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Michael Paul


Last Updated: 11/20/2009

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Gender: Male
Status: Married
Age: 33
Sign: Gemini

City: Ft. Walton Beach
State: Florida
Country: US
Signup Date: 11/13/2005
November 5, 2008 - Wednesday 

Current mood:  indescribable
Category: Life
I cast my absentee ballot last week. If you haven't guessed already, I voted for Barrack and Joe.

On March 21st, 2007, I wrote these words in a blog:

"I want to vote for Obama, not because he's black, but because he seems to be the most sincere. I admit though, I don't know too much about him..."

I do believe I know him now and I still believe he's as sincere now as he was then. But the one thing I do know, regardless of the outcome of this election, America has changed for the better.
I think years ago, if you were to ask my father if he thought people would vote for a black president, he would probably have laughed and given you one of those "are you kidding me" looks. My father was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1950. I remember him telling stories with his drinking buddies about the things he dealt with growing up. I was young, and he probably didn't think I was paying attention but I did sometimes. Personally, I've never dealt with the kind of racism that he did growing up in the 60's and 70's. There's been many times in my life where I've been called a nigger (my high school teamates should remember playing Farmington our senior year, as an example) and my San Antonio friends should remember my night with the skinheads at Hills and Dales (you're my boy Wick).
To think that today, millions of people of all different backgrounds and races, will be voting for this man...it's just amazing. Even if he doesn't win, just getting to this point makes me hopeful that my kids will never have to deal with the pain and insults that my father and mother went through and, to a lesser degree, that I went through.

 I still think there's a long way to go but maybe, one day, we just might get there....
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