Anyone following my political entreaties here will know that I supported Hillary Clinton. Hillary and Bill, always a safe bet in my book. Well...I am making a turn. I finally picked up Obama's The Audacity of Hope. The more I read, the more I heard my own voice. He did not just speak to me, he spoke for me, more eloquently and with more knowledge than I could have ever imparted. As I write this, I try to extrapolate, in my mind, the most powerful, most influential section of the book. I can't. It would be like separating my mind from my soul. Actually, that's it. In reading this powerful collection of thoughts and experiences of Obama, he emerged as a man that encapsulates both in his approach to politics and life. Granted Hillary trumps him big time in experience and ability to withstand a Republican onslaught, but for anyone that believes in God we know that leading with soul and conviction and applying those to your actions will win out. Why? Because then you are living as, I believe, God intended.
When I use the phrase "win out" here, I am alluding not just to the Presidential primaries or even the general election. I have no predictions or certainties about that. We are all much too fickle and the winds of circumstances are much too lubricious for anyone to predict the outcome of this election. But Obama will win. He will win because he is who he is and actually strives to remain so. I believe this to be true because no one can lose, in the long run of life, if he remains true to himself and that self is good, true, and cares for his fellow man. Obama will win in life, whether or not he wins the Presidency.
"To thine own self be true, for it must follow as dost the night the day, that canst not then be false to any man." ...William Shakespeare, "Hamlet"
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