After last Tuesday PA primary, I was a little down because BO lost by 9.4%. After CNN called the race I was like shit, what we’s gone do now.
During HC speech, I found myself having a harder time looking at her marionette type face. Every word she spoke turned me off, but deep down, way deep down, I was like good for her; even liars & back stabbers can be winners some times.
On the flip side, I was not even in the mood to here BO speak so I cut the tv off & feel asleep with May 6th on my mind. I am thinking that if BO cannot take BO, the shit is over & it will get a whole lot nastier for real.
Going back to the tv. One thing that stuck with me in terms of all of the Gallup Poll stats thrown out by the CNN commentators was the fact that 28% of HC’s supporters will back JM if BO is the Democratic party nominee & 19% of BO’s supporters will back JM if HC is the Democratic party nominee. I was like shit, those numbers are tough no matter how you slice it.
I said months ago that if HC was the Democratic nominee, I was not going to vote at all & possible reject no I mean denounce my citizenship if she won.
Today I feel a little different because I kinda like JM although his tightly packed yellow teeth, turkey neck & partially embalmed body make me want to throw up in my shirt.
Another thing that is bothering about my decision to be 19% is the fact that if I do not vote, I am fucking over our predecessors who fought for voting rights. And the voting rights act was passed only 43 years ago & recently renewed. Do I really want to sale out the people that died to have the choice that I have? In terms of my other conscious do I want to sale myself out by voting for someone that I think will suck if they were in office. Things would be much more simple of we had candidates that had it all; integrity, honest, not too ugly, not hated around the world, can speak a complete sentence that makes since, no DUI’s, drug issues, no huge sexual appetite that makes them creep etc.
Anyway, I am an anxious 19% hoping for the best from BO over the next few weeks. I hate to say it, but I hope that BC makes another fuck-up & HC tells another lie & I hope that someone else asks CC where’s Monica to just piss her off. BTW, where is Monica & I wonder who she’s backing in the race. We all know she loves a democrat.
Since we are talking about politricks, check out LosAngelista’s latest post “Tough Enough”, I’m loving it!
Danielle / April 26, 2008
Politics is a bitch and not for the faint of heart. That’s for damn sure. Obama closed a 20+ point gap in a state he never expected to win & he keeps rolling.
No one is talking about the Super delegates he’s picked up since PA. I believe it was 4 and he is still ahead. It’s going to be a long haul and shenanigans will stay front and center.
He knows it and so do we. Let’s keep the side-eye open at all times and not give up or give in. Black folk have had tougher fights in our time here in Amerikkka.
Keep your head up Bygbaby!
Carla / April 27, 2008
I don’t understand why some folks will vote for JM if their democratic choice doesn’t get the nomination. That doesn’t make sense to me. For the most part, Hillary and Barack’s politics are very similar. McCain’s is NOT. So it don’t make sense to me how people (mainly black people) will just throw in the towel or jump ship like that.
I want Barack to win, cuz I do believe he’s the best choice to make some differences in America AND around the world in terms of foreign policy. But if he does not get the nomination, I’ll vote for Hillary. Cuz another 4 years of a republican in office (with the recession, high costs of oil, border controls, iraq, iran, south korea, and on and on) will NOT be good for this country (or any non-rich person in it).
Torrance Stephens bka All-Mi-T / April 27, 2008
yea folk, but Indiana borders his home state, we will see, and he messed up, like the rest, when they couldnt talk about the steel industry in them small towns…read my post today
Renea / April 28, 2008
I was just contemplating the jm option myself. My rational self agrees with Carla’s reasoning, besides I think JM is trigger-tempered, c*nt-calling nut. But at some point, enough is enough with the Democratic Party. The 90% voting loyalty of African-Americans in the Democratic party has come head-on with the superdelegate scenario.
If we are that loyal and our votes still don’t count, we might as well be in the Republican party where our loyalty would be openly disdained rather than disingenuously taken for granted.
In some ways voting for jm wouldn’t be any less counterproductive than the last two presidential elections where despite my dedication and civic responsibility I was stuck with gwb…twice.
I’d rather vote for jm than abstain for sure, because I don’t think it counts as protest without the numeric, gravitional shift. A symbolic ‘yeah, i said it.’
That said, I’m sure by November I will have calmed down sufficiently to vote my political interest this election, even if I don’t respect or like the person I’m compelled to vote for….but I so hope it doesn’t come to that. I hope Indiana will barack the vote and drive a garlic stake into the heart of the broke-ass, no bill paying, lying and conniving Clinton campaign.
Renea / April 28, 2008
Forgive me for venting!
Bygbaby / April 28, 2008
Danielle – “Politics is a bitch and not for the faint of heart. That’s for damn sure.” So muthfuckin’ true!
Yes he did close that gap & is continuing to press on with is head held high as HC tries to fight. His out offs to her make her look weak IMO. Oh yeah, the S’s are really moving his way. I thought it was mighty funny when one of her contributors switched camps mid-stream.
Carla – The options or lack there of if BO does not get elected will be enough to make me totally lose my mind. You are being very rational, I need to barrow your skill!
Torrance – On my way for the knowledge!
Renea – A) Feel free to vent anytime! Pardon me but did you just say CUNT up in here??? LOL
If BO does not win, the Black vote is going to be a toss up & I think JM & the RNC will try their best to win us over with bullshit good as lead promises & we might buy…
Bygbaby
Carla / April 28, 2008
If BO does not win, the Black vote is going to be a toss up & I think JM & the RNC will try their best to win us over with bullshit good as lead promises & we might buy…
You are 100% correct here. Sometimes we can be a fickle bunch..lol! In my overall opinion, no matter who is in office, Barack or whoever, black folks shouldn’t start dancing in the streets. I don’t think much will change for most po’ folk. Call me a pessimist, even if I am a rational one. 😉 But in the grand scheme of things, politricks is just an illusion. The rich will keep their wealth and the rest of us will keep on running the rat race (my damn self included).
Hey if BO doesn’t get the ticket, maybe we should all vote for Nader! ;-D
F*ck it! I’ll pencil in my OWN name!
Lola Gets / April 28, 2008
No, lets not have all of these Black, registered-Democrats voting for a jackass like McCain (ok, hes not a total jackass: I liked him til he started calling folks ethnic slurs). I say…write in a candidate…I say write in…my cat Ivan!
Yes, “Ivan ‘the Cat’ Gets” has always been my favorite write-in candidate whenever I dont like whos on the ballot (or when that peson doesnt need my vote to win anyways, like DCs Mayor Fenty). Im using my vote, yet Im registering my disdain for an electoral process that doesnt reflect my needs. And guess what? You can write him in too! Im planning on doing a post about this matter soon, so please come by!
L
muslimahlocs / April 28, 2008
i came out of the closet to vote FOR barack obama this time. the idea of having to vote just to vost AGAINST mccain makes me ill. will i do it, if it comes down to that? i really don’t know because hillary makes me slightly less ill.
byrdparker / April 29, 2008
i don’t want to say i know how this is going to turn out … but….
I like bo , even though i have no real clue from his speeches what his stand on any policy is . I find it interesting , that he got the million dollar house by only making 210k a year combined income .
hc is a pain in the ass , but she knows the ins and outs , yes she is grimy , but isn’t everybody in politics ..
I Suggest for all to read some insightful books which go into detail re the founding of our country …. for those who don’t read martin s did the gangs of new york , which were based on several books, i have them and read them , as well as some other turn of the centuary accounts .
while i think bo is great , because he is smart , knows how to speak and is a black man . One can’t help but wonder is he a sacrificial lamb?
I think from july 08 through 09 we will learn a lot more about Barack