Obama's Supporters vs. Hillary the Candidate

ejbr

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Sun Jan-27-08 11:09 PM
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Obama's Supporters vs. Hillary the Candidate

I am not a hardcore politically junky, although some of my friends may disagree. I do not know every angle of the three Democratic candidate's campaigns nor have I witnessed any of the debates. When I pick a candidate to support, I only follow the campaigns peripherally. I come to blogs to scan the headlines to see what information, opinion or rant might interest me. But by this point in the election cycle, my mind is made up. I really cannot imagine a scenario that would change my support from one candidate to another, save my candidate dropping out of the race. However, that being said, even if my candidate, John Edwards, does drop out of the race before my state's primary, I have decided that I will sit out the primary election.

My reasons for not wanting to cast my vote for Hillary remains the same, although she has given me more examples of why I could never vote for her in the primaries. Some of my reasons are due to basic disagreements, such as the flag burning amendment. Others are due to her obvious signs of triangulation, not apologizing, nor seemingly regretting, her Iraq War vote. And now we see her and Bill take off their gloves and say patently absurd statements regarding Obama, Martin Luther King, Jr. et. al in order to better position themselves. I can only hope that if Hillary gets the nomination that this is the worst we will see of her. I hope the responsibility of the presidency will put the fear of God in her and therefore force her to do what is right, not expedient.

However, my reasons for not wanting to vote for Obama have transformed from ones against the candidate to ones against his supporters. I find Obama to be too timid a force to handle the disgustingly vile Republican Party. He, like Lieberman, believes that Democrats have somehow contributed to the politicization of things that should be sacred. Why else would he want to �reach across the aisle� to make peace versus reach across the aisle to slap some fuckin� sense into those treasonous, selfish cretins. Does he really think the Republican of today knows how to compromise? To approach today�s Republican as if they are intent on fair play places you at a disadvantage, this is why I could not vote for Obama.

Yet, now I have witnessed his DU supporters post the most vicious, angry, uncalled for invective. I know that I could not stand side by side with such people against another Democrat. It is not enough for these people to win a primary; they have to shove it down people�s throats. Sure, Obama has won some delegates, but what the fuck have YOU done to be so high and mighty about it? You must feel really big talking shit because your �team is ahead�. I would claim that it is just the nature of this primary season, but I do not witness the same level of obnoxiousness from Hillary supporters. They seem to be able to keep things in perspective and do not lurk on Edwards posts in order to say something that is supposed to deflate us. I will vote for Obama should he be our candidate, but please understand it will not be because of your disgusting bullshit.

Now do what you do best, flame away. :argh: