July 17, 2008
It should have been my guy, Hillary Clinton, but now I’m voting for Barack Obama by Dawn Summers
Or translated for the conservative Alarming News readership…it should have been my demon Monica Lewinsky’s ex-boyfriend’s wife but now I’m voting for devil incarnate Hussein Osama.
I actually thought the choice for Clinton was the safe one. She had already shown ability to be the watered down liberal Democrat that wins elections but leaves Michael Moore saying that Bill Clinton was the first Republican he ever voted for in a Presidential race. She was well liked in the Senate on both sides of the aisle. And, as demonstrated by her landslide reelection, she seemed to leave most of her husband’s baggage behind. She knows how to legislate, she knows how to govern. At sixty years old, she’s spent more than half her life in and around politics. She’s smart, she’s tough and yes, she went to Yale. I heard her speak during the primary season and she said she loved coming home because New York was the best state in the best country in the world. And come on, isn’t it though. I remember thinking that she looked like what a politician is supposed to look like.
And then she proceeded to run the worst national campaign since Al Gore circa 2000, adding herself to the ranks of hapless Democrats who manage to furiously snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. Yeah, I mean you Mark Green.
So here we are.
Obama ’08.
Um…and as to the why…um…as to the why I am enthusiastically, whole heartedly super duper supporting Obama now…um…well…and we’re sure he has enough delegates right? No chance for the whole Clinton brokered convention dealie? No? Okay, yeah, so as I was saying Barack Obama is the Democratic candidate for President that’s why.
I’ve had quite enough of Bush and Cheney and John McBush would just be a cheap, older imitation of those two.
Obama = change!
I’m all about CHANGE! And hope. Let’s not forget he’s all about hope. So, I’m going with the half white hope change guy. And you should too.
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Dawn Summers blogs at Clareified.
Technorati Tags: Barack+Obama Hillary+Clinton
Your enthusiasm is inspiring.
Posted by: Gib at July 17, 2008 09:59 AMDid you okay this with Oprah?
Posted by: E5 at July 17, 2008 10:11 AMYou are so kicked off the marketing team.
Posted by: Charles at July 17, 2008 11:03 AMOh no, we should not, Twilight. And you shouldn't, either.
Posted by: Tatyana at July 17, 2008 11:12 AMThis is obviously the sort of tightly reasoned argument, that so impressed your previous employer. Keep up the good work.
I particularly loved the part about HRC being loved on both sides of the aisle, lmao.
Posted by: Casca at July 17, 2008 01:47 PMIt's amazing that you were able to get past their wildly different policy positions.
**rolls eyes**
I keed.
Posted by: it's vintage, duh at July 17, 2008 01:58 PM"John McBush"? Puleeeze. At least with Bush you had some idea what he stood for. McCain stands for whatever feels right at the moment. And don't make him mad - you wouldn't like him when he's angry.
Obama? Well, once you strip away the hopey changey... wait, there's nothing left.
Posted by: Eric at July 17, 2008 09:33 PMAre you the cat lady?
Posted by: twolaneflash at July 18, 2008 03:05 PMEric, what Bush seems to stand for at the moment is say one thing and do another. Indymac and talks in Iran for two.
Posted by: bryan at July 18, 2008 04:59 PMUm, could we make sure Dawn passes a drug test next time before we let her post. ;)
I hate to say it, but I'm really thinking the "We're Screwed '08" T-shirts have it right.
Posted by: James at July 19, 2008 12:34 AMOh, if I were on drugs I couldve come up with a much more inventive endorsement...the one where I reveal my suspicion that Obama is actually Ironman.
Posted by: Not Dawn Summers at July 19, 2008 02:06 PMI'm not voting for him until he promises to pardon Tony Rezko, so there!
Posted by: Gerard at July 19, 2008 05:23 PMWell Dawn, I have my doubts. Why? Because the enthusiasm just isn't there. I mean, I'm sure that you could come up with something positively brilliant with pharmaceutical enhancement if it was, say, Bill Clinton (the circa '92 version).
However, given the variables and the fact that you don't like the man, you're just not feeling the urge to be "inventive."
As to the John McBush comment--c'mon, I think McCain is going to make the Republican base wish Jeb had run (can you say 50 state beatdown? I can...) so at least they had a fighting chance in 2012 with a real Republican candidate. Now all that's going to happen is McCain's going to be in with a Democratic Congress full of folks he feels he can "deal with."
Posted by: James at July 19, 2008 06:11 PMHe's too skinny to be Ironman. Usually he's Erkel, but, you know, he's Stphan on his best days.
Posted by: Eric at July 19, 2008 11:43 PMIsn't Ironman supposed to be skinny when he's not in his cast iron superhero outfit?
Posted by: Gerard at July 20, 2008 12:16 AM
