join the rally, keep your voice.

im getting a whipped up by all the speeches the democrats have been making. i feel all excited, because for once there seems to be a major party who is actually syncing up with my views. not all of them, but quite a few. and i need to keep the disparity in view. i see no sense in towing the party line. theres all sorts of cliches i could rattle off now, but what i want to convey is that no matter how much i agree with Obama and the dems on a lot of issues, i still have not heard anyone addressing health care in a way that i fully support, or for that matter, a full on plan on Iraq. but its early, and the campaigns rarely give you more that they need to, which means generalizations and sound bites. but even that beats out the republicans who want to let the health care status quo more or less be what it is and stay in Iraq until my grandkids are writing blogs about it.

what im getting at here is that you cant put all your eggs in one basket, diversify your investments. hopefully your understanding of the issues gives you a nuanced view of the world, and then you have to find the candidate that best matches that, and cast your vote, maybe even throw your full support behind him, but never lose sight of your individuality. dont get too caught up in the push to get the best candidate in office and forget what matters to you. make the best choice, but always push for more. push for the ideal and compromise when necessary, but stay true to your values. its up to us citizens to keep the politicians in line, and we must never forget that responsibility.