In writing this blog, I've tried not to touch on anything too political or controversial (okay, coming out of the broom closet as a witch-in-training isn't all that controversial to me, but others might not agree. ;-) mainly because I figure there's enough bloggers doing that stuff. I just wanted my little corner of the blogosphere to be a little more mellow.
But just for today, I'm swerving off that road for a very short detour. Yesterday, I read the transcript of Sen. Obama's speech about his pastor. And the thought that keeps coming to mind is, "This guy gets it." He does. He really gets the harm that racism does in this country, and what it's like to see that racism in friends and family we know and love. Whatever happens in this election, he will have my admiration for having the cojones to actually come out and stare the 900 pound gorilla in the face.
I don't know if he'll win the election, but the courage I saw in his words makes me think he wouldn't be a bad president. It takes a brave man to say, "He's my friend," even when that friend is a flaming arsehole at times...and especially when you think of how much more politically expedient it would have been for him to have completely cut ties with his pastor.
Integrity. In a politician, no less. Who'd have thunk? :)
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About Me
- Krista
- Wife, mom of a preemie, follower of the old ways, lover of anything Irish or Celtic, history buff, trivia nut, Star Trek and Ren Faire geek and costuming fiend. Offer me coffee or chocolate and world peace is assured. Or at least I'll try really hard. :) I also believe in deleting spam. So, to the person or persons who keep leaving me comments in Chinese (along with links to what I can clearly tell are Chinese porn sites) stop it. It's bad karma, to say nothing of being really, really rude.
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