I’ve been reading the Bible every day since the new year started. This is a pretty big deal for me. I started reading through the Bible every year at a young age and was struggling with quiet time righteousness and so at one point in college I thought it would be good to break the cycle and take some time off. It’s been a long time. I still don’t know if I’ll ever get over all my issues, but I figure that it’s a good thing to read the Bible, and I ought to do it, and in doing, I might find the desire for it that I long for.
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I respect Bill Richardson’s breadth of experience, but policy wise, he’s the pie-in-the-sky candidate.
I have never ever liked Hilary Clinton, and the thought of continuing the Bush-Clinton dynasty is bizarre. We’ll have a female president in my lifetime, so I’m waiting for the right candidate.
I grew up reading about John Edwards the trial lawyer in the local paper and watched his senatorial campaign in high school. That means I’ve lived through three Edwards campaigns. The mill stories are a little old. Watching him do his trial lawyer swank is rather frightening. Another no.
Barack Obama is young, and relatively inexperienced. He skipped a good number of votes in the Senate. But, every time I’ve heard him, I’ve been impressed with his ability to listen to others and find consensus. He’s intelligent enough to surround himself with the best advisors and listen to them.
I actually think Obama winning this election might be the best thing that’s happened to the Republican Party since Reagan. It would give incentive for the Republicans to figure out that the reason they aren’t connecting with young voters isn’t their policy but their delivery. Conservatism needs a new voice, and I think a sound defeat in the election will help usher it in.
I’ll get to the democrats soon. This post isn’t meant to drive all my readership away, just to record my thoughts as we haven’t had such an open race since I’ve been voting!
Guiliani – He’s a good leader, and he’s got some good ideas. I don’t love him but I don’t dislike him as much as I have in the past.
Huckabee – A populist who crosses picket lines? I don’t know that he’s got enough experience and wise counsel to be President.
McCain – I’ve always been pretty middle-of-the-road on McCain. He doesn’t excite me, but he doesn’t turn me off either. He’d make a good VP.
Paul – He probably comes closest to me in ideology, but I don’t feel comfortable with the thought of him as President and the more I hear him talk, the more I’m convinced he’s just too wacky to lead a nation.
Romney – I like that he’s an executive, a leader, and a person of ideas. His negativity really bothers me.
Thompson – He’s got my tenative nod at the moment, a good combination of not seeming too desperate or strange and lining up with me okay on the issues.
Posted in politics
Since I’m going to be taking an obscene number of pictures this year, I decided to limit myself to one purely gratuitous photo post per week until the December Photo Project. But I will be posting at least one picture a day to flickr. Flickr has RSS feeds, if you can’t bear to miss any.
Christmas ends tomorrow, and my blogging semi-hibernation will be ending, too.
Posted in photo love
Comfort on the Road — Making the commute a little easier
Riding in Car with Girls — Nothing better than books for a 10hr drive
End of an Era — Best Christian writer of our generation
Another One Bites the Dust — Finally scratched off the ‘ought to read’ list
Posted in books
I’m going to read everyday. Read the Bible, read to the kids, read to learn… just read.
I’m going to love better. Starting with my husband and my children but including all those around me.
I’m going to actually do yoga, because I care about feeling better.
I’m going to take an obscene number of pictures.
Posted in family life
For the last several years, I’ve posted a list of books I’ve read at the end of the year. I have never categorized them the same way twice. Continuing on that trend, here are the books I read in 2007. Continue reading
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