August 4, 2012

I note Barry Obama's birthday, and let him know that I will only vote for him if between now and the first week of November something totally dramatic takes place, something that allows me to discern the indisputable fact that he is in multiple ways better than Willard Mitt Romney. And I don't mean the fact, already known to me that Obama gives rousing speeches, or that he is intelligent and cultu red. I don't mean the fact per se that Barry O is better on reproductive rights than his corporate-raider Repub opponent, he of the $250 million offshore fortune. I don't refer, as a decisive factor, to the probability that Willard would surely appoint someone even worse than Obama would, were the ailing 79-year-old Ruth Bader-Ginsburg to step down from the Supreme Court. Oh, wait, the latter just MIGHT, if I really thought about it LONG and HARD, force me to reluctantly support Pres Obie, all the intense grievances I justifiably hold against him notwithstanding. But for the time being, at this point, I'm leaning heavily toward voting for a third party candidate. Convince me I'm wrong, if you have the stomach, the patience, tenacity and the supernatural ability. Tell me I should go on electing "Democrats" who betray their base every day, in almost every way. Do YOU still hold fast to that stubborn, yet utterly unreasoning hope for "Change We Can Believe in." Despite all we've witnessed since Jan 20, 2009? Hrrrrrmph!