I am leaving in five minutes to vote with my oldest son who will be voting for the first time. There is one more reason why I am voting for Barack Obama. This may seem shallow but I can’t tell you how much weight this carries.
My mother believes that Obama is real and authentic. She is an incredible judge of character. I can’t tell you how many times I have heard her cast doubt upon someone she has just met and I would say,
“Mother! You don’t even know that person!”
“I know,” she would say, “but I just don’t trust them”
And most of the time, overwhelmingly, most of the time, she would be right.
When I asked her what she felt about the candidates, the first thing she said was,
“I don’t like that Sarah Palin. I don’t trust her.”
I just had to laugh.
When I asked her about Barack Obama she said,
“I do like him. He seems real and authentic.”
There you go.
Now, I am off to cast my vote for the next President of the United States!
