Reply #34: You assume too much. I look at the Big Picture and report on it, and [View All]

[MADem]

you erroneously take from that report that I feel "personally alienated." And then, ya gotta drag out that lameass "bitter" word. Oh, and "revenge" as well.

Stow that shit. It gets OLD. It's inaccurate, too.



It's why having a conversation here is getting more challenging by the day. Too much assumption. False assumption, too.


FWIW, I don't feel "personally alienated." I think Obama is a bullshit, flash/no substance candidate, I think he's not very smart, not very sharp, and a bit overconfident in his own facilities, but despite that, if he gets the nomination, I will vote for him and PRAY that he picks a decent cabinet--much as the GOP hoped and prayed when they voted for their inferior candidate, Bush.

He doesn't "alienate" me, I simply think he is the shittier of the two Democrats. What he does, with his crappy MLK imitation and his high-flown oratory that doesn't say shit, is make me think he's a big bullshitter. He's got that Reagan thing going on. I thought he was a con man, too.

Now, given that I am going to vote for the shittier candidate, if he wins, your "revenge" scenario doesn't apply to me.

However, it DOES apply to those I drive to the polls (many dozens of older voters). And they don't WANT any fucking apologies. They aren't in "revenge" mode, either. They just don't have confidence in Obama. ANY confidence. Not even enough to do what I intend to do, if I have to.

They think he'd be a good VP, but they don't think he is sufficiently seasoned to be President. They want Clinton for her experience, for her Two-Fer Quality, and they believe that she is the best qualified to steer us out of this mess--NOT wet-behind-the-big-ears Obama. And AGE/EXPERIENCE are important to them; they believe, rightly or wrongly, that McCain is experienced, that he is a "moderate" who knows how to work with both parties, that he is a maverick and any pandering that he does to the far right/neocons is "insincere," and that he presents a tough world image so that no upstart nations will try to fuck with us (something that remains important to the Greatest Generation electorate).

Don't shoot the messenger, or assume that the messenger is part of the crowd. These people who automatically are crying "revenge" or "racism" don't have their facts in order. For every person who votes McCain for those reasons, there are probably ten who are voting for the Age/Wisdom/Experience factor and/or the "Closet Moderate" factor.