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So Obama asking his supporters to send money for Hurricane Gustav relief is less a political prop than a out-of-wedlock young woman's baby? Neither Party should have done anything other than demonstrate that they were ready to act with the government in power v. suggesting that there were not just one, not two, but three competing governments in power. Both parties milked the hurricane for what it could give them.
The best thing Clinton supporters could do would be to write her name in on Nov. 4 as their Presidential pick. And, if so led, vote for the best man or woman (including Greens or Libertarians) running for lesser offices, so that the Democrats know that there are x number of Democrats who have just had it with trying to get Ultra Liberals elected. And that the Party treated Clinton as some kind of pariah v. the woman most likely to become the first woman President. Considering there has always been more women in our country than men, and considering all the previous presidents have been men, her success would have been more significant than another man.
Coalition government -- with at least one Socialist; an African-American Muslim in the House; and perhaps a Libertarian or Green house member, plus the normal twit and twat of the Dems and Republicans will be one way to ensure that a McCain Presidency wouldn't stray into Right Wing American politics again. This politicial season, I'd suggest that any and all scenarios should be considered. I've personally reached the point a million or more people had reached in 2000, when that many voted for Nader and lesser candidates.
And the teen pregnancy of Sarah Palin's daughter isn't that big a deal. There are probably millions of American families (my own included) where pregnancies have happened before any natural plans for marriage were made. And in the case of my two sisters, both consider themselves now religious. And, in my own case, having been involved with three separate women over time, who got pregnant, and who elected, on their own, to have abortions, I must say that each case has given me a real v. theoretical choice on abortion. In each case, I felt it was the woman's choice, even one who had to go to New York State in 1970, to get an abortion because they weren't legal in Indiana.
That option should remain in place so that the person who has the greatest right to that choice -- the woman -- continues to have it. But, there are other choices and so no, voting for McCain's not an option to me, either. I don't want to become a victim, though, and suggest I HAVE to vote for one or the other if I want my vote to "count."
I'll write in Clinton's name because if Obama fails, with all the media help he has, and political hit men and women trying to destroy and humiliaite her, I want the Party to know they goofed big time. I know I won't see her get into the White House, but I also know I won't have anything to do with either of the two guys get there, either.
