After hours of tracking and waiting and blending in with all the liberals, Shannon and I saw the elusive Bama (Barack Obama that is). I didn’t end up getting a picture of me with him…but I did take a video with my camera that shows that I was in the same room with him (I’ll post that later).

The morning started early with a stop to our favorite local coffee shop. You might have heard of it…Starbucks. Shannon got her grande-half-calf-non-fat-no-wip-white-chocolate mocha, and I got a grande peppermint mocha. The morning started off in the right direction. After getting our “nectar from the god’s,” we headed off to the Kiva Auditorium to get in line. The doors didn’t open until 11:30 am, but we got there at around 8:30 am and the line was just starting. We only had about 20 people in front of us.

The time spent waiting was pretty enjoyable. Except for the typical crazy freak who gets pissed off every time someone’s friends join them in line in front of him (I’ve experienced these people at concert’s before). Seriously do you really think security is going to do anything when you go whine to them every 15 minutes.

At 11:30 the doors where opened and we were all quickly frisked…I mean whisked into the auditorium where we waited for another hour-and-forty-five minutes. At least at this point we weren’t sitting on hard concrete anymore. We got some pretty sweet seats. Not only was I close enough to see Obama…I could have thrown something at him if I wanted to (and I throw like a girl…so that’s pretty darn close).

I have to say, I went into this with only the hopes of getting a picture, but I came out of the event really liking Obama. He has some really good, practical ideas to change our country. I like him (not as much as Ron Paul though). If the dude ends up getting the Dem. nom I think I might toss a vote his way (unless Ron Paul runs as a third-party candidate…then I’m voting for both Ron Paul and Obama…think about it and it will come to you).

So that is the short version on our trip to see the Bama. If you are a registered Democrat…I recommend giving the guy a look before you vote in the primary. And if you haven’t registered to vote yet…well you can click on the Rock the Vote graphic in the right column of my site….it’s fun for the whole family.

Shannon gave me a call yesterday and asked me if I wanted to go see Barack Obama in person. Now I’m still a Ron Paul fan, but unless something changes with the media, I don’t think he has much of a chance. I’m also not a registered Democrat so I wouldn’t be able to help anyone in the upcoming primary. So the whole reason I answered yes to my lovely wife was for the selfish hopes of getting to take a picture with someone that might be president some day.

Now I now what you’re thinking…”but Greg you could easily photoshop yourself in a picture.” Yeah your right…but there’s something fun about doing it the old fashion way our parents use to do it. So Shannon and I are heading out in about an hour to go sit in line to hopefully get some good seats. I’ll give you an update later on how things went with our quest to get a picture with the elusive Bama….

Ok so let me clear the air from the start…I don’t hate Mike Huckabee. I haven’t met the guy and to be honest I really haven’t checked him out that much (I’m a Ron Paul fan). But I have to say one thing about the guy just really gets on my nerves.

Whether it is by his design or not, it seems like his entire platform for president is, “I’m a Christian.” I know this might sound really weird since I’m a Christian, but follow me for a second.

I have known several people in my life who say they are Christians (and they probably are) and they are just complete jerks/idiots. We need to judge people by their actions…not their words. Therefore I think to vote for a person just because they say they are a Christian, is just plain stupid. The same goes for voting for a person based on their gender or race…it’s just plain dumb.

So I’m not a Huckabee hater (I’ll check him out if he get the Rep. nomination), but I do hate the trend/campaigning that says to vote for him just because he is a Christian. So my recommendation is to look past the words/race/gender and look at the actions of the candidates. You’ll sleep better at night.