Sick of the Democratic Primary

So we are finally on the eve of replacing the worst President in US history. Instead of a message of hope going out from the Democratic candidates, with the help of the media and an American public that has an appetite for filler instead of issues, we watch Senators Clinton and Obama trade barbs. No wonder so many disengage from the political. I am sick of it as well. But to let the nation go to waste... or have our soul and ideals sold out by a corrupt administration... Well, we can't simply shrug it off and say "it can't be helped, it's politics" if we expect any kind of better world.

My friend Olaf is in Africa. His wife works for an NGO. He is German, his wife French. He asked me not long ago about the American presidential race. He said, "You know, there are people everywhere in the world to whom its a question of life or death who rules the WhiteHouse. We all have to live with the US election results but cannot change it: there is actually a 'democracy deficit' on a global level. "

Olaf is right. I am disappointed that the country in which I live has chosen to wreak violence all across the world, while Americans countinue their day to day lives. I had hoped that the terror attacks might have given Americans a different perspective... some introspection and circumspection would be nice. "So this is what it is like to live under a constant threat of random violence..." but no, it became a situation that allowed Bush to use fear and channel it to paranoia so his administration could trample the constitution.

I love my family, and enjoy some simple pleasures in life. I would like others to live without fear as well. How to I help promote that?