Ted Kennedy

One could say that my life has been a series of debates. This is not to say that I’m argumentative. I’ve just been lucky in my life to have had friends with whom I could talk about issues and debate politics and religion. Although I’m fairly liberal in my politics, I’ve had in my life a fair amount of conservative Republican friends with whom I used to be able to debate on points of disagreement and while still maintaining a sense of respect for each other. Somehow, though, those type of talks have become less frequent in the past couple of years. I’m not sure if people in the past few years have just become more polarized along certain positions and are no longer tolerant of differing opinions. It’s become rare to meet that kind of friend, that friendship of opposites, and I miss those type of conversations.

As my choice for the best Democratic candidate for President was Joe Biden, I can’t be as passionate as others are in the battle taking place right now between Clinton and Obama. Though I now support Hillary, I think both candidates are good and would be happy to have either one face off against McCain. So I’ve looked towards the oncoming Democratic convention. The convention is the time to show off the Democrats best face, and I think it would be a good opportunity to show how large a tent the Democrats have as compared to the Republicans. Here’s my own wish list of speakers.