Some of Hillary's ardent supporters include Rush Limbaugh and Anne Coulter. If Barack Obama must face intense media scrutiny about Rev. Wright and his inflammatory comments, why is it that Hillary's campaign is silent about Rush Limbaugh's open support for Hillary Clinton?

Some context on the following rant: I'm a musician in San Francisco and play in a few bands (one of which is on Jello Biafra's label). This is the area where I have some sway with people: the underground music scene in my city.

I figured the best thing for me to do was an off-the-grid GOTV; appealing to my own sub–sub demographic.  Most of these folks have the "I don't vote. Who cares? No matter who you vote for, the system always wins" attitude. There's so much cynicism, fatalism and apathy in my scene, and in myself, that I found it unsettling when Obama started, uhhh, inspiring me. A politician? How could this be? Below is an attempt to figure this all out…

This is my first diary on this (or any) blog. I'm an inexperienced writer.  I'm much more interested in music than politics, but I feel like I've learned so much here on Kos that I should try to contribute something. So far I think I've won over about 16 voters, including my family and all my band mates. Yes we can!!