Politics Aside...

It's probably pretty obvious from previous posts (if you've been reading awhile) or links to Shawn's blog or other references I've made, that I'm a Liberal. Sometimes I feel like people look at me differently when I disclose that information or sometimes I think it makes people uncomfortable to discuss politics. So I don't here, too much.

In reality, though, it's a pretty big part of my life ~ at least this election has been. Shawn's very involved in the Obama campaign and I've been doing my part as much as possible, too. I've hosted a meeting at my house, donated homemade cookies (that's big, people ~ I love my homemade cookies!), and given up time with my husband and son so they could go canvasing. Shawn's taken lunch to the campaign office and if we had an extra bedroom, we'd likely be offering to host people in town to work at the convention coming up at the end of the month. We both signed up to volunteer at the convention but apparently signed up too early, before the kinks got worked out of the data base system and now they have more than enough volunteers. But with Shawn's work on the campaign, he will earn us tickets to see Obama speak at the end of the convention and that's very exciting!

Shawn's also going to be helping run our neighborhood committees and I'll do my part with that as well ~ as long as it doesn't involve sitting or walking outside in 100+ degree weather. I am not quite that dedicated in my current state.

We've loved Obama from the beginning ... have believed in him and what he stands for. We've educated ourselves on his policies and his background. I think he's more likely to do things that I would do if I were president ~ more likely to represent my voice. We feel like he's the best choice for our next president and that voting this November is not only a right but a duty because our future and our children's future could be very much affected by the next White House occupant.

We've been seeing a lot of nasty campaign ads coming from the McCain camp and only last night saw one from Obama standing up for himself... My guess is that he's trying to take the high road. But Shawn's feeling frustrated because sometimes people actually buy into some of the crap, the mud slung, and it can affect their vote.

One that we've seen, and you probably have too, is the "Obama is too big of a celebrity to lead our country" one, where you see flashes of Britney Spears and Paris Hilton. The whole thing is just silly and I won't get into why I think that, but last night Shawn showed me a video that Paris made. Seems like she didn't appreciate being brought into this mess and though my personal opinion of her isn't very high (sorry, Paris), I loved the video she made. If you haven't already seen it, do yourself a favor and click here. You'll get a giggle out of it, no matter what side of the spectrum you fall politically.

And with that, we'll go back to our regularly scheduled programming of my kids, my hippiness and my surrogacy.

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