Comments on: Looking for Light

By: hoppytoddle

hoppytoddle — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 19:23:06 +0000

I’ve decided that on Nov.5th I’m just going to post photos on my blog of me in my “I’m Voting for ‘That One’” shirt, voting with my 3yo, wearing her “It is your vote, but it’s my future” shirt, mail the photos to my Gram who doesn’t have a computer because she’d love it, & email them to all my hatemongering relatives.

I just keep singing, “This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine…”

From one Motor City Mama to another, Everything’s Gonna Be Alright…

By: Candid

Candid — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 23:24:36 +0000

I seriously think he can make a difference.

I will vote for the first democrat I’ve ever voted for in my entire life this year. That’s just the fact. The truth is I’m voting for the man behind my hopes. This time I’m seriously paying attention. I’ll not listen to any more lies. I live in Oklahoma. I’m surrounded by people, long time Republicans, who are beginning to see through all the bologna.

I wish I had time or resources for more.

By: Omyword! Did I Say That?

Omyword! Did I Say That? — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:53:07 +0000

I too am afraid, and I am disgusted. It was the nasty, sneering and sarcastic speeches by Palin and Giuliani at the RNC that set the tone, giving permission to the snarling masses to raise their voices. McCain and Palin look on, and say nothing. If anything happens, the world already knows that they have blood on their hands.

I also agree with my fellow commenters…the light is in you…and in me and all the rest of us. I have been blogging in the wind for a while now. It was just my way to get all my angry thoughts out of my head. But, over time, I’ve made like-minded friends, and have expanded my world and my knowledge. I feel stronger, even when I become disheartened. You’re right…it’s all of us together that keep the light in the window bright, beckoning us home.

By: Susan

Susan — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:59:44 +0000

People like me, from other countries, are shocked at the ugliness of the campaign, so much so I didn’t even want to listen to the debates. Is it always like this in the US elections, or just this time?

By: Meghan

Meghan — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:40:40 +0000

While I may support a different candidate than you I must say….well said!

By: Kathy

Kathy — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:19:19 +0000

I just came from another forum I’ve been a member of for the past five years and the political talk there has turned as ugly as McCain’s campaigning. I just want this whole thing to be over.

By: RoyeBeth

RoyeBeth — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:14:27 +0000

I’m scared, I have a knot in my stomach all the time now. I remember the disappointment of the 2000 presidential election. It was so close and I felt we were robbed! Then my hopes were revived again in 2004, OK, this will be the one, it can’t happen again, we won’t be robbed this time, Bush CAN’T win again.

And now, and now, sighhhhhhh it’s so close again I’m afraid, can it happen again? Is it possible that all those people really like McCain/Palin?? Is it possible so many people still want another 4 years of another Bush? I can’t imagine it, but then I couldn’t imagine it in 2000 or 2004 either.

I saw Michele Obama on the Jon Stewart show last night….she’s the light! I’ve watched Obama’s debates and speeches across the nation, he’s the light! McCain? McCain is starting to look like the devil himself to me now and Palin, Palin is Pandora letting lose all the evil in the world. I know I’m getting dramatic here LOL. But it’s how I feel!!

Obama’s light has to shine through, he has to win, has to.

By: Emily

Emily — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:58:49 +0000

The campaign has taken such a frightening turn, not just because the approach is so ugly, but also because it’s inflicting damage on our national psyche. To stir up the worst in people by sucking them in with nonsensical, hateful allegations, is just going to make it that much harder for us as a country to get out of the mess we’re in. Oh, it’s so gross and discouraging, and 25 days seems like a really long time right now.

By: cynematic

cynematic — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 06:54:20 +0000

Uh-oh. Html screwup above. Drat.

Well, you know what I meant.

By: cynematic

cynematic — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 06:53:08 +0000

Catherine:
When I read your comment

I am a SAHM of 3 boys. I don’t work, and my husband owns a small business. We are just above the poverty line and have no health insurance. Two of my boys are on the Autism Spectrum and one has severe Intractable Epilepsy. (this is why I don’t work with two special needs kids you sometimes have to make sacrifices.)

I felt my resolve strengthen. YOU inspire me to fight harder, because every day you are quietly holding it together, and you so totally deserve a spa day and possibly a parade in your honor, but at the very least some health insurance so your boys can get the treatment they need.

And I really, really, really want that for you. One less thing for you to worry about. From one mama to another. Cuz I know how we mamas worry.

There will always be haters. Let ‘em.

But right here and now, we have the chance to get that health insurance coverage for people who need it. The last time we had this chance was in 1992 with Bill Clinton.

WE CANNOT WAIT ANOTHER 16 YEARS. Or more.

Let’s do it now. Yes. We can.