sozobe wrote:I like your optimism, echi!
How was voting?
For the record, I just recently moved to Austin, but I had to vote in Pearland, a Houston suburb, since I'm still registered there.
There was a huge turnout for the Democrats in my precinct-- much greater than the Republicans, who also had their convention in the same building. We also seemed like a pretty diverse crowd as far as age, gender, ethnic background. All seemed like good signs for Obama.
We couldn't begin caucusing until everyone finished voting, so we had to wait a couple hours before we could get started. It wasn't hot. There was plenty of room and places to sit while we waited. There were adequate bathroom facilities and vending machines. Still, as time dragged on and the line of late voters got ever shorter, there were quite a few people who were no way shy about voicing their displeasure. Loudly. Like bratty children. And they continued throughout the entire process, until the time came to separate into groups of Obama supporters and Clinton supporters.
Some of them may have been Limbaugh operatives. I don't know. But it was striking how virtually every one of the idiot complainers ended up in the Hillary group. They were mostly older white men and women, lower income white people, and a few Hispanics.
The Obama group were not only more cooperative, but also much more diverse. Every group was represented. We seemed to be more interested in the process, itself, and more personally invested-- the Clinton group didn't even stick around for the final vote.
Unfortunately, they ended up sending 5 delegates to our 4.
I was depressed last night, but today I'm "fired-up".
The only way I might vote for Hillary is if Obama becomes her running mate, and I don't see that happening.
Her dishonest attacks on Obama demonstrate a total lack of integrity. She has given us no indication that she will keep her word to the American people. It seems that she is only in it for herself; it's pure ambition. Otherwise, she would run a positive campaign highlighting her superior abilities and qualifications. But she has consistently chosen not to do that-- apparently judging that strategy too risky. And running against a candidate like Barack Hussein Obama, Jr., I have to agree that's probably a wise decision.
There is one silver lining if she happens to pull off the impossible and wins her big prize... It would be a big kick in the nuts to Rush Phlegmball!
