Vote Obama

I probably should do my one political post before the summer's end, because voting will probably already have occurred before I start up doing posts again. I'm fairly concerned with early opinion polling regarding Democratic Party candidates (I am a registered Democrat) in that Hillary Clinton is ahead in receiving support. I want to urge a plea: Please, please, do not vote for Hillary Clinton.

My argument is simple. Since 1988, we've had a Bush or Clinton as president - the better part of my life - and if you count Bush Sr.'s stint as Vice President, there's been a Bush or Clinton in the White House my entire life...

...and I'm twenty-six. What if Hillary wins? What if she wins re-election? I'll be thirty-five before a non-Bush or non-Clinton got a chance to get in. Unless Jeb or Chelsea runs (and what if they win? What if they win re-election?).

Maybe this isn't fair to Hillary, but it's how I feel. And I feel strongly about it. This two-family dominance is unacceptable to me in a nation of 300 million. Are we that unimaginative? Are we really unable to come up with anyone else?

Because I'm so disenchanted with the process, with all the reciprocity of favors of the elites amongst themselves, I've determined that in this election it be crucial that we elect an outsider. Especially someone that hasn't been in Washington for the last fifteen (or more) years, or whose last name is Clinton (or Bush, or Adams, or Roosevelt). For this reason, I'm endorsing Barack Obama for the Democratic Party nomination.

To be fair, hopefully by the end of the summer I will e-mail my concerns to the Clinton campaign to hear if they have any response that would satisfy me. In the "PS", I will specifically write that claiming having your husband as president give you "experience" will be an unsatisfactory answer. I can't think of what else they would say, and because it's probably a touchy issue I'm not expecting a response, but I'll post whatever they send back. It should be rich.

Please vote Obama in 2008. Thank you.