No One Fights Fair

I once heard that people change in prison, good people resort to violence in a system that dictates a tough guy persona be needed. I have never been to prison but have dreamed I was there. Yet, what seems to be a new aired-out version of the system is the democratic race unfolding throughout the country. Clinton, the veteran, has a lot of friends and a lot of enemies but is unchallenged because of seniority. Then we have Obama, fairly new to the grounds trying to win over the prison through positive change. Clinton feels presure and decides in shawshank fashion to "initiate" the new guy with a little political sodomizing and home-grown brutality. This would offend, embarass, and change anyone. Obama has done some negative ads concerning clinton, but of course he is in prison, is there a pure win in any democratic nomination?

Perhaps, then this is Clintons whole agenda, she knows that she will not win the presidency. McCain is much more powerful and the world may have been ready for a queen, but I don't believe that it is ready for a woman president. She will more than likely even if just nominated acquire threats that may be attempted by those who believe her to be incompetent and hold a grudge against the species of woman. Sad, but the fact of the matter is, if she is nominated she will divide and not conquer. McCain will win and we have four more years exactly like Bush, warmongering and little change within our own government.

Obama is the hopeful because he is different, if he has made a snide comment or a negative ad, it is merely because of being in the race with the establishment. He has kept his head high amidst so much slandering, I applaud him for bearing the burden of accusations.
Too easy have we been swayed by media, even such as these words awaken emotion. Where is the stirring of morality and the common good of humanity. We are a global nation, a global world. If we cannot surpass our own egotism to see the greater good, we have become nothing more than narcisstic fools. I have never been this hopeful, nor deeply ashamed and saddened by our country as I have been these last few years.
Obama can restore the disengaged, and disingenious of us, who if we had the resources would move to Canada or even Mexico, because America is becoming a disgrace, the freedom, the liberty is waning and the time of a world change is near. If we do not do the good we supposedly see, the individuals will. Nations are becoming ineffective as individuals take actions. Sadly, though more may become done, there will be much more sorrow because a hierarchy will be lost and everything will become permissable, because no one cares about permission anyway.

Back to the metaphor of prison, in the movie Shawshank Redemption the lead character Andy is abused, blackmailed, and eventually vindicated by his own character and wittiness. I believe Obama can embody and even surpass this allusion. I hope him to be the next president, not for what he has done, but perhaps for what he will do. He may buckle, he may crack, but he has a fire to change, he is the spark, the catalyst. Clinton may change what the presidency looks like, but Obama can change what the presidency stands for.