I think I've solidified what I feel.  I am glad, inexpressibly glad, that we will no longer have Bush in office.  I am glad that we have (hopefully) put an end to the conservative hegemony that has slowly been destroying my country for the past 40 years.  I am glad that we (white folks, that is) have gotten over ourselves enough to elect our first ( Read more... )

And so it begins.  I don't even know what to think.  I'm excited, but half-heartedly.  See, that's the thing.  I know, intellectually, that Obama is a huge step forward for America on a lot of issues.  But he's also a giant step backwards on a lot of issues as well, most of them extremely important to me.  Like women's rights, for example.  And I ( Read more... )

 Okay, so I'm watching Headline News right now (don't ask me why--it's a huge waste of time), and they just had a bunch of folks on saying that Clinton supporters just needed to fall in line and support Obama.  That they need to come to his campaign, instead of him addressing their concerns and convincing them to vote for him.  That's not how it ( Read more... )

I've been trying to write this post for a few days now, but it's been hard.  I'm trying to contain some of the disappointment and rage, but it isn't working very well.  Just let it be said that I will be using the word "disappointed" an awful lot in this post.

Yes, I am disappointed.  I am extremely disappointed that Barack Obama is the presumtive ( Read more... )

 My mom just told me that one of her neighbors tried to send her that forward that claims Barack Obama is Muslim.  Apparently, Mom got on this woman's case for being too gullible and believing everything she hears.  I kind of love my mom right now!

She also shut my grandparents down for the exact same thing.

I am really getting sick of this rabid support for Barack Obama.  It's getting to the point where I can barely read blogs written by his supporters--fortunately, my favorites are group blogs where few people have revealed their preferances.  I hate this idea that he is somehow more "electable" than Clinton.  He's not.  If we let the Republican war  ( Read more... )