Why I Just Donated to Barack Obama AND John Edwards

[K Gardner]

To John: Since 2003, I have followed your career. I have worked for you, campaigned for you and donated to you. I still sleep in a Kerry/Edwards t-shirt! Most of all, I have believed in you. I have grown as you have grown in awareness. As the dire situation in America has worsened, you have stepped up to the plate, strengthened your resolve and taken the fight to levels heretofore unseen. You have not given up on me. I will not give up on you. In the face of people telling you to quit and discouraging polls,3rd place finishes and media blackouts, you still smile and you march onward, carrying the weight of us all on your shoulders. Along with Elizabeth and your beautiful children, you make me proud to be an American. Plus, you're needed to keep peace at the debates and to focus clarity. You will continue to fight for us, for equality and for healthcare, no matter what happens in the primaries. This I know in the depth of my heart. Your life is devoted to this cause.. the cause of "us". What little I have, I will give to help you continue this fight and to get out your message of anticorporatism and populism. Thank you, John.

To Barack: I barely knew you as anything but a "rock star" when this all started. I really only took notice of you when the attacks began from your leading opponent. Watched the Oprahbamalooza and still wasn't impressed, though the crowds were certainly there. Somewhere right before Iowa I started watching full CSpan coverage and reading your policy/issues positions. After Iowa, you made a believer out of me..and yes, you gave me Hope. That's something I haven't felt since the day I so clearly recall Hope dying inside me: the day RFK was shot. It was hard after JFK, after MLK.. but there was always someone waiting in the wings to take us back there, to that place where we felt we mattered as individual Americans; to that place where we could look at our country and be proud; to that place where we could Believe. Its been like wandering in a desert for the past decades. I thought maybe I'd leave this earth never feeling the same about my country. I thought I'd leave thinking my children had nothing to hope for, that my grandchildren were doomed to pessimism and cynicism.

I worried about you when the attacks intensified. It was hard seeing that uplifting message almost "lost".. but it wasn't lost, it just wasn't covered. Tonight, after SC, you stood on that stage and made it clear to us all that Hope had not died, that Hope could not be killed and that you weren't going away. I want to help you stay. Because we all need what you are offering. I thank you from the bottom of my heart.

To Barack and John, two American heroes in my book. Together, you will both make America what it can be.. what it should be, again.

[K Gardner]

1. Self-kick before bed. Rec and Donate to the Candidate of your choice !

[Samantha]

2. I think they are both great as well

It's hard to decide between them; they each have something unique to offer. I hope they team up in some manner or another during the next Democratic administration in 2009.

Sam

[FrenchieCat]

3. Very well said,

and thank you for the donations!

I like this part the best: "you stood on that stage and made it clear to us all that Hope had not died, that Hope could not be killed and that you weren't going away."

I needed that! :hi: