Okay. I am first to admit I am not a politically active type of gal. For the better part of my life I have not been interested in politics at all. Even worse, [and please don’t hate me for this!] I was not even registered to vote for many many years. I just frankly didn’t care.

This year I care. I really wanted Hillary as President. I think we need a woman running this country. Men have governed for 200 years now. It’s never happened before, (a woman in control) and exactly why is that? When did men take over and we became the lesser, “weaker” sex? Too long ago to even try and keep track. It’s very sad. Women in ages long past were held in high regard as healers, rulers. Then we became “witches” to those who wanted us out of the picture. Mostly by the male gender.  uh oh. I feel my hereby dormant feminist side raising its nasty fangs. Excuse me! But I digress ...

Having a black Presidential candidate is as ground-breaking as having a female one. I am probably sorely dating myself here by what I am about to say. When I was a child in the early sixties and we drove to Florida from our home in New York for vacation, we stopped in many southern locales. I clearly remember stopping at a motel in North Carolina and going into their adjoining restaurant which displayed a sign saying “No Blacks allowed inside. Service for Whites only.”  I remember it like it was yesterday. [ahem, just when was that little tiff between the North and South?]

I have to admit I haven’t really paid much attention to Obama as focused as I was on Hillary, so I need to start listening and decide which is the lesser evil. I am a Democrat, but at this point does it make sense to vote for McCain? I don’t really like Barack that much from what I have seen and heard. His religion for one scares the pants right off me. Maybe scarier than a Republican viewpoint. ouch. How can I even be thinking of changing sides? But Reagan was a great President and he was a Republican, but the Republicans have had control now for many years and they just seem to be running this once great country right into the ground. On the other hand, McCain is pretty old to be taking on a Presidency. Then there is the unfortunate resemblance in names between Obama and that guy we have all been taught to hate (I’m sure I don’t have to mention his name here.). I am not the first one to mix his name up with the other one. Decisions, decisions.

Does it matter if Obama takes Hillary as his running mate? Just what does runner-up mean in the whole scheme of things, either in Miss America or the presidency? What are the odds of something happening to Obama and she takes over? Not very likely, so that doesn’t even sway my vote.

What a year to go down into history. Too bad it wasn’t a woman. bummer. Sorry, Hills.

Just needed to enter my piece here.  There is a book entitled “Hell to Pay” written by Barbara Olsen.  Ms. Olsen was in the First Counsel’s office during the Clinton administration, and was killed in the Pentagon crash of 9/11.

In the book, Ms Olsen demonstrates a unique legal insight into how the Clintons work, and of note, some twenty insiders of the Clintons over the years including Arkansas, have wound up dead under “suspicious circumstances.”  I lived in the DC area during the late Clinton/early Bush years.  I heard a lot of inside information from people in a position to know what really goes on in the WH.  Hillary is NOT who we women need to be our first female president.  And Bill is certainly NOT who we need as First Man - he would be chasing skirts all over the globe and distract the Secretary of State from doing the real job because the Sec. of State would be constantly having to clean up after the embarrassment of Bill’s activities.

While I heartily support the concept of a female president, and your desire to support that goal, I truly do not want Hillary for that job.  She is evil.  Just my opinion, but some fodder to think about the character of who we elect to that office.

I’ll not offer my opinion on which candidate I would prefer to see in office as it is not my place and I have no vote.  Both of the parties are very conservative compared to the political parties we have here.
However, I must say that your electoral process down there is the LONGEST and most EXPENSIVE I’ve ever seen.  Holy Crow!

I love how Dianna backs up her opinion…
Haha Paula is damn right. I have to write an report on the electoral college due tuesday. Damn. I’ll give you my opinion next time I see you, it’s just a bit too much to type =]