i've done a poor job of keeping up with all the candidates running for president, but i did manage to get a glimpse the other day of some of the candidates when Phil had the TV on. what strikes me the most is the "variety" of candidates. of course, always this early on in the campaigns, there are all sorts of characters in the race, but i think there's quite a variety in the serious contenders. from the youthful to the elderly, both female and male, African-American, and even a candidate named Huckabee. and i'm grateful for the comedy that comes with it all, that these people can run the race without the fear of uprisings or bloodshed. i have been saddened by all the violence surrounding elections in the rest of the world - the assassination of Bhutto, the massacre that is still continuing in Kenya. i'm glad Obama and Clinton are forging new roads for the future and i'm relieved that no blood has to be shed for those new roads.
my hope for Kenya, being my childhood home, is that the violence will end soon. that the rest of the world will intervene quickly to help to that end.
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I've been following the news in Kenya too--so sad, especially those who died in the church. It made me grateful too, that elections happen in our country without bloodshed, even the fiasco in Florida with Gore/Bush.
what makes me really sad is that this political/tribal tension has been around for a long time. i think this election was just the spark to start the fire. hopefully it won't turn into another ruwanda and things will get resolved soon, but i have a feeling since the tension has been around for so long and is so deep, the conflict will continue.
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