Hillary could win my support.

[Jed Dilligan]

But she will have to be more inclusive. Everything she says is about parents, children, homeowners, married people, full-time employees. What if someone doesn't even want to be a part of all that? There are a lot of us out here that want to make our way in the world in unconventional ways. I've had a fairly successful run of it up until now, with a few bouts of extreme poverty to keep me honest. One thing I know from my 17 years since leaving home at age 16 is that, when I run up against things that were designed for people living conventional lives (and often, unfortunately, when I run up against those people) trouble ensues. I don't mind paying taxes to support their world and the parts of it I partake in. But I don't want to be spoken to or subjected to policies as if I want to be one of them.

I wholeheartedly supported Al Gore and I even more wholeheartedly support Barack Obama. The reason for this is that both of these leaders emphasize ALL Americans. There is a note of sincerity in their voices when they say ALL Americans. They don't mean all the Americans in the "relevant" demographics, they mean every single one of us no matter how unusual. When Al Gore or Barack Obama say ALL Americans, they are speaking directly to me. And Barack, well, I suspect he is also speaking to himself.

The Clinton legacy of welfare and homelessness programs is a legacy of programs designed to remake people. They have shown a sincere and, I'm sure, very well-meaning desire to transform all of us into middle-class, homeowning, job-holding, family-raising, happy citizens. Unfortunately, some of us just head for the hills the second anything like that comes near us. We devote our lives to something else, sometimes bad, sometimes good, but fiercely, uniquely our own business.

Do I wish I wasn't like this? I don't know, do gay people wish they were straight? It's an offensive question, and I hope no one brings it up.

Now that my primary's passed, what I mean by "support" is putting in the hours and whatever money I can scrape up for the G.E. campaign. Obama, if nominated, already has it. Clinton has a chance with me. All she has to do is start giving off a message that feels more inclusive and less authoritarian.

[AGirl]

1. politicans always seem to only care about *families*

[Jed Dilligan]

2. Do you think that's good or bad?

I know it reflects the biggest bloc of voters, but what I'm asking for isn't much. A mere wink, really.

[AGirl]

3. It's bad. I am in the same boat. I don't know if i will ever have my own *family*.

[Jed Dilligan]

4. It just made me shiver when Gore talked about

a future for ALL Americans. I knew he was talking about me. I knew he was talking about focusing on things that affect literally everybody--like global warming--and not just "everyone" in the sense of the middle of the statistical hump.

[AGirl]

5. well even when they talk about global warming, they are like, lets think about our children

well, what if i will never have my children? hum. I like Al Gore, he seems nice.

[Jed Dilligan]

6. In that sense I see it as humanity's children

What I'm talking about you can find in the litany of people Hillary rolled out in her speech last night.

[AGirl]

7. She's very traditional in alot of ways, but I think she is not a horrible person. I hope anyways.

[Jed Dilligan]

11. The road to hell etc.

[PunkinPi]

8. k&r

;-)

[shimmergal]

9. I dunno; ever since

Obama made that remark about baby boomers being "out of it" (not his exact words but that was the implication) I don't feel like I'm included. If boomers (except him) are ignorable because they represent the past, how about those of us who even predate that generation by a few years?

[Jed Dilligan]

10. Obama is a baby boomer

I wonder what he actually said.

[Jed Dilligan]

12. Self kick

Just to see if anyone has any links, etc. to change my mind.