John, we hardly knew ye
Hey there everyone in the cyberwebs! Sorry I've been, well, gone. Been kinda busy and this whole blogging thing is like a muscle -- if you don't use it you lose it. I'm going to try to get back in the thick of it again because it's an important year, and I got some shit to say.
Today has been a crappy day on account of John Edwards dropping out of the presidential race. He was my boy and I was really psyched about voting for him next week (oh John, 6 days! Couldn't you have hung in there?) and the whole concept of voting for a candidate I actually support, as opposed to voting against one I'm scared of.
I have to say that the Edwards thing hit me harder than I thought it would. I knew it was coming, of course, and knew he wasn't going to win the nomination (although dammit, he should have, and if he had, he would have walked away with the presidency and instead we're going to get President McCain oh fuck, I hate this) but I just wasn't ready. I see the logic of dropping out now -- I figure he's hoping that he can get Obama or Hillary to pick up some of his issues (poverty) in exchange for an endorsement just before super-duper Tuesday. But it still sucks, and we've still lost the most progressive candidate in the race (ok, mainstream progressive).
There's a lot of talk now about where his supporters will go now. O & H are gagging for us since the race is tighter than American Apparel's sizes, and the 15% that Edwards has been getting would be more than enough to push either of them over the top. I personally don't know where I'll go. Today I don't even want to vote, I don't care anymore, it seems like the good guys always go down. But you know, the good guys do always go down, and I've never let that stop me before. So tomorrow I'll pick back up again and figure it out. Look for upcoming posts: "The Trouble with Hillary," and "The Trouble with Obama."
Today has been a crappy day on account of John Edwards dropping out of the presidential race. He was my boy and I was really psyched about voting for him next week (oh John, 6 days! Couldn't you have hung in there?) and the whole concept of voting for a candidate I actually support, as opposed to voting against one I'm scared of.
I have to say that the Edwards thing hit me harder than I thought it would. I knew it was coming, of course, and knew he wasn't going to win the nomination (although dammit, he should have, and if he had, he would have walked away with the presidency and instead we're going to get President McCain oh fuck, I hate this) but I just wasn't ready. I see the logic of dropping out now -- I figure he's hoping that he can get Obama or Hillary to pick up some of his issues (poverty) in exchange for an endorsement just before super-duper Tuesday. But it still sucks, and we've still lost the most progressive candidate in the race (ok, mainstream progressive).
There's a lot of talk now about where his supporters will go now. O & H are gagging for us since the race is tighter than American Apparel's sizes, and the 15% that Edwards has been getting would be more than enough to push either of them over the top. I personally don't know where I'll go. Today I don't even want to vote, I don't care anymore, it seems like the good guys always go down. But you know, the good guys do always go down, and I've never let that stop me before. So tomorrow I'll pick back up again and figure it out. Look for upcoming posts: "The Trouble with Hillary," and "The Trouble with Obama."
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