Yes, I voted for Hillary Clinton in my state’s primary. Hell, I even bought one of those pricey Marc Jacobs t-shirts bearing her Warhol-esque visage to fund Clinton campaign coffers. And the die-hard feminist in me is truly bummed that she didn’t emerge as the presumptive Democratic nominee. But am I SO bummed that I would actually consider sitting out the November election … or even worse, throwing my vote to John McCain instead of Barack Obama? Are you kidding me? Exactly what rational purpose would that serve? After eight war-mongering, science-squelching, civil liberty-lacerating, economy-eviscerating years … why would any disgruntled American willingly help the GOP hang on to the White House for another second?? Not me!!
August 29, 2008 at 9:10 am
I think we have to work on the bummed-out people one at a time. Yesterday, I traded emails all day long with a Texas friend, a Republican who had rejected first the Bush administration and then the McCain ascendancy and had come on board with Hillary. His response has been that he simply wasn’t going to vote. After much pleading with him to at least watch Obama’s acceptance speech, I heard back from him late last night, telling me he had watched the whole thing. He signed off with one word: “maybe???????”
September 5, 2008 at 12:11 pm
AMEN!!!!