Why we'll lose to republicans again.
The inevetibility of disappointment is mounting as my choice for President is coming towards Super Tuesday. As much as I wish, hope, and pray, Barack Obama won't win. And I because I feel its going to happen, I'm afraid to hope anymore.
Have you seen a tragic car accident unfold near you? You feel like it starts in slow motion and no matter what you could do or hope to do, it happens anyways. And you're at a loss, feeling personally and outwardly unjust. Its the same with this election.
Everything points to a Barack Obama win:
1. He actually thinks about the principle and ideals which America is governed upon.
2. He inspires a whole new class of citizens to participate in the election.
3. He gets a ton of endorsements from big names... far better names than Clinton does.
4. He elevates politics to another playing field.
And what about Hillary Clinton? Her negatives seem so obvious, most intelligent people would laugh if someone with her resume would apply for a job.
1. She made a fatal error in supporting the Iraq war.
2. She has always been searching for power and money - Whitewater, Walmart. Oh yeah, Obama did community service instead of getting a corporate lawyer job.
3. She talks like a shrew. Have you heard her raise her voice?
4. She disrespects MLK and elevates LBJ.
5. More than 50% of the general population hate her. Yes that's right. She will NEVER get more than 50% of the general vote.
6. She is the candidate that people think most likely to disrespect the position of POTUS. The least? Barack Obama.
7. Her husband was involved with so many scandals and was only 1 of 2 sitting Presidents to ever be impeached. Do we forget this? And yes, what he did was wrong. Any executive who did that at any company would be tarred and feathered, yet his wife and many democrats said... oh well, Bill will be Bill. How is that not misogynistic?
8. She plays the race card.
Obama has so many positives and Clinton so many negatives, it would be ridiculous not to pick him no?
But yet it won't happen.
We won't see what its like to tune in to watch President Obama addressing the nation. We won't feel the love that other countries will have for a President born from a Kenyan and with Hussein as his middle name. We won't understand what its like to govern on principle and hope, not policies and fear.
See its our time to elect a President with dignity, charisma, intelligence, and manners. Someone who will not lace it with scandal and disgrace.
But it won't happen. Because the American electorate is not ready for a black president. As much as feminists want to say how hard they have it, blacks have it harder. Just 40 years ago, whites were hosing them down and lynching them. It took someone with words of hope to overcome it.
Ultimately, this is the problem with a 2 party system. Even if Hillary gets 50% of the vote, that's only 1/4th of the general vote. Think about it. Those who vote for her have no strategic bone in their body. They lover her realism and practicality, but they themselves don't vote by it. They idealize her candidacy to justify their vote, when they know full well that the her nomination will galvanize the GOP to unite and slam her candidacy. Why shoud we risk another 4 years of McCain? Why risk 4 more years of our kids dying in Iraq for oil? Why subject ourselves to the universally rising hatred of our country outside of the 50 states?
That's why I cannot vote for Clinton if she wins the nomination. Instead of walking away though, I'll vote for McCain, as I know many other Democrat friends will. They hate Clinton that much. I suspect Obama '12 will be successful then. Right now, I just can't believe what I'm seeing. And it depresses me to no end.
Have you seen a tragic car accident unfold near you? You feel like it starts in slow motion and no matter what you could do or hope to do, it happens anyways. And you're at a loss, feeling personally and outwardly unjust. Its the same with this election.
Everything points to a Barack Obama win:
1. He actually thinks about the principle and ideals which America is governed upon.
2. He inspires a whole new class of citizens to participate in the election.
3. He gets a ton of endorsements from big names... far better names than Clinton does.
4. He elevates politics to another playing field.
And what about Hillary Clinton? Her negatives seem so obvious, most intelligent people would laugh if someone with her resume would apply for a job.
1. She made a fatal error in supporting the Iraq war.
2. She has always been searching for power and money - Whitewater, Walmart. Oh yeah, Obama did community service instead of getting a corporate lawyer job.
3. She talks like a shrew. Have you heard her raise her voice?
4. She disrespects MLK and elevates LBJ.
5. More than 50% of the general population hate her. Yes that's right. She will NEVER get more than 50% of the general vote.
6. She is the candidate that people think most likely to disrespect the position of POTUS. The least? Barack Obama.
7. Her husband was involved with so many scandals and was only 1 of 2 sitting Presidents to ever be impeached. Do we forget this? And yes, what he did was wrong. Any executive who did that at any company would be tarred and feathered, yet his wife and many democrats said... oh well, Bill will be Bill. How is that not misogynistic?
8. She plays the race card.
Obama has so many positives and Clinton so many negatives, it would be ridiculous not to pick him no?
But yet it won't happen.
We won't see what its like to tune in to watch President Obama addressing the nation. We won't feel the love that other countries will have for a President born from a Kenyan and with Hussein as his middle name. We won't understand what its like to govern on principle and hope, not policies and fear.
See its our time to elect a President with dignity, charisma, intelligence, and manners. Someone who will not lace it with scandal and disgrace.
But it won't happen. Because the American electorate is not ready for a black president. As much as feminists want to say how hard they have it, blacks have it harder. Just 40 years ago, whites were hosing them down and lynching them. It took someone with words of hope to overcome it.
Ultimately, this is the problem with a 2 party system. Even if Hillary gets 50% of the vote, that's only 1/4th of the general vote. Think about it. Those who vote for her have no strategic bone in their body. They lover her realism and practicality, but they themselves don't vote by it. They idealize her candidacy to justify their vote, when they know full well that the her nomination will galvanize the GOP to unite and slam her candidacy. Why shoud we risk another 4 years of McCain? Why risk 4 more years of our kids dying in Iraq for oil? Why subject ourselves to the universally rising hatred of our country outside of the 50 states?
That's why I cannot vote for Clinton if she wins the nomination. Instead of walking away though, I'll vote for McCain, as I know many other Democrat friends will. They hate Clinton that much. I suspect Obama '12 will be successful then. Right now, I just can't believe what I'm seeing. And it depresses me to no end.
posted by Richard at 9:11 PM
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