*sticks tongue out at friends who live in California*

[faerylore]

Vistors to the University of Maryland, College Park campus:

Mike Fuckabee- today, only I didn't trust myself to go (did notice an increase in families today on campus, who knew that ppl actually like Fuckabee outside of the South?  Though we are very close to virginia....)

Chelsea Clinton- tomorrow, if I remember I am totally going (though I wish it

Comments

[stardruummer]

thats cool that you get so many political speakers on campus. sorry about huckabee though, he creeps my out the most of all of them.

i was interested to hear your reactions to Clinton vs. Obama, because most of my peers think the opposite and it was fun to see a differing opinion.

[faerylore]

I think half my reaction is in response to the rabid Obama fangirls and fanboys. It's not a "movement" for one thing. He's running for president, not heading a revolution (but hey if he changes his mind I might be tempted

[stardruummer]

i re-registered as democrat to vote in the primaries (was Green before) but i think they offered quite a few candidates at the primary voting (california already voted

[faerylore]

I totally agree (in mental angwish) about the media and the total lack of information (unless you count the constant updating of the polls). As for the electability of the candidates, the part I wonder about is I think people are just more up front about their sexist tendensies than with their racist ones, I don't buy this idea that Obama's going to unite the country and we'll all start getting along and all discrimination will magically disappear. I do think most dems would go for Obama, assuming another Bradley Effect doesn't happen. I think at least most third wave feminists are willing to go with him (I actually think most are already there, the disconnect and distaste btwn Clinton and 3rd wave feminists seems to be pretty large, at least in my experience online though I'm not totally sure why