An Obama Bumber Sticker Changed my World

One of my favorite things to do on a Saturday in Central NY is to go to the Regional Market and pick up all of my fresh fruits and veggies for the super athlete I've been growing for a while now, and to help with the diet thing that most of us ladies know too much about. It is my happy place full of flowers, spices, fresh herbs and our favorite wheat bread made by the nice Mennonite people. So it just added to my enjoyment when I saw a booth full of ladies asking me if I was registered to vote. I pride myself on having voted in every major election and most of the smaller ones that have come my way, so I politely said no thank you I'm already registered. But, wait! They did have something I could use, Obama 08 bumper stickers! They had stickers and buttons and wonderful Obama themed items that almost made me drop my reusable market bag of parsnips.

Could it be? Finally! People publicly ready to say we are moving on? Let's move on to the real business of kicking McCain's buttocks. I was elated. I got two bumper stickers before I realized, as I was walking away, that hey, I could help them I should go back. I went back to introduce myself but since I had been up since 5:30 with no caffeine, I wasn't making any sense at all. I finally got it across that I was part of my area's Democratic Committee and was looking forward to the next few months helping get Barrack elected. We exchanged information and I gleefully finished my shopping and picked up some coffee from the volleyball/track family that has a pizza stand so if I ran into anyone else I could at least remember who I was this time.

That experience was a turning point in my thinking. I went from really irritated that Hillary is refusing to give it up already, to felling pity for her because she just looks so pathetic, look at her still trying, how cute. Up until that point I was offended that the DNC was allowing this spectacle to continue. It seemed to me that by not pressuring her to stop it was like they were saying, "Come on Hillary we can't let the Black guy get it". I couldn't imagine them sitting idly by while two White men tore each other and the party apart for no good reason while the Republican candidate just sat back and took notes. But I understand now the power the Clintons formally wielded would cause pause to anyone who defied them and went over to the other side.

Now the superdelagates are abandoning the sinking ship and even switching allegiances to save themselves. I find the incessant commentary on CNN amusing instead of infuriating. Even their pundits are saying why are we even talking about this anymore, lets move on to Obama vs McCain, or when Hillary is gone can Obama pull the Clinton's constituency? Obama is hanging out in jeans playing Taboo and Hillary is raiding the family coffers to try to continue in her futile attempts to do what again? Before you know it there will be nothing left to leave Chelsey. And we will never know how she feels about it,because even though she is pushing 30, she still isn't allowed to talk to the media except to give snippy little evil comments. She gets that from Dad's side I'm guessing.

Here we are Tuesday, West Virginia primary day and Hillary is favored to win that state by a landslide and she is all excited. Somewhere in the back of her deluded little mind she still thinks there is a chance, while the rest of the world has moved on. Her own party is even placating her. "Okay Hillary if you won't stop playing at least try to be nice so you don't break anything, okay". And all the while everyone contemplates what kind of special care she might need when all of this is over. It is funny and sad at the same time. Here was this woman with a great family and prestigious educational background, that some people may have even looked up to once. To be reduced to nothing more than a joke. Her best hope is to be vice president to the man she had spent months trying to decimate and discredit.

Let's explore that idea. Although some people think that would be a great idea to have an Obama/Clinton ticket, I'm thinking that is the height of keeping your friends close and your enemies closer. After months of sitting back and dealing with the Clinton attack team, now Obama is supposed to turn the other cheek and let the wolves in the house? They are so desperate for power they don't even realize the damage they have done to their own party. Bill may have been the come back kid but Hillary is no Bill and she ain't comin back. What she should do is just concede and throw her support behind Obama unconditionally. Doubt that will happen though, that would be a gracious act. I also heard that other front runners have paid off some of the campaign debts of their rivals in order to gain the rivals support. Let's think about that, Obama paying off Hillary's debts to make her play nice. Debts that were incurred running arguably the nastiest campaign ever at this level with 99% of that nastiness pointed directly at him. Coming from one of his minor donors, Oh hell naw!

But now I have my Obama 08 bumper sticker and all is right with the world. For me it is more than just a sticker, it is a symbol that the Nation is listening to and accepting the numbers and that we are now moving on to more positive things ahead, a Democrat in the White House. People are ready to stop giving the Clinton's the attention they crave and start doing things to bring about the change the Country has asked for. It means I can put away some of my dislike for the Clintons, Okay, maybe not quite yet, and look forward to the future. Supporting the Democratic nominee Barrack Obama and helping him defeat McCain. I would like to take time to thank the Market Ladies for being my ray of hope between the maple syrup and the wine. You have restored my faith and rejuvenated my spirit. Hopefully I see you again soon because I'm gonna need some more of those stickers!