The Middle Distance

I've been a fan of Obama's ever since I first heard him speak. I'm still a fan. My mother, for reasons that I don't understand, was expecting me to be all about Hillary. Hillary 15 years ago? Probably. Hillary now? Um, no.

And that being said, if she's the one who gets the nomination, then yes -- I will hold my nose and vote for her.

Now then, on to your post:

I wouldn't trust any of them with a Wii, much less the nuclear football.

Funniest. Thing. Ever.

Have we gotten to the point yet where a (R) after one's name is only slightly more desirable than making the sex offender registry?

I actually voted for a Republican last week, which was a very odd experience for me indeed. The bullet points: we had a mayoral election here in Pittsburgh. The incumbent, Luke Ravenstahl (D), got the job when the elected mayor, Bob O'Connor (D), died very suddenly in office last year. This was actually a special election not for a full term but for what was left of O'Connor's term.

At any rate, Luke Ravenstahl (D) is ... well, for starters, he's really not very bright. Google some video of him and you'll see what I mean in very short order. But I was still going to hold my nose until *both* of the local papers endorsed his challenger (Mark DeSantis (R)), my mother said *she* was wavering, and, the thing that finally swayed me -- Planned Parenthood all but endorsed him too (they said he supported everything they wanted him to support, while Ravenstahl (D) didn't even fill out the survey *and* he was against the clinic buffer zone thing).

So I voted for DeSantis (R). And he lost. Two more years of the idiot boy mayor. Joy.