Reply #109: Fair enough. [View All]

[Shakespeare]

Clearly, I disagree with you on just about all of those points (especially RE the debates), but I'll respect your opinion and won't try to change your mind. I think we're each far too opinionated for that to happen. :7

All I will ask is that you read "The Audicity of Hope" if possible (it wasn't ghost-written, btw--that's his actual handiwork), and at least give him another chance. I was surprised by how strongly I've ended up liking him, and it just kills me to think other dems would view any eventual nominee as a "clothespin vote." I want EVERYONE to be excited about our nominee, and it wasn't easy for me to reach this point after Edwards broke my heart.

Clearly, something is clicking with voters--the numbers at that Portland rally this weekend just blew me away. And I don't think that's a fluke, and I don't think it'll peter out once the GE campaign gets going. I think there's something in his message, and a sincerity in him that people are seeing, that has excited voters in a way I've never seen in my lifetime. And I find that really moving. For now, I'm crossing my fingers and hoping it's real.

Regardless, though, I'm still glad you'll vote for him. :hi:

Edited to add one thing: The McClurkin thing bothers me, too. Having read his books, I would *like* to think that it's his native tendency to be inclusive that put him on that stage. I think it was a horrible mistake, but I think it was probably more a case of his hoping McClurkin will eventually have a change of heart, and not so much a case of political expediency.