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Everyone has their own reasons for supporting Obama, but here are mine. I was skeptical about him for a long time but I came around a few months ago. He appeals to my senses of idealism, cynicism, desperation and anger all at the same time. As a millennial, I've grown up watching hideous, bitter partisan deadlock, rampant during the Clinton years and now so much worse under Bush. But somehow I still picked up ideals and taught myself to try hard even when others tell me it's pointless.
As I read arguments against him from destructive cynics cracking snide phrases like "hopeful hopiness", I'm reminded of all the times I tried to hand someone a flier and they refused it or sneered at me. Yeah, fuck you, too, dude. But I didn't give up, I grew thicker skin, and now for the first time it looks like there's a chance help might be on the way. Tuesday is the first election I'm actually looking forward to voting in. I wasn't expecting this. As late as three months ago, I thought I'd merely be casting a vote against somebody.
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