Wow (courtesy of angry_biscuit)

[veronica_rich]

Um ... how fucking self-defeating can you be?

Seriously ... your female candidate loses, so instead of getting over it and voting for the next best thing being offered in this particular election to what you wanted, you're going for the senile white guy who wants to stay at war for 100 years, and privatize Social Security (among other things not desirable for minorities or people who earn under $200K a year, I assure you)?

A vote for McCain is a third term for Bush. Your choice. Pass it on.

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[beldar.livejournal.com]

It blows my mind how deep the stupid goes.

There seems to be a huge number of people in this country who honestly believe that Hillary (HERSELF, not just her party or those who agree with her policies) is pure goodness and the salvation of America. I liken this to the third of the population who believe that GWB has done no wrong.
I've known of this woman longer than most of you -- she is not the saint you think she is!

Sure there's an element of racism in the vote-for-McCain-out-of-spite movement, but I think a bigger factor is good old-fashioned immaturity and magical thinking. The "I'm going to hold my breath until you make Hillary the nominee" attitude. The kind of thinking that drives people to call me at the paper where I work wanting me to jump in my time machine and make yesterday's edition not say what it said.

Grow up and get a grip, folks. You want a candidate on the left who has a real chance of winning, you got Obama, Obama or Obama. Otherwise, vote for the alternate party that fits your views or STFU.

Re: Feel free to pass this along =)

[veronica-rich.livejournal.com]

This is sort of what I was feeling as I wrote this entry. I don't know that I've ever voted for the exact person I wanted in any office - I think that's the nature of representative government, you have to take the best that's offered or that you can actively get nominated. But what really gets me are the women who act like Hillary is their greatest hope simply because she's female. I can be glad that she's created a space for women bidding for the White House from now on, without thinking she ought to be the one in it, or that she'd be the only good candidate in it.