Just Desserts!; On the Democratic Nomination

While I am definitely in favor of all desserts (as long as there is no mingling of fruit and chocolate) I am hoping against hope that the desserts that I am thinking about right now don't come to pass. So here goes...

The big question today is whether or not Hillary Clinton's supporters will vote for John McCain in the presidential election once Barack Obama ultimately gets the democratic presidential nomination. Now it is no secret that I have had a politicrush on Barack Obama since watching him introduce John Kerry at the Democratic National Convention in 2004. I was, at the time, looking forward to 8 years of Kerry and then 8 years of Obama, but we all know it didn't work out that way. Today we find ourselves based with a minimum of 4 more years of Bush or a minimum of 4 years of Obama. This campaign has gotten nasty quite quickly, most at the hands of the Clinton camp (regardless of whether or not she says it was without her knowledge and approval...yeah right) from Slick Willy's comparison of Obama to Jesse Jackson, to the red phone commercial (YouTube video), to the mysterious re-release of the "Muslim" dress pictures, to the "good blue collar white folks won't vote for a Negro" comments, and more recently to the Bobby Kennedy assassination comparison/comments it has been a whole batch of hatred and lies. I have lost all respect for the Clinton duo.

Folks have asked if I was voting for the African American or the woman and my answer has remained the same...I am voting for the person who most closely reflects my own political leanings and for me that was Barack Obama. It had nothing to do with the fact that he has melanin than Clinton or that I have spent the last 4 years crushing over the man, or that I am magnetically drawn to his rhetorical abilities. It has more to do with the fact that I am drawn to his policies on education, health care, energy and the environment, and several other things. There are things that Barack and I don't agree on and one day he and I may be able to sit down and chat so that I can help him see the light, but right now he just works for me.

But I digress, back to the question of whether or not Hillary supporters will switch camps and vote for McCain...I have to say that I am fed up. If, as Clinton says, the good working class white folks won't vote for McCain (or the older women or anyone else) I say that's their choice and as such they have to suffer the repercussions. If folks want to shoot themselves in the foot by voting for McCain so that they don't have to vote for an African American presidential candidate then in the end they will get what they deserve. If the last 8 years have taught me anything it's that we have no control over the political realm. Hell, sometimes the candidate that the most people vote for doesn't even win. I'd hate to have to suffer for other people's close-mindedness, but I fully recognize that this is always a possibility and say that they will get their just desserts.

As I watch the news tonight I see Clinton supporters talking about a dream team ticket that has Clinton as VP. Call me bitter, say I'm holding a grudge, or just label me cautious, but I would be hesitant to run with Senator Clinton as VP. I ain't saying she's dangerous or shady (ok, maybe I am) but I would definitely be looking to bring back food testers to the White House if I were President Obama. I'm just saying.