This whole "bitter" fiasco has made me bitter

Wow, three days and three posts.  Can you tell I have strong feelings about the upcoming election?

Anyway, I have to rant a bit about last night's debate.  That was one of the most useless excuses for a "debate" I have seen in my entire life.  I'm including the debates staged for elections at my high school when I was a student there in the late eighties.  If anyone tries to tell me that the media is biased in favor of Obama after that fiasco I think my brain will simply cease to function.  To be fair, I do feel the media seemed biased towards Obama early on.... I felt that it was because he was the underdog.  I suppose that would explain the paradigm shift recently as well.

Wow.  I don't think I've seen Hillary so smug in months.  She knew Obama was getting blasted and was absolutely loving it!  "Obama, why won't you wear a flag pin, are you a terrorist?"  "Obama, why did you not abandon your church immediately after your minister's comments that you were not there to hear?"  "Obama, why did you associate with bad people that someone else hired to work with you?" "Obama, do you feel that your America hating minister is more of a patriot than you?" "Obama, why are Pennsylvanians so bitter towards you?"  "Obama, why do you hate religion and guns?"

Ok, it wasn't that bad.  Not quite, anyway.  But I'd be willing to bet these are the ideas that have been placed in some people's heads and will be passed around over the next week.  Hillary came under fire too.... for not coming under fire in the past.  Other than that she was given a pretty easy ride last night.  

Yes, I'm certain that debate didn't help Obama here in Pennsylvania.

All is fair in love and war.  And politics, I'm sure.  So yes, Obama answered the questions and answered them well.  He'll still win the nomination, of that I'm sure.  Hopefully he will go on to win the presidency as well.  But unless a minor miracle occurs in the next week, he'll still lose this primary and this battle will wage on for weeks to come, wasting money that could be better spent for the actual election and causing more strife amongst the ranks of the Democrats.  

Why couldn't you have brought up topics that are actually important last night?  Topics that I believe would have let Obama shine over Hillary?  Where was the discussion of the mortgage crisis (brought up by the candidates, not the moderators), the economy in general, our decaying roads and bridges, immigration, torture, wiretapping, possible crimes by members pf the current administration?  I felt like the debate was being moderated by anchors from Inside Edition, not ABC news.

No, at least that debate would have had Chelsea Clinton and Michelle Obama wearing bikinis.

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A bitter Pennsylvanian

It's so obvious that Obama is out of touch with the common man here in Pennsylvania, he has no idea what we've gone through.  Prices of gas and food are rising, taxes are always going up, many people are losing their jobs and there aren't many new ones coming here.  Beyond that, some of the area's biggest employers went through bankruptcy and backed out of their promised pension plans so now thousands of employees don't have the retirement they were expecting.  How dare he say we're bitter?  Come on!  We're ecstatic, wouldn't you be?

No, this isn't true for everyone in Pennsylvania, but it is a part of life here.  Yes there are bitter Pennsylvanians.  That isn't an insult or a threat, it's a fact.  Is he saying that we've given up or that we don't deserve better?  No, just the opposite, he is offering us hope that this will change.  Don't buy into the criticism.  Obama isn't out of touch, he seems to understand us better than most politicians on the national level.  He's financed his entire campaign with donations from people like you and me, not by accepting huge donations from corporations or lobbyists.  He wants a chance to serve US, the people of this nation, not just the corporations who can make him and his friends wealthy.  Let's give him that chance.

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End the insanity

This post is directed mainly at my fellow Pennsylvanians and other states yet to vote in this year's Democratic party primaries.

Only one more week for those of us here in Pennsylvania and then the spotlight will move on.  So, have you made up your mind?  Are you voting for Hillary?  Obama?  Someone else entirely?  Well, here's the deal.  Vote for Obama so we can end this insanity.  Face it, Hillary simply cannot win unless she convinces superdelegates to vote against the will of the majority of the people in the Democratic party.  That is her only hope at this point.  And what will that accomplish?  The most divided Democratic party we've seen in a very long time.  I honestly cannot believe she would have even the slightest hope of winning the general election. Why?  Read on.

First of all, Hillary winning the primary in this manner would be even worse than Bush's victories in 2000 and 2008.  Remember the scandals during those years?  Gore won the popular vote, what really happened in Florida and then Ohio?  Did Bush really win?  Now imagine if Bush had only won if delegates from states that had gone Democrat switched and voted for him.  THIS IS WHAT HILLARY IS COUNTING ON FOR HER VICTORY!  No, superdelegates don't have to vote along with the general populace, but if they are going to override the popular vote, we truly have lost control of our own government.  So, after the Democrats were fired up by the results of the last two elections, all we have learned is to copy the behavior?  That is sad.

Second, we know that the Democrats usually have support of minority groups.  What effect do you think it will have on that support if a small group of people override the decision of the public and hand the nomination to Hillary Clinton over Barack Obama?  Come on people.  One of Hillary's biggest arguments is that she is the more electable.  If this is the way she wins that simply won't be true.  And again, this is the ONLY way she COULD win!

Hillary is simply leading a divisive campaign at this point.  It is serving no purpose other than lowering the chances of electing a Democrat this fall.  We need to finally realize this and unite as a party behind Barack Obama.  He has earned this support by running a superior campaign.  Don't allow this to go on any longer, let's come together as a party and send the message that it is time for Hillary to end her run.  Vote for Obama on Tuesday!

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