I have spent the last few months observing the the political campaigns of the various democratic presidential candidates with indifference. The process had left me feeling a little like Goldilocks. I watched the debates and read the blogs and kept thinking to myself why don't any of these candidates feel right?
And so I have waited. More often than not, I have been waiting for Gore to relent and say "Ok, WTF, I'll run." But those magic words have been long in coming. And I'm tired of waiting.
Yesterday, John Edwards exceeded every expectation I ever had of him. He spoke to that long neglected part of my psyche that has suffered so much abuse in recent years. Truth be told, I forgot I even had it in me.
John Edwards made me want to fight last night. When he screamed in outrage at the abomination that passes for health care in this country, I was pissed. When he threw caution to the wind, and put the mortgate pariahs and the mega-banks and the drug companies and the insurance companies on notice, I was dazzled. When he man-slapped the MSM and its totally fucked priorities with the "hair commercial", I was astonished.
I don't remember ever seeing a candidate quite like the one I saw in John Edwards last night. I don't remember a politician EVER talking about the powerful interests that poison our political process LIKE THAT. I don't remember ever seeing a politician make naked threats like those. More importantly, I don't remember ever thinking that a candidate meant every damn word he said the way I think John Edwards did.
So, I'm sold. No more waiting. John Edwards is my candidate, and I cannot possibly express how good it feels to throw my support behind somebody who actually deserves it.