a subset of derek

Big ups to my man, HumanityCritic for posting this.  I just had to share this.  Funny and informative.

I read the comments that Senator Obama made about his theory into the source of frustration for small town Americans. I don’t see what all of the hubbub is. Whenever anyone is economically disadvantaged and they are short or devoid of hope, they look for something to cling to. They can either use that for positive or negative motivation. Barack was merely speaking on that. We aren’t used to politicians speaking that way…I think Barack shouldn’t worry about the media says and especially what Hillary Clinton and John McCain say.
Hillary’s comments are only digging a hole for herself. I know that, for myself, I will not vote for her if she gets the nomination. She is taking very inappropriate shots at Barack Obama. She says:

“Pennsylvanians,” she declared, “don’t need a president who looks down on them. They need a president who stands up for them, who fights for them, who works hard for your futures, your jobs, your families.”

Hillary…people don’t necessarily need someone to fight for them. They need someone who will get government and corporate America out of their mix so that they can build their own solutions and their own lives! People don’t need hand outs, people need real opportunities to move out of rough situations where jobs and prosperity are hard to come by. When I say moving, I don’t mean moving away, I mean building better communities. If you enable folks with the tools, they can use them and be better off. Hillary doesn’t realize that people don’t need politicians to solve problems for them. This is why Barack won states like Montana. Montanans don’t need Big Brother. They need what we all need. A fair shot to create our own opportunity. That’s what women’s suffragists, abolitionists, feminists, GLBT activists, union workers and all others struggling for a fair shake in our country fight for.

That’s the promise of America. I think people are scared because some of the things Barack talks about directly challenges what America currently is and challenges this country to actually live up to its creed.

That’s why I am supporting him.

disenfranchise(v.) – to deprive of a franchise, of a legal right, or of some privilege or immunity; especially : to deprive of the right to vote.

Michigan, you’ve won! And Florida, you win again!

Democrats of Michigan and of Florida, you have been denied the right to vote by the Democratic party…not the national one but the one of your own state. It was THEIR idea to move the primaries ahead against the wishes of the national party. Whether the state governments were complicit or not, the Democratic Parties of Michigan and Florida effectively disenfranchised every Democrat in those two states.

Smooth move, dorks.

I smell class action…

As far as delegates, I think that a number of delegates equal to the number of delegates that would have been assigned to Michigan and Florida should be picked from the other 48 states and DC to represent Michigan and Florida. So what they aren’t from Michigan or Florida. Citizens of those states only have their local party to blame.

Howard Dean, don’t succumb to them. I know you are made of sterner stuff.