Holy Buck, Fatman!

The last few days have been rather interesting on the blue side of the Blogosphere. Many aren’t quite happy with what Senator Obama has said on several issues, notably, late term Abortion, FISA , Faith Based organizations and myriad  of other “centrist” positions that Obama has taken since he clinched the nomination, including myself.  The left side is Fuming. It’s pretty well known that I lean rather left. If I had a wingnut troll, I would probably be called a communist on a regular basis. UPDATE: I AM! I HAVE MY VERY OWN TROLL! My leftist views doesn’t discount Obama as my candidate of choice, though. I don’t believe that he will save this nation, either.He’s a human being who is just as fallible as myself.  The fact remains that Obama embodies most of my core political beliefs. He is free to change his mind, state an opinion that may differ from ine slighty or even totally. I’m still going to vote for him in Nov.

For the last 12 years Democrats have lived with a party that refuses to compromise on most issues. We have dealt with the “My way or the highway” crap even more so after Bushwhacko was elected. The ideological divide is the largest that I have ever witnessed. It’s going to take someone a  lot of work to bridge the divide. Obama proved previously that he was able to garner support for issues on both sides of the fence while he was a State Senator.  He believed in the issue at hand and was actually open to changing his mind, mending his original ideology to get the job done. Cool. That takes a certain amount of honesty to admit that your inital review of the issue athand might not work for a large group of people, so a compromise may have to be drawn up.

Woah! Compromise! WOAH!

Lefties who are decrying stuff  that Obama has said that *ISN”T* explicitly PROGRESSIVE have forgotten that a country that just applies it’s single beliefe system disenfranchises an entire population of people.(uhhh, wer have been disenfranchised for well over a decade!)  Roughly 45% of people who identifiy with both ultra conservative and centerist views make up this country. We still need to listen and we still need to come to a compromise. We need a president that will offer the same olive branch.

Both sides have wing nuts. Both sides have people who simply refuse to budge on their  demands. Both sides have their reasons for this. We allow them a platform to voice these views however awful they might be. What we should NOT be doing is allowing anyone to stop someone else from voicing their opinion. It’s shitty, but I don’t have to listen to people who refuse to have intelligent conversations and discuss ways to bridge this divide. Sometimes I see this country as the College Campus in the movie PCU. Every group wants to tell everyone else that their doing something wrong. Every group simply wants to stop the fun. That is, until, someone comes along and says, Fuck this, we are having a party and everyone will just learn to get along—even for a night. They might LEARN something about themselves and others. Wouldn’t that be awesome? Maybe P-Funk could play the Inaguration Ball……

Also, being a Politican is Hard work. Things that are said are often taken out of context and the way information is non stop these days, it’s easy to be caught in some kind of weird 21st century version of “telephone”.  Hrmm…I even think the Blogosphere is a form of telephone.

I do not expect the perfect presidential candidate. I expect to elect someone who is intelligent enough to take the time to listen to both arguments on an issue, research it , offer an opinion and fight for the things that aren’t worth compromising over.