Today I received a phone call from Barack Obama’s campaign headquarter here in New York.  The operator asked me whether I am planning to vote for Barack Obama in the upcoming Primaries here in New York on February 5th.  “Yes!” I replied.  Barack Obama was a consistent critic of the wars gone wrong in both Iraq and Afghanistan and in the current political mess of America; the only man who can actually be trusted to run the nation with some level of common sense and logic.  I was really putoff by Hillary Clinton’s crying in front of the television cameras when a lady in New Hampshire asked her where she gets her hair done and how she keeps them so well maintained.  She not only highjacked the nation’s political debate by crying like a little bitch but also used the Republican party’s “Terrorist Card,” saying if an “inexperienced” candidate wins the White House in November 2008, terrorists will strike America like they did in England when Tony Blair was busy transferring power over to Gordon Brown, then Prime Minister elect of U.K.  If I wanted to waste my vote on someone who tries to get it by crying like a baby and scaring me with such childishly elaborated hoaxes, I could’ve easily gone Republican back in 2004 elections.  I had high hopes that the upcoming elections will actually be for a CHANGE, but, that’s changing with candidates crying on TV to get some votes.

I have never voted in the Primaries before, just the general elections.  It did not occurred to me until now that I am a registered Republican, though my only vote for the Republican party was when I voted for our current mayor, Michael Bloomberg (He is now an independent).  Because of the fact that I am not a registered Democrat, under the New York State law, I don’t think I will be allowed to vote for anyone other than a Republican in the primaries; however, I will have to call the election commission’s office tomorrow to find out and try to change my party affiliation as soon as I can. 

They also asked me whether I’d be willing to volunteer for the campaign, but I refused since my Spring 2008 semester will start next week, on the 25th.