Hi! I am not currently supporting ANY of the candidates, and am loathe to post what is properly something in the "candidate diary" class but I feel I must considering the numbers of people jumping ship for Obama.
Like I said I am NOT endorsing ANY candidate as I will cast my ballot gleefully for any single one of them in the general in an attempt to prevent a further four years of GOP rule from the throne.
Follow me below the fold if you will
Why are you jumping ship?
Is it because you stopped believing in your guy?
In his platform? In his quest to champion the poor?
Are those still principles in which you believe?
Because if they ARE then why in the name of all that is holy are you jumping onto a freaking bandwagon!?
Don't get me wrong, Obama is a fine candidate, will make a fine President and will in all likelihood garner the nomination of this party. That I am not contesting, nor am I not embracing it. What I am doing is trying to point out to you Edward's supporters something that may have escaped your gaze in all the rush: You are not just supporting Edward's but the people that he is fighting FOR.
Abandon him and you abandon them.
And yes, I mean abandon as it is not likely in the least that a future candidate will pick up their banner since it gains no votes for them.
What do you gain by staying by your man and voting your conscience and not jumping on the bandwagon? You give those people that Edward's is trying to champion a VOICE at the convention! Edward's will if you stick by your guns and encourage others to rally TO him gather enough delegates to move the party platform!
And since he is just about guaranteed to get the VP slot.... no he really is if you think about it: What would the GOP have to do to defeat a combined HRC/Obama ticket? Recycle the primary ads and attacks leveled by each of them against the other to defeat the combined ticket! They have simply done to much damage to each other to make a believable or defendable ticket (note to the rabid supporters of each that have spent the last few weeks ripping each others throats out...sometimes you do to good a job)! That leaves Edward's the only viable choice of the candidates for the job.
So if he has a sizable enough delegation to be the King maker he can not only get what is probably going to fall into his lap because of the overzealous efficiency of the other two candidates camps in ripping the shit out of each other making him the only non poisonous
choice (plus HRC would NEVER accept a VP slot...); but he could dictate much of the platform.
Thus if you are leaning Obama... you can still vote for Edward's since you are likely going to get Obama anyway. But you will get Obama with much of the platform your guy championed. How is that a possible loser for you?
But in the event you bail on your man and jump on the Obama bandwagon?
You leave the poor durafucked for a generation or more.
Can you honestly do that?
At this point you aren't fighting for John, you are fighting for his cause and those he is trying to champion. Vote wisely, as those of us that are at the bottom are depending upon you to give them a voice!
Stand firm damn it! They deserve better.