Super Tuesday is not so super.
I'm going to go vote in about 45 minutes. I've got to stop by the post office, swing by the grocery store, and then to the voting booth. At this point, I still don't know if I'm voting for Obama or Hillary.
I started off as a Hillary supporter. I was excited by the idea of a woman president. I feel like she's earned it. She's worked her way through the system, she's actually been in the White House, and she has been active in politics through most of her life. Her policies are good, I care about the things she's talking about, and all is right with the world. When the young upstart Obama first showed up, my initial reaction was one of shock and mild outrage. (Can outrage be mild?)
Since then, I've had to reconsider. Listening to the debates, Obama makes me tingle. I get all Emily Dickinson and see that "hope is the thing with feathers." When I hear Clinton speak, it's pragmatic, but soulless. Is having a soul necessary to be president? I don't think so. However, I'd very much like it to be so. I feel like I've been suckered by the "Change Campaign" but at the same time, if they've turned my mind, perhaps it is the right way to go. I feel like the policies are so similar that at this point I'm choosing the representative of the American people. Who would I prefer to be the image to the world at large?
Also, I'm not super keen on the dynasty: Bush-Clinton-Clinton-Bush-Bush-?? Do I really want my entire conscious political life dictated by 2 families? I feel like I'm in a monarchy here! Obama would be a breath of fresh air - one would hope. Then we must broach the question of who will beat the Republicans? Do you know? I sure don't!
I am not well versed in politics, I am an intuitive git who gets frustrated by the seemingly endless lies and double speak of the legal language. I just want someone to tell it to me straight. Are you going to change health care so it's affordable and available? Are you going to do something about Social Security so our aging country has something to fall back on? Are you going to make huge changes to the way we treat our environment and resources? If so, you have my vote. I don't really care how you do it. I don't care if you tax the hell out of me, but if you're going to I expect a comfortable place to live, health care, clean air, pure water, and opportunity.
On a side note, I'm getting a cold that doesn't really feel like a cold. Just a vague sore throat, headache and general grogginess. Which is the worst, because I don't feel like I can do anything about it. Also, we are officially rat free for 3 days. Thank GOD. In the end we caught 4 of the bastards that have been haunting us since the beginning of the year. I'm tired, worn out, and not feeling up to bleaching my entire house.
Instead, I'll go vote. For someone.
I started off as a Hillary supporter. I was excited by the idea of a woman president. I feel like she's earned it. She's worked her way through the system, she's actually been in the White House, and she has been active in politics through most of her life. Her policies are good, I care about the things she's talking about, and all is right with the world. When the young upstart Obama first showed up, my initial reaction was one of shock and mild outrage. (Can outrage be mild?)
Since then, I've had to reconsider. Listening to the debates, Obama makes me tingle. I get all Emily Dickinson and see that "hope is the thing with feathers." When I hear Clinton speak, it's pragmatic, but soulless. Is having a soul necessary to be president? I don't think so. However, I'd very much like it to be so. I feel like I've been suckered by the "Change Campaign" but at the same time, if they've turned my mind, perhaps it is the right way to go. I feel like the policies are so similar that at this point I'm choosing the representative of the American people. Who would I prefer to be the image to the world at large?
Also, I'm not super keen on the dynasty: Bush-Clinton-Clinton-Bush-Bush-?? Do I really want my entire conscious political life dictated by 2 families? I feel like I'm in a monarchy here! Obama would be a breath of fresh air - one would hope. Then we must broach the question of who will beat the Republicans? Do you know? I sure don't!
I am not well versed in politics, I am an intuitive git who gets frustrated by the seemingly endless lies and double speak of the legal language. I just want someone to tell it to me straight. Are you going to change health care so it's affordable and available? Are you going to do something about Social Security so our aging country has something to fall back on? Are you going to make huge changes to the way we treat our environment and resources? If so, you have my vote. I don't really care how you do it. I don't care if you tax the hell out of me, but if you're going to I expect a comfortable place to live, health care, clean air, pure water, and opportunity.
On a side note, I'm getting a cold that doesn't really feel like a cold. Just a vague sore throat, headache and general grogginess. Which is the worst, because I don't feel like I can do anything about it. Also, we are officially rat free for 3 days. Thank GOD. In the end we caught 4 of the bastards that have been haunting us since the beginning of the year. I'm tired, worn out, and not feeling up to bleaching my entire house.
Instead, I'll go vote. For someone.