January 23rd, 2008

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David Fisher’s post on the Unite For Mike Forums

What makes the effort here at Unite For Mike so interesting is that we are all volunteers, most of us have never met before, and we are all coming at this from different angles. Here is a post written by David Fisher on our forums, I thought it was interesting enough to share.

“This MLK Day I feel compelled to stand up in support of my two favorite (potential) candidates for POTUS, Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Senator Barak Obama.

Writing as a fiscal conservative and social liberal, I believe both men have done worlds of good to address some of the pressing issues we face as a society. I think the two of them together could be the one/two punch we’re looking for to overcome the Democrat/Republican partisan dichotomy specifically, and the neverending deadlock that grips Washington DC in general.

I’m reminded of the recently dedicated African Burial Ground in lower Manhattan, memorializing the deaths of as many as 15,000-20,000 African Americans that had gone unrecognized for centuries. As a New Yorker I am well acquainted with how instrumental Mayor Bloomberg was in making this dream a reality and, I believe, he can and will bring about similar reconciliation if given the opportunity to serve as our nation’s president.

In a similar fashion Senator Obama has galvanized an electorate hungry for a new era in which all Americans are invited to join together in pursuit of an American dream that casts aside the usual differences that have divided us for far too long: race, gender, age, sexual orientation and political affiliation. Where some see the melting pot as something foreign and threatening, Obama recognizes it for what it can be at the end of the day: a pot of gold.”

(Read the rest here)