Obama

Sorry for not posting lately--just tons of stuff going on at work (I teach and run a distance ed program) and I haven't found time to actually write up the things I want to write up here.  I am still working on my personal musical history--just haven't posted them yet.  I will.

I have to write something right now, however.  I am disgusted by the turn the election campaign has taken lately.  Obama, my guy, has stayed above the fray for the most part--but Clinton has done nothing but throw muck at Obama and then spend time dancing on top of that muck.  I'm sick to death of Clinton's tactics--so much so that if she wins the nomination, I'm tempted not to vote for her.  I can't possibly vote for McCain, either, and no I won't vote for Nader (though my wife has--twice).  I'll just leave it blank.  So, for me, it's Obama or no one at this point.  And for all those women out there who feel that it's Clinton's turn and she deserves it and I'm being too hard on her because she's a woman and if a man was attacking another man in this way I wouldn't be feeling the same outrage--well, all I have to say is: bullshit.  I was disgusted by the Republican attacks in the last few elections, and it's the same disgust I feel this time around, only with a Democrat attacking a Democrat.  I could care less that Clinton is female, just as I care less that Obama is half-African.  Who cares about that stuff?  Politics uses those things to separate people and galvanize their supporters.  I choose not to use those things when deciding on a candidate.  I'm for Obama because he argues the same thing.  Clinton doesn't.