I just received an email this morning from Kyle Forar, who is heading up the Obama campaign for the 33rd Legislative District. I am really fired up and ready to go! Never before have I been so excited about the political process. And I am truly impressed by the young people who are still in high school who are actively engaged in this election! I truly believe that it is Barack Obama who has inspired the historic groundswell of participation in the democratic process that we've seen in this election.
Every day I get onto my computer and I log on to msnbc.com and Huffingtonpost to get my political "fix". Yes, I've become a political junkie. I watch video clips of Hardball and Keith Olbermann online. On Sunday morning, I can't wait until the netcast of "Meet the Press". (I won't wake up at 6:00 AM to watch it on TV--I'm not that addicted.)
To be honest though, I do wish the Democratic primary situation would come to an end soon. Obama is clearly ahead in all indicators--contests won, popular vote, pledged delegates. Every day he is gaining a superdelegate, whereas, Hillary has lost superdelegates. The writing is on the wall. The only thing Hillary is hedging her bets on is that the superdelegates overturn the will of the people, and if that happens, it will be a dark day for the Democratic party. It will show that Hillary cares more about herself than about the good of the party.
I actually used to like Hillary Clinton, but there were so many things that she did during this campaign that were so negative that made me lose respect for her. The lies she told about her trip to Bosnia. When she told "60 Minutes" that Obama wasn't Muslim "as far as she knew". The story she told about the pregnant woman who died, which again wasn't true. The fact that she did not renounce Geraldine Ferraro on the spot after Ferraro made racist comments about Obama. The twisting of the facts about Obama in North Carolina. Her twisting of Obama's stance on abortion in New Hampshire. The 3 AM ad. How she said that McCain was more ready to be commander in chief than Obama, yet implied that Obama might be a good VP (that was weird).
Don't even get me started on McCain. Maybe he isn't as conservative as the right-wing wackos would like, but he has a temper on him that would not serve him well as POTUS. It was recently reported that he went on a profane tirade at his wife when she playfully said to him that his hair was starting to thin. Apparently, his face reddened and, in full view of aides and reporters, he responded, "At least I don't plaster on the makeup like a trollop, you cunt." Read about it here.
And this is who the Republicans want as their president. Scary, Scary, Scary.
