Obama Loves Change

I try to have an open mind. I try. Sometimes it doesn't seem that way, but I truly do try.

So I find myself wondering why people love Barack Obama so much. I honestly don't get it.

A few weeks ago a very good friend of mine asked me who I would vote for. At the time, I wasn't exactly decided, but Obama wasn't one the list, and I told her that he wasn't. She asked me why not, to which I responded "Why so?"

Her answer stumped me for a bit. She replied, "Well, I think he can bring about the changes he talked about."

Which got me to thinking: what change has he talked about?

Now I try to stay in the loop and keep up with what the candidates are saying, and I can tell you this, most of the change Barack Obama has talked about has only been an excuse to use the trigger word: CHANGE. I think the daily talking points from Camp Obama probably include the instruction "Use the word Change as often as possible for maximum effect."

He has yet to truly explain what he would change, and I have to say he really backed up his belief in "Change we can Believe in" by picking Joe Biden, a man who has worked in Washington for 36 years as a Senator, in his Senate position has held two of the most power spots a Senator can achieve, and as an older white man really expresses the "change" Obama is about.

So why do people love this guy so much? Is it the youth? The charisma? The spunk?

He's different from previous candidates, but that's not necessarily good. He is the most in-experienced candidate to run for President in more than a hundred years. Like every other candidate he talks about the plight of the middle class while he rakes in millions upon millions each year.

He continually talks up his essentially socialist programs that would cause the average voter to become far more dependent upon the federal government, but at least he does a great job of masking it with the word Change.

I've dug deeper into Obama's words and his message, and all I can see is a very in-experienced socialist trying to become the leader of the free world.

I welcome anyone who can explain the infatuation to me?