hope

i've been driving the past couple evenings, so i've listened to the Democratic convention coverage on NPR. i love a great speaker, which is one of the myriad reasons why i never warmed to the current president.

they seem to have claimed hope and optimism before the GOP can grab them. i've certainly been caught up in the rhetoric, moved and excited. but i have a dark spot inside that wants to talk about the reasons that i'm not a Republican, and the reasons i don't want to be a Democrat.

small government.
the environment, stupid.
private life.
religion.

somehow i want to be safe without giving the government any personal information, have free health care, and make buckets of money to keep. i want to live in a country where my freedom of religion is not about being encouraged to attend the church of my choice. and i want to visit the woods often, but not have anyone else there with their trash and their noise.

yeah. so i seem to be stuck with a couple of moderates whose greatest virtues are their delivery of rhetoric and that they are not of the current administration. i'm going to try to be taken with hope, and hope that hope can carry the election.

will hope really keep me free?