Election 2008–History in the making
I have pondered for some time what to write on the morning of election day, 2008. It would be an understatement to simply say this is one of the most important elections in our history. After all the votes are cast and the results are in, history will certainly be made. We will have either the first African American President of the United States or the first female Vice-President of the United States when it is finally over. As significant as this is, I pose this question. Is making history enough?
There will certainly be a lot of votes cast for Barack Obama because he is an African American. I believe that is one reason the media has so steadfastly guarded him and his campaign from anything that even remotely resembles a proper vetting. This has kept a lot of the American people from learning who the man really is and what he really stands for. It’s probably a given fact that the African American community will almost certainly vote heavily in Obama’s favor. They may try to deny it, but it will be because they are voting to have the first African American President of our country.
As for John McCain, I am sure there will be votes cast today because Sarah Palin has the chance to become the first female Vice-President of the United States. Some have speculated that McCain chose her as his running mate in an effort to pull as many Hillary Clinton supporters away from the Democratic ticket. I don’t necessarily believe that is true, but I have no doubt some voters will cast their votes for the McCain/Palin ticket because of Sarah Palin and the fact that she is a woman.
At the end of the day, after we have all cast our votes, we have to ask ourselves this question. Did we vote for the best candidate to lead our country forward or did we cast our vote because we wanted to help make history? I hope we did the former and not the latter because in the end, making history is simply not enough. Our country is much more important than history.
That’s my take!
Larry
