"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime."
-Mark Twain
Is Obama the only one concerned with American perception abroad? It sure seemed that way in yesterday's debates. I simply can't understand how American people could possibly feel comfortable voting two "mavericks" into power, one of whom having just (last year) acquired a passport to leave the USA!?! Considering the state of our world today, that is frightening, friends. That is truly "dangerous," McCain.
Tom Daschle, the former Democratic Senate leader and a senior aide to Obama, said, "With absolutely no experience, are we ready, if necessary, to place our future in her (Palin's) hands as commander in chief and our premier negotiator with other world leaders?"
I feel extremely blessed to have had a plethora of opportunities to travel, to learn and to work abroad. Not everyone is so lucky, but certainly the leaders of our nation should have extensive experience outside of our borders, to increase understanding, to decrease ethnocentrism, and our all-too-common assumption as Americans that we are the best and that we know all. Listening and exchanging goes a long way. Our country could do more of that. Obama, as President, will do just that. He is the change we need so desperately.
Please America. Say no to more of the same. Say no to insularity. Let's say yes to Obama!
"Let my heart be broken with the things that break the heart of God"
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