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My family has been yellow dog democrat for as long as I can remember. My great grandmother was PERSONAL friends with Ann Richards and was a delegate to the infamous 1968 Chicago DNC. Eight years ago I told a lot of people that I would never vote for Bush because he's an asshole and that I knew that from personal experience. I was serious. Just as serious then as I am now saying that I will not vote for Obama. He just pissed me off. I want a president who isn't in it for his ego, I want someone who will do what is best for the people. INCLUDING taking that second seat if that is how the nomination process ends up. Obama has stated that he will not accept that position if that is the case. WTF??? Now I know you're in this to win the nomination but heaven forbid something happens that you don't get it, you're going to turn down the opportunity to be the FIRST black VP and be the head of the Senate??? That is stupid and ASININE! It also says to me that you're going to deny half, no wait, you have most of the delegates right now because the process is open to non democrats in a lot of states so half isn't right, you're going to deny OVER HALF of the democrats who are voting to give her the nomination a chance to have the first woman VP as well.
I'm also ASTONISHED that Obama supporters who I know were among the LOUDEST screaming about the disenfranchisement of Florida voters in 2000 are now all for disenfranchising voters in Florida.
AND YES, caucuses are generally made up of party activists and not generally representative of the general voter. Sorry if that fact offends. A caucus is intimidating to some people. A caucus is contrary to why we have private voting booths and anonymous ballots.
While I'm sitting here ranting about all this when you really get down to it voting and caucusing to determine who gets how many delegates is outdated, just as outdated as that damn electoral collage. Let the people decide. The way it is now politicians can rig the whole process to favor their party so that more delegates or electoral voters end up in their colloum and the popular vote is just a fucking number. I would like to see every vote mean something. I think the president and the nominations should be decided on by popular vote PERIOD. That would be democracy.
I had already resigned myself to the fact that he was going to win the democrat nomination and that was going to be who I would vote for and I was perfectly ok with that because I didn't have a problem with him. I felt he was going to be the first black president the first time I saw him speak. Like I said though, he just changed my mind about him. Now I think he's just another politician like all the rest... well not like all the rest, he's a naive idealist too.
Oh well, not like my vote matters anyway, I live in Wyoming and it'll be a cold day in hell before this state's electoral votes go blue.
edited to add:
This has become an issue of uniting the party. People really need to start looking at the numbers. Obama is not blowing Hillary out of the water, they are essentially even, especially when you take into account that he is ahead because of cross over voters. If it were a registered dem only vote across the board he wouldn't be in the lead. For the sake of the party they need to unite and I don't care which one has the top spot.
Right now I'm so ticked off that I hope they dead lock at the convention and in the second round of votes the delegates throw them both out on their ass and elect Gore.
I'm also ASTONISHED that Obama supporters who I know were among the LOUDEST screaming about the disenfranchisement of Florida voters in 2000 are now all for disenfranchising voters in Florida.
AND YES, caucuses are generally made up of party activists and not generally representative of the general voter. Sorry if that fact offends. A caucus is intimidating to some people. A caucus is contrary to why we have private voting booths and anonymous ballots.
While I'm sitting here ranting about all this when you really get down to it voting and caucusing to determine who gets how many delegates is outdated, just as outdated as that damn electoral collage. Let the people decide. The way it is now politicians can rig the whole process to favor their party so that more delegates or electoral voters end up in their colloum and the popular vote is just a fucking number. I would like to see every vote mean something. I think the president and the nominations should be decided on by popular vote PERIOD. That would be democracy.
I had already resigned myself to the fact that he was going to win the democrat nomination and that was going to be who I would vote for and I was perfectly ok with that because I didn't have a problem with him. I felt he was going to be the first black president the first time I saw him speak. Like I said though, he just changed my mind about him. Now I think he's just another politician like all the rest... well not like all the rest, he's a naive idealist too.
Oh well, not like my vote matters anyway, I live in Wyoming and it'll be a cold day in hell before this state's electoral votes go blue.
edited to add:
This has become an issue of uniting the party. People really need to start looking at the numbers. Obama is not blowing Hillary out of the water, they are essentially even, especially when you take into account that he is ahead because of cross over voters. If it were a registered dem only vote across the board he wouldn't be in the lead. For the sake of the party they need to unite and I don't care which one has the top spot.
Right now I'm so ticked off that I hope they dead lock at the convention and in the second round of votes the delegates throw them both out on their ass and elect Gore.
