Seeing Kucinich call it quits made me incredibly sad. The "issue" for me was and is the illegal war in Iraq, and all that has followed it. I haven't "moved on" to the economy, because the illegal Iraq war is the reason for the looming recession. Kucinich opposed the war from the beginning, and believed we should bring the troops home as soon as possible. That's why I supported him.Still, I admit that watching a person of any color become our next president would be fantastic. I am so weary of the white man's view of things. As for H.R.C., Hillary is a woman who has done well in the white man's world. My personal feeling is that in doing this, she sacrificed some of her feminist soul. She became like them. A handy reminder: In 1992, I was a precinct leader in my then-district in Santa Cruz County. I worked tirelessly to get Bill Clinton elected, with three children in tow. Those were some of the happiest, proudest months in my life. I won't ever regret them, or supporting Bill. I was nuts about Hillary Clinton too. The thing is, 1992 seems hideously long ago. Just think about all that's occurred. And I don't mean blow jobs, or haircuts, or dead lawyers. I mean being complicit with the dark side to play in the white man's political arena. She could've been so much better than all of that. She's always been a supporter of the Iraq war.We need something new. While Barack Obama is deficient in areas of importance to me, I'm appreciating his obvious victory in South Carolina, just the same.
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I don't know how it is playing out there, but here it is as good as given in our media that whoever wins out between Obama and Clinton will go on to be President. None of the Republican candidates are getting any coverage at all.
It's a shame that Kucinich dropped out, but I don't think he had a chance anyway. At this point, we need to vote for the lesser of 2 evils.
I am an Edwards supporter, so I am disappointed that he didn't have a better showing in his home state. I don't think he's got a chance at all, but I would like to see him get at least 15% of the delegates so he has some influence at the convention. I like his progressive politics. I don't know enough about Barack Obama to be a supporter. His politics don't seem progressive enough for me, but it could be that he's playing a bit right of center in order to attract Independents. I've never felt like such an outsider with no one speaking to my interests, as I do right now. That said, I will vote for the Democratic candidate in the general election, no matter who it is.
What do you think of Ron Paul? I really love some of his ideas but he's too radical to ever win. I'm also greatly disappointed that he's against gun control. I guess that's a Libertarian for ya!
it's so disappointing when us earth-girls see a female in a position of power - and then realize that she's really no more connected than the next guy!
I really like Obama, and I will go out to vote for him next Tuesday.
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