orichalcum

It occurred to me that if I had been ignoring the election for the past 15 months and had just started paying attention yesterday, I would have been presented with these two articles:

1. Clinton Donor offers Young Democrats $1 Million Bribe to cast Superdelegate vote for Clinton.

2. Obama Adopted into Crow Nation - speaks about Native Issues.

There's also a third article about Bill Clinton speaking at Transylvania University, but really, Undead President imagery is just a distraction here.

If i was a political neophyte, I think the choice would still be pretty clear - and as someone who's been following the race closely, it strikes me that these two pieces happen to encapsulate a lot of, well, what I've liked about Barack One Who Helps People Throughout The Land Hussein Black Eagle Obama and what I've disliked about the campaign of Hillary Rodham Clinton. It comes down to what being a Democrat means to me - and it doesn't mean using your power and influence and money to intimidate people, especially not college students (though this does explain the mysterious lengthy delay of the YDs in endorsing, despite their membership's massive support for BOWHPTTLHBEO). But it does mean reaching out to disempowered groups and minorities and saying, "hey I care about your problems, and I know about them, and if I don't know about them, tell me."

I'm all for helping people _throughout_ the land_ - not just in Ohio and Florida, not just because they're part of a relevant niche poll group, not because they're black or white or Jewish or Crow or gun-owners - but because that's the President's job.

Anyways, hopefully after today I can stop obsessing over politics for a while.