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Saturday, June 28, 2008 11:54 AM
Original article: All together now

I Quit!

I'm tired of having Obama forced on me by people who have tell me that I have no choice to vote for him because everyone else is worse. I'm tired of people telling me that he deserves it because "he's so popular". I'm tired of people telling me I have no right not to go along and if I don't I am not a good sport. I'm tired of people telling me that his policies are the same as Hillary's so "what's the difference?" I'm tired of people telling me to "get over it" or "game over!" I'm tired of people bashing the Clintons over stuff that's been hashed over for years and ignore the fact that most of it was untrue and cleared in court but ignore the fact that the Clinton years were pretty well run and good for the country. I am shocked by the fact that many people are referring to this country as Obamaland. I am shocked at the kind of company he kept in Chicago and that he moved the Democratic party operations there. I am shocked at the crowds of people who swamp over him and ignore his lack of experience. I am shocked at how many people look no farther than Obama's books and website to get information on him. They also excuse his flip flopping and scream bloody murder at any change John Mc Cain has done. I don't see my having a place in the Democratic Party anymore and don't believe they really want me any way. The Clintons are being used in shameful ways and it is sad that debt put them in this position but I believe Hillary had to run as far as she could and would have suggested she go to the convention. I am disgusted at the way the Internet was used to rig this election and leave vast swaths of voters with no say and an inability to participate on equal footing. I am not a Democrat anymore and if this is the way elections are going to run by the people, I suggest that lobbyists might not have been a bad idea. While many spout that Obama is a centrist, they state in the next sentence that this is a "revolution" and sometimes that "he is walking in the path of god". You can't have it both ways and I find that the final statements are what people really feel and believe. Hugo Chavez would be proud.

Monday, June 23, 2008 10:17 AM

Sexist Story

This story is written by a woman who definitely doesn't agree with the people she writes about and her manner is one of condescension. She lists what she believes are reasons, mostly that women (not just voters of either sex) are angry and refusing to vote for Barack Obama out of spite. We are supposed to believe that the Democratic Party is our true home are we have left it in hurt and anger. This is like an abusive husband who believes that the last punch wasn't the last and that the wife will soon come home. In this scenario, I can tell you, the wife is off doing some other things now and is final in her decision not to come back.

I was a member of the Democratic Party and technically still am. I just won't be supporting or voting for the presumptive presidential nominee. The party has been fundamentally changed in this election and things aren't going back to where they were before. I'm moving on just as the Democratic Party wants to and seems to be angry at me for not buying into their brand. They can't nominate a guy who runs as a different politician then try to punish people who don't agree with the supposed difference or buy into the idea. I see an nominee who is grossly unqualified and basically barnstormed into the nomination by bullying people and banking on animosity of the Clintons. Obama supporters claim he bring "a new kind of politics". He is not just another Democratic nominee, he is a fake in all sense of the word and shouldn't have been given the support he had. This is not a choice between Gore or Clinton, or Clinton or Kerry, this is a choice of a candidate who was suitable for the job and one who is wholly unsuitable. It is a disgrace that the Democratic Party chose him and why the party is so discredited in many people's eyes. I am a member of PUMA by the way and will be around for awhile as I love politics. I will make sure that Barack Obama isn't supported by me financially in this election and will not support an organization that will provide him with funds. It is my personal statement about this mess.

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