Here’s our pal Pete, of Full Permission LIving, on Barack Obama.

Since 1980, I have basically considered myself to be apolitical. Identifying with neither left, right, Democrat, Republican ,Green or Libertarian, I became disgusted with the disingenuous, insincere, two-faced, mealy-mouthed nature of political discourse. Indeed, after Jimmy Carter lost and Ronald Reagan won in 1980, I haven’t voted in a presidential election since for lack of belief in any particular party’s sincerity or for lack of hope in our political system. Politicians themselves became the butt of jokes in the way that admen once were in the 1950’s and 60’s – snake oil salesman who spoke with forked tongues, never told the truth, and whose bottom line was always personal gain at anyone’s expense. Since the mid-Eighties consequently, I have focused on helping individuals elevate their own levels of consciousness, one person at a time, ignoring the notion of "movements" on a mass scale.

Then, suddenly, in 2007-2008, there came Barack Obama. Read more at Full Permission Living