My other major reason for not voting for Obama: He want to build more nuclear power plants. Can you think of a more environmentally destructive energy policy that that? We have a major drought in this country, states arguing over water, and he wants to build more n. plants that require an extreme abundance of water. The cost overruns, and there are ALWAYS massive cost overruns, become a part of the taxpayers' problems. And we have yet to figure out what to do with the waste we already have from existing plants. In Ohio, First Energy hid major problems with their plant. I am disturbed that Obama has taken major contributions from the industry and is so eager to start building more of them.

That's not the energy policy that I was looking for - and it certainly isn't a break from the past. It's rushing right back to the past!

You sound like somebody who has her feet planted solidly on the ground and make your decisions on the practical matters: "pocketbook" and who's best able to deal immediately with the messes/problems we have. I admire that!

We're not hiring an accountant; we're electing a leader. Hillary, competent beyond question, has no way of lifting us up. The fact that she has a vagina instead of a schlong means nothing. Barack has about the same amount of experience as another outsider from Illinois: Abe Lincoln. So, plod along and think that another Clinton pedestrian trade off is going to really move this nation in a really new way. In most ways, she's her husband without the fellatio problem. Bright, well versed, and without genius. Obama has about the same experience as Lincoln, Jefferson, and Robert Kennedy if he'd not been murdered. Vote your heart. I have no problem with that. But it has nothing to do with feminism, or anything other than an anchor tied to the past. Obama is the way forward, not because he has any megalomaniac pretensions, but because he has the vision, the eloquence, and the determination to move this country in a dramatic way. God knows we need it. Hillary is Bill in a pants-suit. Ho hum.

"We're not hiring an accountant; we're electing a leader."

>>> At this point in America's history, with the economic mess we are in -- which will only get worse -- a good accountant is not a bad choice. Are you really willing to roll the dice with a "leader" with nothing else but "vision" who admits that he doesn't want policy papers handed to him unless he absolutely needs them because he will lose them? His words -- not mine.

"Hillary, competent beyond question, has no way of lifting us up. The fact that she has a vagina instead of a schlong means nothing."

>>> Subconcious misogyny always shows itself one way or another.

"Barack has about the same amount of experience as another outsider from Illinois: Abe Lincoln."

>>> It's about, what, 250 years since then? The world is a changed place, and much different. Also, the USA is not in the same position it was in back then -- economically, politically, militarily. Apples to Oranges.

"So, plod along and think that another Clinton pedestrian trade off is going to really move this nation in a really new way."

>>> The USA is a gigantic aircraft carrier that takes _decades_ to move in another cultural or political direction. Too much inertia, conflicting interests, etc. On the other hand, bust a big enough hole in an aircraft carrier's hull and it will sink _pretty_ fast. So don't try to make the argument that Obama will be able to move the country that way in just 4 years. False Hopes.

"In most ways, she's her husband without the fellatio problem. Bright, well versed, and without genius."

>>> See entry re misogyny

"Obama has about the same experience as Lincoln, Jefferson, and Robert Kennedy if he'd not been murdered."

>>> You need to give a lot more documented proof before making that statement.

"Vote your heart. I have no problem with that. But it has nothing to do with feminism, or anything other than an anchor tied to the past."

>>> Thank you for at least respecting her opinion.

"Obama is the way forward, not because he has any megalomaniac pretensions, but because he has the vision, the eloquence, and the determination to move this country in a dramatic way. God knows we need it."

>>> Again with the "vision" thing. We all have "visions". You have it, I have it, my next door neighbor with the cat has it. But can he get it done? Do you really believe that everyone will agree with him just because he says so? A simple test: US carmakers need cheap steel to manufacture cars cheaper, but US steelmakers want to sell steel at a higher price to remain profitable. The latter wants import tariffs on foreign steel while the former opposes them. Which one will Obama help? Will "vision" help with that? Either way, American workers will be laid off. Will they love him for his "vision" when they have to tell their kids they've been foreclosed and have to leave their house? You oversimplify, as all Obamamaniacs do. You let "vision" cloud out reality because it's the easy way out.

"Hillary is Bill in a pants-suit. Ho hum."

>>> See misogyny entry above.

Any criticism of Hillary is automatically misogynistic. I almost forgot that.

Look, if Hillary wins the nomination, then I'd like to ask the liberal white women who voted her in this:

You got what you finally wanted. You put a woman in line to be President. Regardless of how she will perform, you broke this barrier.

So next time around, you won't need to support a (white) female candidate just because she is female, right?

So, come the next election cycle (2016 if Hilary is incumbent in 2012), you'll be willing to vote for the MOST qualified candidate this time around, right?

Even if he is male? And a minority?

What say you, liberal white female voters? Next time around, will you be able to honor the "liberal" part of you as much as the "female" part?