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geekchick[I started writing this at 7:45, then Stuff Happened and I'm just getting around to posting it.]
I didn't get to go vote this evening; I'd intended to go on my way home from work, but then again with the Stuff Happened that needed to be dealt with, so I ended up not leaving the office until well after I would've been able to make it back to my polling location. Even at 6 PM I still hadn't quite made up my mind who I was going to vote for.
I know I have several friends who are die-hard Dean supporters, and I wanted to be able to get really excited about him...but frankly I don't think that even if he were likely to get the nomination that he'd have a chance in hell of beating Bush in November and we'd see another blowout. I gather Dean figured he had no shot at winning Virginia, given that Lyndon LaRouche had a more visible presence in the area. Kerry's here, Edwards was here, Dean is nowhere to be seen. One of Dean's supporters at the fundraising dinner in Richmond that he skipped apparently said something along the lines of "I really hope we don't come in fifth." That might've actually been a possibility for a while, as in the first round of results I heard Dean and Sharpton were tied for fourth. (Heh. The current headline on the local news web site: "The Rout Is On". Kerry's got a huge lead over Edwards, who in turn holds a huge lead over Clark, followed by Dean and then Sharpton.)
All things considered, I'd probably have gone the pragmatic route and voted for Kerry. He was about middle of the road in my list of preferred candidates, but I think that of those still standing, he's got the best shot at beating Shrub -- and really, that's foremost on my mind right now.
I didn't get to go vote this evening; I'd intended to go on my way home from work, but then again with the Stuff Happened that needed to be dealt with, so I ended up not leaving the office until well after I would've been able to make it back to my polling location. Even at 6 PM I still hadn't quite made up my mind who I was going to vote for.
I know I have several friends who are die-hard Dean supporters, and I wanted to be able to get really excited about him...but frankly I don't think that even if he were likely to get the nomination that he'd have a chance in hell of beating Bush in November and we'd see another blowout. I gather Dean figured he had no shot at winning Virginia, given that Lyndon LaRouche had a more visible presence in the area. Kerry's here, Edwards was here, Dean is nowhere to be seen. One of Dean's supporters at the fundraising dinner in Richmond that he skipped apparently said something along the lines of "I really hope we don't come in fifth." That might've actually been a possibility for a while, as in the first round of results I heard Dean and Sharpton were tied for fourth. (Heh. The current headline on the local news web site: "The Rout Is On". Kerry's got a huge lead over Edwards, who in turn holds a huge lead over Clark, followed by Dean and then Sharpton.)
All things considered, I'd probably have gone the pragmatic route and voted for Kerry. He was about middle of the road in my list of preferred candidates, but I think that of those still standing, he's got the best shot at beating Shrub -- and really, that's foremost on my mind right now.
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Date: 2004-02-11 09:23 am (UTC)Well, that didn't actually last very long (thank goodness), Dean pulled ahead by several percentage points. Still way behind even Clark, but thankfully ahead of Sharpton. The one I couldn't figure was that Kucinich got something like 5000+ votes; I bet they were all in NoVA too, as Norfolk doesn't exactly seem like Kucinich territory. ;)
, especially with the latest shell game(s) being presented to the public from the supposed job growth predicted for 2004, and GW's military record.
How many millions of jobs does he have yet to go before he hits his predicted numbers? And at this rate, it ain't gonna happen. Now he's going for social issues (gay marriage) in what sure seems like an attempt to get folks to stop looking at those other pesky issues.