Follow Up to "Political Theater Comes To Austin"

A couple of people took the time to read this little POS blog (Thank you very much) and comment on my recent post. They took me to task by suggesting that I had advocated doing away with the primaries and democracy in general. I really am in violent agreement with their positions, i.e. that we should have the most democratic and fair primaries possible (and let's not even start to talk about the bewilderment that are caucuses). I believe that the nominees should be elected by popular vote. It even seems to me to make sense to apportion the delegates by the overall popular vote in the state, rather than by congressional district, even though that may give cities a disproportional influence. I am opposed to the super delegate concept as that seems to be a mechanism to thwart the popular will.

So, the point I was really trying to make (perhaps fairly inartfully) by engaging in some hyperbole, is that the most important thing in this whole mess is to elect the Democratic nominee. We have the luxury of two great possibilities. If you are displeased with the manner in which the nominee is chosen, work to change it, but please don't stay home in November.

Because, if you would rather live in Pakistan, try 8 years of McCain and you won't even feel like you have to move.

Political Theater Comes to Austin

Hillary and Obama are coming to town tonight. Good political theater but hardly anything else other than the opportunity for the Democratic Party to rend itself completely in two and allow the Republican nominee to win in November. I’ve seen polls that indicate that a majority of Obama supporters will not vote for Hillary if she is the nominee and that more than 40% of Hillary supporters would return the favor. The Obamanians (Obamaniacs?) are particularly concerned that Hillary and the Clintonians will pull some kind of shenanigan at the Convention through the “Super” Delegates or otherwise and end up with the nomination. If that happens, there may be mutiny in the Democratic ranks. This could end up being on of the biggest tragedies of our time as I believe that this Country can not survive as a country I want to live in if it is subjected to another 8 years of Republican reign. McCain already has had his lips surgically attached to Bush’s ass and if he is not the nominee because of this lobbyist/mistress story in the New York Times then Huckabee might be our Pastor in Chief. Heaven forbid! (and I mean that in the most literal sense).
To plagiarize (another potential splitter) from a Pepsi commercial: WAKE UP PEOPLE!!!
It is imperative that you put your differences behind you after the convention and support the Democratic nominee. The stakes are too high not to do so.
I plan to vote for Hillary in the primary. I will do this because I know her personally and have worked with her in a business and legal setting in a prior life. I know she is extremely intelligent, aggressive, personable and more than competent to be president (particularly with the abysmal standards being set by the present occupant). She couldn’t pick me out of a line up as her life has been relatively full the last few years but I would be proud to vote for her for president. I would also be proud to vote for Obama. He seems to have the charisma and the ability to motivate and unify the country and I could certainly live with that.
I want the Democratic Convention to be a model of democracy and harmony but even if the Super Delegates lock the regular delegates out of the auditorium, strip them naked and paint them purple and then play “Rock, Paper, Scissors” and nominate Scooby Doo as the Democratic nominee, I am going to have a Scooby Doo bumper sticker and yard sign and give the maximum amount possible to his campaign. It’s that important to get the Repugs out.
Scooby snacks for everyone.