There's Something about Mary... and Hillary...

[Renaissance Man]

So, today after browsing DU, I decided to look at a thread of supporters of Sen. Clinton who have vehemently claimed that without regard to whatever may happen in the November General Election, if a woman isn't on the ballot, then they aren't voting. I was taken aback first, then tried to reason why people would totally disregard the salient issues that are inherent in this election, specifically Roe v. Wade and the appointment of more Supreme Court Justices that could very well derail the largest hot-button womens' issue.

In my mind, I was taken back to the time where I was first eligible to vote in a US Senatorial election in my very purple state, and in 2002, I cast a vote for current US Senator Mary Landrieu who, nothwithstanding her centrist Democrat platform, has served my home state for almost 12 years as the first female senator elected to the US Senate in my home state.

Who would have thought that I would have also been given the opportunity as well to help elect the first female US governor of that state as well? That's right, former Governor Kathleen Blanco.

So, at this point, I'm trying to understand how people who claim to be real Democrats and real Progressives are planning on abstaining from their loyalty to the party if their preferred candidate of choice has very little chance of becoming the party's next nominee.

In 1996, Senator Landrieu enjoyed overwhelming support from the African-American community, particularly from the large percentage of African-American voters around the state that helped make that progressive vision a reality. It makes me proud to say that even though I disagreed with her centrist position, and though she publicly decided not to support State Senator Cleo Fields for his gubernatorial runoff in 1996 against Republican Mike Foster (in which he lost), I helped to make history.

It pains me to say, though, that the favor, according to DU, won't be returned.