so let me be clear that at this time i continue to believe that barack obama is the democratic party’s best bet to beat mccain. the decision to support him has been difficult for me for many reasons, but the bottom line is i think he can win. i keep reading about all these “rabid” and “cult-like” obama supporters, but i haven’t seen any and i live, work, and play in young liberal ground zero. maybe that is because for whatever reason the majority of the people i am surrounded by on a daily basis are white, middle-class lesbians whose only argument for hilary so far has been that she is a woman. this makes me very uneasy. almost as uneasy as the fact that i can’t say exactly that my reasons for supporting obama are any less asinine. as far as i can tell, on the record, hillary clinton has come out as a stronger candidate for we gays, but i do not trust her rhetoric. how sad is it when it has come to having more trust in someone who is reluctant to give us full rights than someone who supposedly leans more toward supporting that idea? i’m not looking forward to watching the two candidates attack each other for two reasons, the first being that if obama does end up with the nomination, it will be unfortunate to see him wounded this far before he gets to mccain. the other reason is that while i (again) have little trust in clinton and honestly believe that she represents the establishment just as much as any man in her camp, there is something inside of me that hates to see her being torn down. perhaps it is the part of me that knows she has wanted to be the first woman president since she was a little girl. perhaps it is the part of me that has waited to see that day since i myself was a little girl. either way, i know that’s not the way to vote. i just really hope it doesn’t get too too ugly. can we keep the claws out of it?
wishful thinking?
anyway, all this campaigning by celebs is driving me nuts! nuts with joy, i mean. the LOLz just keep coming. hillary’s appearance on SNL was downright horrendously painful! will.i.am’s most recent obama video is pretty cheesetastic as well. like i said, i like obama, but i hope he is not relying on this type of fuckery to win anything. yikes! first of all, will.i.am seems like a real douche, and according to a friend i have that works at a local music store he went into once, he really is. one of those “do you know who i am?” types. and lord knows i can’t stand jessica alba. she gives me the fucking creeps.
anyways, here’s the video. i’m sleeepy!
as a side note, i think it’s funny/scary that some people are all freaked out because barack obama’s middle name is hussein. i don’t think that’s cause for concern at all. in fact, many of us have middle names that don’t represent us at all. for example (and i can’t believe i am about to admit this in public), my middle name is Joy! how hilarious is that???
that video makes me want to vomit. I share your abivalence about Obama, I think he can certainly win but I also think there’s a lot to say about Hillary’s having experienced a lot more and being more competent on foreign policy. On the homo issues they’re pretty close – he actually favors a full repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act while she doesn’t, though that’s the sort of thing that would really come from stronger progressive leadership in Congress. I heard someone point out the other day that Hillary seems to lead on all the manly issues, which is kind of cool. Ultimately I’d rather see her as president for a lot of reasons but am considering voting for Obama in the Oregon primary (which looks like it might actually matter) just to put an end to this exhausting nomination process. If she’s going to stick around it’s got to be to actually win it, which at this point is a real long shot and the longer it goes on the better it is for McCain.