Date: 2008-06-03 23:40 Subject: *does the Obama dance* Security: Public Mood: jubilant Tags: class, clinton, mccain, obama, support

Alright, alright...back to politics before bedtime.

It's official, Mr. Obama is the Democratic nominee for the President of the United States. I've made no beans about how I feel -- I really do like Mr. Obama, I respect Mrs. Clinton though she needs to go someplace and sit down, and can't vote for McCain (he can't even lift his arm above his ear...watch him). D:

For the people still complaining about Michigan and Florida votes not being counted for Hillary, I say: "Shut up and get over it!" Now as a native Floridian (and middle-class, working woman), I remember back in January we were told the voting date could not be moved before the 21st or else the votes would not count...and they moved it anyway. Now forgive me for being blunt, but isn't that breaking the rules and potentially the law?

I know that neither I, nor anyone in my family for that matter, went to the polls when they were moved up because we were told our votes would not count if we went to post them; Michigan didn't even put a viable candidate's name on the ballots (pfft, yeah, that's fair); and now these rule-breaking sissies are upset because the Democratic committee -- in a rare instance of fairness and compromise for which this country is supposed to be known for -- split the delegate votes down the middle?

I have two words as a response, but due to the nature of censorship I can only type euphemisms: Screw you guys. Seriously. D:

Let me go back to Hillary because McCain, despite his great service, is literally too old to handle a serious event. At this point in time, Hillary is starting to become an annoyance to me. Before, she was great and revolutionary, a welcome reprieve from this male-dominated society and herald to women everywhere...and then she cried during a speech. No offense ladies, but we need to stop crying to win an argument.

The final speeches were actually quite well done with respect to the subject matter: McCain's was okay, at least he was focused on his opponent; Clinton came across as slightly whining, a love letter to herself, and a huge turn off to me; and Obama was the most humble of the three, referring to the public and thanking them for their votes, giving Hillary her props and acknowledging McCain as an opponent.

Because I have to go to work in less than seven hours, I'm going to truncate the end of this journal entry. I once heard a saying that a 'real lady' knows when to leave, but from what I've seen Hillary hasn't been a lady since early May. If she really wanted to help her party and make herself more presentable for a potential 2012 election -- provided Mr. Obama doesn't run a second time -- she should have conceded and announced that she was preparing to run at a later date. Please support my competitor against the other party, unity is key...or something to that effect.

No, didn't happen. In all due honesty, I now see her as a spoiled brat that has resorted to locking herself in her room to pout and scream and make a general ruckus in an attempt to disturb the balance. I can't stand that. True, we can't always win graciously, but at least we should appear to do so for the sake of the people and not oneself. But then again, I'm not running for a political office...

...So what do I know? <<;

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Date: 2008-03-11 19:54 Subject: Truth And Consequences Security: Public Mood: embarrassed Tags: apology, obama, opinion

Alright, I know that politics is usually a bad subject to talk about because it starts arguments, fistfights, and hurts feelings the world over. To my admission I agree with my mother on one thing: "Three things you never talk about are politics, religion, and stem-cell research." But tonight, I would like to bend the first part of the code, if only a little bit.

Now, I am an Obama supporter; however, I found Mr. Obama's comments this afternoon highly distasteful and quite out-of-character when compared to all of his previous speeches. I think it's fair enough to say he exhibited no enthusiasm for this speech, which makes me think two things:

1. He did not write this speech to begin with and felt in his heart that this speech was not the way to go, but did so because he was advised to take such an action.
2. Whomever wrote this speech was so desperate to cater to the population Obama had the least influence over they were willing to offend just to win a few additional votes.

Now I'm going to stop here and leave additional comments aside because I neither want to unjustly influence anyone else's point of view, nor do I want to undermine what was said. I do, however, wish to say that formal apologies -- while hard to issue -- are due from Mr. Obama.

This close to deciding a nominee, it is imperative to watch what you say -- now more than ever before in this arena. And to be honest, it would be best to minimize any potential damage by not only apologizing as quickly as possible, but by saying "I apologize for anything I have said which may have been taken out of context, or any summation that may have unnecessarily altered the meaning of the excerpts I have taken."

Hell, he can use what I have written here verbatim...and I have all of you as witnesses. As for the person who took those 'quotes' and convinced Mr. Obama is was okay to read them, well, they need to be given a pink slip and one of those "what were you thinking", V-8 slaps upside the forehead.

Now that all of this has been said, I'm going to sign out now...before I say anything else to stir the proverbial pot. *scampers out*

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