It certainly cannot be much of a surprise that I made the
statement in the title of this post. For
months I’ve tried to state my concerns for our country and my lack of
understanding of the positions offered by Mr. Romney, whatever those positions
were at any given time, unless they were simply an emulation of the president’s
stated policies.
But I would wish that everyone supporting Mr. Romney would
have seen the interviews with Bryan Williams that are posted on the NBC Rock
Center website. Of course the problem is
that diehard Repubs will watch only Fox News, and Fox simply has their own ways
of handling facts and reality. The
interviews to which I am referring show the president speaking specifically and
directly, and without malice.
Most particularly, at the very end of these interviews, the
president made a statement I can only paraphrase, since it did not appear in
text, only in the videos. He said that
he had made mistakes along the way, but that his compass had always been
true. Even if I weren’t already aware of
his administration’s accomplishments, that one statement would win me. Think of it.
Mr. Obama’s predecessor, Mr. Bush, could never think, when asked, of any
mistakes he had made in eight years. But
Mr. Obama stated his humanity on-camera.
I do not put Mr. Obama on a pedestal, no more than I would
put any of my beloved family, or other public figures I admire. Pedestals are only for people, we humans, to
fall off of. But I can state
wholeheartedly that I admire him for his seriousness, his humor, his
intelligence and integrity, his seemingly indefatigable efforts on behalf of
our country. And if Mr. Obama wins this
election, America will be the richer for it.
And if Mr. Obama should not win this election, America, you and I, will
be far the poorer for it, literally and figuratively.
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