to wake up those around us. We have come to far to go backwards.