I'm for a candidate who seeks to unite the american people (not parties) around their shared goals

[Political Heretic]

Obama combines policy proposals I support - sixty four pages of detail about them, which I have read - with a message that it is time for the American PEOPLE - not the political parties - to remember their commonality and shared purposes once again.

This isn't the first time I've posted what I wrote weeks ago, but its worth repeating: when you strip away all the political spin, and the partisan entrenchment, the people of the United States actually SHARE many core beliefs and expectations for their government.

A majority of ordinary people on both sides of the isle believe that we have a health care crisis.

A majority of ordinary people on both sides of the isle believe that this war was either ill-advised or ill-executed or both, and that it is hurting us economically, hurting us diplomatically and that its time we brought it to a close.

A majority of ordinary people on both sides of the isle believe that massive out of control spending and deficits combined with legal exemptions allowing multi-billion dollar corporations to pay less in taxes than a middle-class family is a failure of our system - regardless of what they think about higher or lower taxes in general or about the spending priorities of washington.

A majority of ordinary people across both sides of the isle feel that the protection of constitutional rights for American Citizens matter, and that accountability in government is tragically missing.

The disconnect is between the polarizing propaganda of beltway politicians and the establishment media consistently bombarding the airwaves speaking for the American people and telling them what they believe. While reseach consistently indicates that when partisan rhetoric is stripped away, the American people are overwhelmingly in favor of a richer, progressive more community oriented America.

It is time for a leader who will unite ordinary people across political divides around these common goals. That message of unity is not some secret scheme. It is the vision for a better tomorrow.

I'm also tired of DUers who believe that PEOPLE are the enemy and aren't looking for a better way for all ordinary Americans but rather would be happiest if any ordinary Americans with an (R) after their name - for whatever reason, were eliminated. I'm not for hate. And I'm not for the perpetuation of the myth that ordinary Americans can't work together - even with certain disagreements - toward a better society. And I'm angry at politicians on BOTH sides who perpetuate that message.

The trouble with ideological purity is that it frequently gets in the way of actual change.