A Note to the Obama Campaign

A note below that I sent to the Obama campaign today. I donated another $250 yesterday ($500 total to date). Looking to get the Obama-Biden t-shirt. Also requested a bumper sticker and sign.

A comment about presidential candidates that frequently comes up in the media and seems to be mainly aimed at Democratic candidates is "whether he is one of us". Well, what is one of us?? The thing about America is that it has diversity whether it be ethnic, cultural, educational, or economic. Despite this diversity, we are all "one of us". "Us" is not just one group of people. "Us" includes the Ivy-League educated, the high-school educated, the oil field workers, the Wall St. bankers, the farmers, the teachers, the retired, the college students, those in the big city, those in the country, the black, the brown, and the white. Whether a candidate has a different background than others should not be so important. What matters is that his words and actions make sense for America.

I know that Senator Obama has sounded this type of theme before, but I think the meaning of "us" in all its forms and in terms of where presidential candidates can come from should be emphasized during the convention and the campaign.

Go Obama-Biden!