Barack Obama visited Eugene, Oregon today. I decided not to attend for a number of reasons- mainly because the local news live streamed the entire speech.

In any case, Obama was down to earth, eloquent, humble, and genuine all at once. I heard someone call him “a real human being” he does come across as someone who is not tainted, jaded and corrupt. He genuinely cares, and he hit on points I feel are key:

• He will uphold the Constitution. (He taught College level Constitution classes). He embraces & respects the Constitution.

• Shut down Guantanamo– Music to my ears.

• Restore Habeus Corpus– Hooray!

• Honor due process–Hello

• Bring them home- get our troops out of Iraq & Afghanistan

• Start spending $10 billion month in the US, not Iraq.

• Get up to speed on the environmental front- or as he put it, enough with the combustion engine already.

• Fund education

• Fund Healthcare

He said it’s not about *him*, that he is imperfect- his wife could have told us that long ago.

The times he’s most proud of, are running a positive campaign. Sometimes after getting lambasted enough you have to fight back, but he does not want to stoop to those levels. He dislikes all the distractions- flag pins, bowling scores, former ministers….. that none of that really matters to the people and how to fix the troubles & problems & needs of this country.

Amen & Right On

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