I've been amused at the quasi "recommended diary" war we've had going on. Each day it seems there's 2 or 3 Edwards diaries crashing against 2 or 3 Obama diaries. With the occasional "HILLARY SUCKS" diary tossed in.
I can understand the urge to pick your candidate and speak out proudly about them. No one is saying otherwise. But I would like to take a moment to remind ourselves of the ONE thing you REALLY need to know about the '08 Presidential Election.
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Simply put, the one and only thing you really need to know and dare I say believe is this. Whoever wins the Democratic nomination, you MUST support them.
The day this race is over, all the losing camps need to immediately get behind the winner. No "YOU'VE DOOMED US ALLLLLllll" bs. No urging your choice to run as an independent or jumping to any independent nominee's campaign.
We must get behind whoever is the nominee like our lives depend on it. To be honest, they probably do. The lives of our service members. And the life of the very Constitution we hold dear.
Lets be honest people, there's good reason to not be excited about every single one of our nominees. Clinton brings with her DLC baggage and a love for opinion polls. Obama may be more than a bit naive with his "we've got to come together and compromise" rhetoric. Edwards recently annoyed the hell out of me with his answer to a marijuana decriminalization question. I'd go on and cover all the "one percenters", but it really isn't worth my time.
But you know what? Any single Democratic nominee for President will be better than the best Republican nominee. President Kucinich beats them all, hands down.
I'll admit, I have a hard time getting excited about the nomination race. I live in Indiana. By the time they get around to asking me who I'd like, the decision will already be made. But that doesn't mean that the second we pick a nominee I won't get behind them 100% and do my best to make sure they become the next President of the United States of America.
So please remember that despite your candidate having the best health care plan or whatever, if they lose you just have to deal with it. And get behind our nominee with all your heart and soul. Our absolute unity behind our candidate will be the difference between President "insert name here" or President Huckabee...or Giuliani...or McCain...or (shudder) Thompson.
To be honest, any Democrat who does not fall in line and give their all to our nominee is no more of a Democrat than Joe Lieberman. So that's the decision folks, be a Democrat or wave your Connecticut For Lieberman flag proudly. But you can't do both.