Though I do believe in aliens and love the beach. I better keep thinking.
Who did you vote for in the Primary Election of 2004? And why? How does that vote -- or the reasoning behind that vote -- affect your actions this go around?
Remember in November of 2004, Howard Dean was the annointed frontrunner and presumptive nominee of the Democratic Primary. Poll after poll showed Dean ahead -- he was the Internet money raising darling and the new type of candidate. Then......".....EEEEEEAAAAAAWWWWWHHHHHHHH!!!!!!"
Now, Dean is the Chairman of the DNC. And the Democrats ended up with John Kerry. Boy, that worked out well.
Why Kerry? Simple. The Dems decided he could win against Bush. A decorated war hero, he looked good on paper. The Dems ignored his lackluster campaign and wooden speech style.
Fastforward to 2007. Hillary is the frontrunner. Some people are planning on voting for Clinton because .... she is the front runner. The GOP's are rejoicing, they see (according to Newt Gingrich) their best chance of winning '08 is if Hillary is the nominee.
So who do you vote for? I know, I know, you vote on what the candidate believes. If you can even figure that out.
Do you vote on what they believe on a single, wedge issue? Do you vote fo America's Mayor if you are prolife? Does G have the best chance of winning against H? Do you swallow your stomach and overlook G's support of gay rights?
I can tell you this. I've decided to vote based on issues that are the most important to me, and not on whether I think the nominee CAN win. In the Democratic primary last go round, I voted for Sharpton.
I knew Al would never, ever win the primary, let alone a general election. I voted for him anyway because I thought he showed courage and conviction and answered questions with answers. He was as liberal as possible. He might be crooked. And, he was FUNNY. Sarcastic. Miles from Dean, Kerry and Pretty Boy Floyd (or as Rush Limbaugh dubbed him, Breck Boy).
This go 'round, I don't know what I'll do. Maybe I'll write Sharpton in. That'll drive every one of my friends even more crazy than last election. Kucinich (god knows if my spelling is even close) looks good. He believes in UFOs, right? I believe in UFOs. Hmmm. I hadn't concidered that. Plus he wants to impeach Veep. Hmmm...I have the chore of photographing Veep every once in a while, and I ALWAYS swear I will get a picture where he's not smirking. So far, no luck. Hmmmm....K's two for two. Or, there is the other pretty boy. I mean, of course, Delaware's plagarist. Hmmm....I've ripped off a few ideas in my life.....Hmmm....I do like the beaches in Delaware.....Hmmm....Man, I have a lot to digest.
I better go watch CNN.