Hey, Anonymoron...

Like I said, I'll vote Hillary if I have to, but I don't think I'm going to have to.

As for being a spoiler, right now, according to the polls, Barack would beat McCain -- Hillary, not going to happen.

My gut, heart, and mind says vote for the smart, inspiring guy who actually can win -- and the polls even back me up on that. Whaddya know!

Ah, they've released Garry! Let the games begin!

It's a great day. I liked Joan's post, Obama's chances are looking good tomorrow, and it's obvious -- you LOOOOVE me...you LOOOOVE me, yes you do! That's why you just can't leave me alone. You can't get enough of me and my posts! You even come trolling around LOOKING for me on threads -- you simply can't get enough of me! I love it!

Kiss me, you fool!!!

Now, while your lithium kicks in, I'll get serious. Re: my post -- I believe in telling the truth, for truth's sake. And in giving credit where credit is due.

And on this post, Joan got it right. She's gotten it wrong on some posts in the past, right on others. She did an evenhanded report of the day's activities. But when/if she gets it wrong again, I'm sure I'll speak up about it, as I have in the past.

I just call it the way it is....Joan did good on this post. You're still nuts. And Barack's got momentum!

There's an excellent column by Michael Chabon in the Washington Post today, called "Obama vs. the Phobocracy." (I put the link in my name/sig, but it's also easily Googled.)

It's a really incredible piece, and I urge you to read it before you vote. I wish anyone who was on the fence, or who was voting for Hillary without true zeal, would read it...

Here's an excerpt:

"...Oh, sure, most of these people tell me they would like to see Obama become president. No question, he comes off as at once brilliant and sensible, vibrant and measured, engaged and engaging, talented, forthright, quick-witted, passionate, thoughtful and, as with all remarkable people whom experience has taught both the extent and the bitter limits of their gifts, reasonably humble. In a better world, people tell me, in theory, sure, having a president like Barack Obama sounds great. But not, you know, for real. Not in the base, corrupt, morally spent, toxic and reeling rats' nest that we like to call home. Things are so bad we just can't afford to waste our votes, people tell me, on some fantasy super-president with magical powers. We need someone electable, someone, as I have been told repeatedly in the past year, who can win. Of course this misses the point; it misses all kinds of points. In a better world, if there were such a thing (and so far there never has been), we would not need a president like Obama as badly as we do..."

I agree about the dangers of disillusionment. If Super Tuesday gives us an obvious, clear Democratic frontrunner, then the supporters of the also-ran will need to lick their wounds, get it together, and eventually get behind the frontrunner. And I say that to myself, as an Obama supporter, because if Hillary comes out of this tomorrow with certain frontrunner status, I'm going to be hurting. But I also know that I will vote for her in November. I have to. There is no other rational choice.

It may take the also-ran supporters time to come down off the high of enthusiasm for their candidate, however, so give them time to get on board. For the majority, my hope is that they will realize that another Republican/Conservative president will be disastrous and that alone must unite the Democrats. They'll need to put aside their politics of hope, or politics of feminism, or politics of experience, or politics of eloquent inspiration, or whatever they think their candidate stands for, and embrace the politics of realism, because the front runner will be headed to the nomination, and will need to WIN against the Republican/Conservative candidate.

If there is no clear front-runner, then it's going to be a long-fought battle to the convention, I suspect. If that's the case, I hope that neither candidate stoops to dirty tricks to try to get delegates and win the nomination in anything other than an upright, ethical manner. (Hah, am I dreaming or what?!) I can hope, though, because the "Dems as circular firing squad" storyline sometimes seems too dead on accurate. And a prolonged, nasty delegate fight will be the best thing to happen to the Republicans...

In the end, though, tomorrow, as Chabon says, I just hope that people are able to vote, based on the candidate of their choice, without telling themselves that Barack is young and can run again another time, or the country's not ready for a Black president, or any of the other "yes he's fantastic, but..." responses about Barack.

Thanks for always knowing exactly what to say.

That's all...just sending out some well-deserved kudos to you!

I'm trying to just think positive, vote positive, and like you, I am hoping that Obama is still in the race after today!