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It’s about to get nasty.
For the 2nd time in less than 4 years, watching the election results coming back from Ohio has made my stomach churn and caused a great amount of disappointment in my home state. I am disgusted as I sit hear and watch Clinton’s victory speech as she is surrounded by hundreds of Ohioans waving their signs and cheering between every word of her speech. The mocking chants of her crowd (which seems to be very… colorless) are just making me angry.
But moreso than my bitterness and my disappointment, my fear that this race is about to get nastier is about to be realized. My ultimate fear that the Democratic party would somehow implode and lose the 2008 presidential election is becoming truer and truer. The Republican nominee has started his November campaign, but an entitled family stands in the way of a hopeful approach to our nation’s future. The possibility of a “bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran” approach to international policy is slightly greater after tonight.
I’m going to put this out there right now. (begin rant) What part of being first lady makes someone more ready to be president? Is it the debacle that was HillaryCare? Do people want to ignore the massive amount of funding and lobbying thrown into Clinton’s senate campaigns by drug and insurance companies? (end rant)
Regardless, I’m fearful for the way this is all going to pan out in the end. As analysts break down the Ohio results and it becomes clear that Hillary won on the votes of those who were born before the Civil Rights era, what will the reaction be from African American voters? If Clinton goes on to win the nominee, will disenfranchised young and African American voters be disenfranchised and stay home?
And what happens if this goes all the way to June and no candidate is clear? Shooting ourselves in the foot isn’t good enough, why not go right for the heart?
I need a drink.
