This post will be short and to the point. I regret making nasty statements about John Edwards yesterday. I have no reason to believe that Edwards has made any kind of deal to conspire with the Clinton campaign against Obama. All these years of being lied to and manipulated have made me very cynical. Having read Meteor Blades' post concerning the dynamics of the primary race, I realize how silly it is to think that Edwards is bringing Obama down. I get emotional about the election for personal reasons. I spent 11 months in Iraq, and one of the things that kept me going back then and keeps me going now is the belief that karma was going to catch up to the people responsible for sending us there.
You just have no idea how angry I get at the thought that Senator Clinton will be rewarded for her corrupt, manipulative behavior. I can understand poor judgement -- although I certainly wouldn't reward it, that's a seperate point -- but poor judgement doesn't really explain what the Clinton's are about. They're about the sort of emotionally manipulative crap that politicians have used for the past 40 years to promote horrible policies such as The War on Terror, The War on Drugs, economic policies which rob working Americans blind and the promotion of a police state.
Not being as stupid and bold as the neo-cons isn't good enough for me anymore. Hell, I'm kinda glad that the neo-cons turned out to be so stupid, if they'd had any sense they might've pulled off their plan to occupy Iraq while avoiding unacceptable losses. I doubt many people realize how much damage Rumsfeld did by disbanding the Iraqi Army, and that was only his biggest blunder. There were many others. I can't understand why people don't realize that Clinton intends to succeed where Bush failed. Counter-insurgencies can certainly be waged successfully, at least until the oil wells run dry.
But I'll leave all of that for others to discuss. I doubt I could say anything about that which others haven't already said better. It's good that Edwards is giving his supporters a voice. His message is a good one. If I thought he could deliver on his promises I'd definitely vote for him. But I'm contributing to the Obama campaign, with my time and money -- if you'd have told me that I'd ever be doing that a year ago I'd have said you were high -- and have been working extra hours so I can throw some extra change into his hat. Maybe the stress got to me. So like I said up top, my bad.