The Divide

I’ve ‘officially’ checked out of the 2008 Democratic race. We’re about to take this barrel over the falls and I’ve found myself so thoroughly depressed and powerless in this process it’s best if I just leave it be. If you’ve followed me much lately you know how much I dislike Ms. Clinton, obviously that won’t change you will just be fortunate enough to not hear about it. Below is the reasoning and a final (for now) memoir of my political mind.

What’s Changed?

We’re at a point of no return - with no one walking away handily with the needed number for delgates we’re deadlocked until June, losing 3+ months on the Republican machine

It’s getting ugly - Ferraro, the monster and you’re not good enough to be my VP fights are occuring daily, killing morale and weakening the ticket that we ultimately choose

Obama is weakening - I see a constant trend that the cut of personality is starting to show itself. With every attack from the Clintons I start to question his abilities and wonder to myself, “Is charisma and vision enough to lead?”

Race is showing its true colors - we’re on the precipice of the racial and sexist conflict at play here coming into full relief. It’s there, we’ve been avoiding it but we will see it before June and it will not be pretty. And I don’t know that Obama can or should hold it at bay. She going to go nuclear and when she does I don’t know that the party can get past it.

Whiter shade of pale - In the final analysis this is NOT 1968. We don’t have candidates diametrically opposed on key ideological issues. We have Mr. Pibb and Dr. Pepper. And because of that Hillary is going to pull this off, she’s done it before and she’ll do it again. And Obama’s people will not be pleased but they will fall in lock step because the stuff she supports is simply a watered down version of Obama’s platform.

And all the while McCain is piling on the support and building his warchest. We’re pretty screwed gang and the only people who play a role in this now are super-delegates. Some, as it seems, who prefer high-dollar hookers and have already pledged to Ms. Clinton, we should all be very proud.