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3:34 PM, Saturday,
June 7th, 2008:
No matter what
side you're on, part of you has to feel for someone
who found their shot at the end of the 4th quarter...
a bit too late. You watch a pretty masterful couple
minutes of basketball and you think "Damn, where was
that? And, uhm, thank GOD."
That's
how I felt watching Hillary's speech. Not
the endorsement of Obama, which at times
did look like it was killing her,
but at the second part that had a saoring
rhetoric that made me proud to be...a
woman? LOL. You know? Like somehow I
related to her? maybe it's because I've
had so many close relationships with women
over my life (or my inner-Spencer is
bigger than I care to admit-lol) but she
had me in that speech. I actually
clapped at the remarkable/unremarkable
juxtaposition she brought up (how from now
on it will be unremarkable if a woman does
this well...and that in turn is
remarkable). I actually said out loud:
"Where was this Hillary?". Poorly managed
unfortunately. Her campaign was run into
the ground and it took until March for her
to figure out how to connect. There is
some sadness there...
...but not enough
to completely erase the sins. An hour late. An hour
late to a MORNING appointment? Go fuck yourself. LOL.
Makin' me get up at 9 AM on a Saturday to watch the
front of your house and you NOT leaving. Heh. It was
quite funny. I called my pops and we watched it
together. He was the first to say "We really are
pathetic." and it's true. This primary season has been
quite a bonding moment for me and my dad as we're so
similar it's embarrassing. I emailed him my own
personal spreadsheet of the delegates a few months
back, only to have him respons with his which
included a full color map. LMAO. I love it. Who will
ever forget this year in politics.
And the funny
thing is? I could be muuuuuuuch more political
than I am. I've been into politics since I was a
kid. I remember watching the 1988 election returns
like a sport and was aware of politics well before
that. I wrote a political song about Ross Perot
leaving the race in 1992 - I was into
politics... but my time at WTVN burnt me out.
I was sick of they "game" of politics and
had zero faith that anyone could really do anything
good for the country. I thought (and still do) the
government was completely bloated and needed to be
decimated for any good to come of it. I always voted
Libertarian because it was the closest thing to a
"fuck you" I could find on the ballot. Hate the 2
party system with a passion.
Then came Bush,
and away we go. The war, Katrina... it just changed
me. Throw in Obama and well - I've officially been
suckered back into politics - this time with a caveat.
I will actually be voting for someone this
year. First time in my life I will cast a vote for
someone instead of against everyone else. And
before I get into Hillary's speech I just have to
say this. I'll make it a different color for the
skimmers:
Believing in Obama
doesn't make me delusional. To those that continue to
paint all Obama supporters as naive will you just
listen for a moment? I disagree with his policies. I
disagree with almost all things a liberal senator
thinks is good domestically. I want less government
across the board. I don't believe Obama will pass half
the shit he says he will, and it doesn't mean SHIT.
That's not why I believe in him. Simply put, he
represents me. He represents what I believe
America is at the core. Hell I take that back... he
has MADE me believe America is BETTER at its core
than I ever thought in my adult life! He makes me
believe I can do anything. If a black man named Barack
Hussein Obama, can get elected in a post 9/11 world?
When anti-muslim sentiment couldn't be higher? When I
thought Katrina sent us back 20 years racially? It
makes me want to fly the FLAG. I've never wanted to
put up an American flag in my life. It makes me
want to say: "I'm from THIS place! THIS place
where you can do anything you believe you can!" I
didn't believe that before. I was a cynic.
"...a skinny kid, with a funny name who believes
America has a place for him too" Barack preached in
2004 in a moment that almost brings tears to my eyes
as I recall it. That's the America I want to live in
and it's not a delusion. It's coming out of a really
dark place where our government INTENDED to
divide us into red/blue states. To make us fear and
finally it's OK to believe. It's extraordinary.
All your fear mongering emails about Barack being a
covert terrorist that will destroy us will be
rejected. This time, Hope will trump
fear...
...I hope.
;-)
Now, Hillary.
Actually I guess I already said it at the top -
you found your voice too late. My heart really does go
out to you because you deserved to give it your best
shot from the beginning. That being said, you should
still be ashamed at how divisive you got within your
own party. I know you were trying everything you
could to not let your dream die, but you went too far.
You hurt his campaign, maybe permanently. What you did
getting the people of Michigan and Florida riled up
was disengenuous, manipulative and it turned people
against Obama... the guy who FOLLOWED the
rules. But in the end he's stronger because of it. So
we'll see what happens.
This much however
is clear: McCain will not win this election.
Obama could certainly lose it, but this is his
to win. Without a doubt. He wins in a mini-landslide
if there's no new scandals. But that's the problem -
soooooooo much of the electorate is slightly
apprehensive. They're on edge. They're looking for
any reason to not vote for him. They don't want
to be swindled. If he just plays his game, and does
ALL he can to be standing next to McCain as much
as possible? It's over. I think he wins around 300-238
(not looking at exact electoral college numbers). But
if the lakers don't break this friggin' streak I'm on
it may happen again. So root for LA tomorrow
night. Heh.
