Today is one of those days where my entire body just wants to sleep for a day. I’ve been new levels of busy this month with being home for a week helping out my family, New York Comic Con, having to go to Connecticut in reaction to some unfortunate business, with barely a chance to recover.
This weekend my brother is graduating from college and I’m flying to Florida on Friday morning. With every passing day as I get closer to heading down to Orlando, I’m growing more and more giddy and more and more proud/nervous/feeling awesome.
So, before I sign off for the next week, I wanted to update with some things that are on my mind.
Wil Wheaton posted on his blog a reaction to Obama’s win last night in North Carolina, with Hillary barely winning Indiana, signifying that she should end her campaign.
The thing about all of this is that, with a Clinton victory in the primary about as likely as jumping off the roof of your house and landing on the moon, it’s become clear that this whole thing isn’t about Democrats or beating McCain (who is inexplicably running for Bush’s third term) or saving our country from the catastrophic failure of the Bush years. No, it’s all about her. It’s about her ego. It’s about refusing to admit that she did her best, but voters (except those encouraged by Rush Limbaugh to cross party lines and fuck with our primary) have pretty clearly said “No thanks. You’re a good senator, but we want something different now.”
In regards to this, I really wish she would just concede. She’s hurting the party and us, and considering that I don’t really have that much energy, I think Wil speaks the other side of my opinion quite well. The bottom line for me in this is: do you want more of the same (McCain and Hillary) or do you want something that could seriously change the country as a whole? In the end, I feel like in this election you’re either voting (as I am) for something completely different that probably wouldn’t have had much of a chance if things weren’t as bad as they are, or are you voting for the status quo? In essence, damning us to keeping things the way they are now, or worse? And are things now so acceptable to keep them this way? Obviously, I disagree.
