I actually voted Non-Partisan (no pres candidates) for the California primary mostly because I hadn't made up my mind. Both Obama and Clinton have both good and bad points about them least of which are the people surrounding them - the ones who are the noise machine. Witness my recent snits about Steinem and Morgan - like STFU and stop telling me to vote my private parts.
I was hoping when I read your post about Shuster that it was some Clinton staffer who was pushing and saying, "Well,this is what the Clintons think" because y'know, staffers can get a bit loony. But I'm with you, I'd hate to think that the Clintons themselves are the ones bringing pressure to bear. No one should have that much power and we've seen the results of it for the past eight years.
I feel you on feeling sad about a candidate showing their ass. It's a case of the emperor having no clothes. This year we have candidates where I could look at either one, maybe disagree with some of their positions, but not hold my nose and hope for the best. I'm hoping Clinton pulls out of this or at least explains why they went for the strong arm.
(and hell, what politician hasn't pimped out their kids, their relatives, even the family pet to get the vote?)
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Date: 2008-02-11 10:19 pm (UTC)I was hoping when I read your post about Shuster that it was some Clinton staffer who was pushing and saying, "Well,this is what the Clintons think" because y'know, staffers can get a bit loony. But I'm with you, I'd hate to think that the Clintons themselves are the ones bringing pressure to bear. No one should have that much power and we've seen the results of it for the past eight years.
I feel you on feeling sad about a candidate showing their ass. It's a case of the emperor having no clothes. This year we have candidates where I could look at either one, maybe disagree with some of their positions, but not hold my nose and hope for the best. I'm hoping Clinton pulls out of this or at least explains why they went for the strong arm.
(and hell, what politician hasn't pimped out their kids, their relatives, even the family pet to get the vote?)