I have expressed my views on presidential primaries in general on my personal blog. Since then a lot of has happened in the presidential primaries. McCain has been declared the winner of the Republican primary and the Democrats are finding every way possible to damn themselves in the presidential election in November. Don't believe me? Then you are a fool.
I rarely make such a bottom line, blanket statement like that, but this you cannot deny. I don't care what Speaker Nancy Pelosi says publicly, I'm sure she is dreading the fact that this primary has taken the tone it has.
Let's start off with Florida and Michigan. Florida is no stranger to voting controversies, but lets forget about chad-gate for now. The Democratic party in Florida and Michigan pushed up their primaries. What was the reason? Because their primaries were too late and at least in Michigan's case, the Governor claims that she wanted to push Michigan back into the spotlight since the job market and economy is so bad there right now. Well, I bet you guys feel like asses now! The Democratic primary has made states like Indiana, West Virginia, and Oregon relevant. As if they needed any more validation of their importance, but people are now talking about South Dakota and Montana! See that Michigan and Florida, you don't need to break the rules in order to get heard. Next time stop being such blubbering pussies and follow the damn rules set forth by your party. Don't friggin' complain about your voters being disenfranchised. Your state party made the decision to break rules and just like any other time you break the rules you accept the consequences with that.
Speaking of consequences, can't Senator Clinton see that her campaign is ruining the Democratic party? Senators Clinton and Obama are both fairly liberal Democrats and generally believe in the same types of policy. So what do they have to argue about? Not much, but they sure as heck find stuff to. Ultimately, it comes down to this media buzzword "electability," whatever that is. I feel that when all else is the same the people will vote on character. Yeah, and boy have they been attacking each other's character. Between Rev. Wright, Bosnia snipers, and whatever else they're talking about now why would Americans want to vote for either of these folks?
I cannot boohoo Senator's Clinton's vow to fight on, but seriously, is it the best thing for the Democratic party? All they are doing is giving more fuel to Senator McCain come the November election. He's saving plenty of money on muckraking research since both Democratic candidates are doing it for him. If Obama does win the nomination all McCain has to say is, "Remember what Hillary said about you? That's why you suck LoL." Well, all that is fine, because I plan on voting for McCain anyway, but what about the fence sitters? Regardless of how they feel about the current administration the discord in the Democratic party cannot look attractive to them. Is this kind of childishness and ineptitude that the Democrats have to offer the American people?
It seems like every Presidential election since Clinton the Democrats find some way to screw it up for themselves. We could have had a great, Democrat, President in Howard Dean, but then we had to go and have his voice crack and that was the end of that. What a dumb reason not to vote for someone... anyway. When the Democrats turned on him in 2004 that convinced me that it would be a while before I would ever vote for a Democrat for President. The only suitable choice in the election, kicked to the curb. Once again, the only suitable choice being kicked to the side for someone younger, sexier, and blacker. Senator Obama might be a great politician, but I don't know one thing he has ever done. Not ONE! and I challenge anyone to make a list of things that he has done as a politician and compare it to either Senator Clinton or Senator McCain's list.
Good job Democrats. Take some advice from the Republicans, Democrats. Shut up, kiss, and make up. The sooner you do it, the better it is for your party. Seriously, I mean this from the heart. And please, next time, try to choose the best candidate for the job. It will help you win the general election. You don't think you can? Neither do I. That's why I don't like presidential primary elections, but that can be a post in itself.