PIMP That Vote!

One definition for the word PIMP is given as: to pimp is to advertise (generally, in an enthusiastic sense) or to call attention in order to bring acclaim to something; to promote. And that's exactly what I'm going to do for Hilary Clinton.

You see, my party's candidate has already been chosen, so how I vote for my current party will have 0 effect.

My logic is as follows:
Hilary Clinton, as much as I don't like her, is a better candidate to run against John McCain. She's a very polarizing figure, people love her or they hate her. None of the Republicans like her, many Democrats don't either, and the Independents might just decide to stay home or vote for Nader if she runs for President. Lastly, (gasp!) if she were elected President in the primary she'd actually be less harmful for our country.


Also I KNOW that if Barack Obama runs against John McCain, the media will make it COMPLETELY about RACE. If he doesn't get elected it'll be because "America hasn't grown up" or "people still harbor deep-seated racial prejudices", and personally I think any discussion about how our country is still harboring racist feelings is a step backward and only serves to drive a wedge between races.

Obama is framing his campaign exactly like John F. Kennedy did. Part of me thinks that he's doing this purposefully because if people really find out how liberal he is, he actually voted against a bill that would have given babies born alive the constitutional rights afforded to everyone else i.e. a right to live, or how little experience he has to be President his campaign would fall apart. So in order to gain people's votes he has to highlight his strong points: giving pretty sounding speeches that say absolutely nothing, looking good, and being black.

Take a look at the similarities between JFK and BHO.

• Both at the time of their campaigns are relatively young (JFK-43 & Obama-47) and attractive.

• Both had bathing suit photos of themselves taken and published shortly after announcing their candidacy. Obama while on vacation in Hawaii and JFK while in California.

• Both are wonderful speakers and very charismatic.

• Both are/could be pioneers. JFK was the first Catholic elected President, a big no-no for a nation with Prostestant roots and a large Protestant populace, and Obama could be the first African American President.

Finally, let me add this short little bit. I don't have anything against African Americans. I feel that just like any job even moreso with the President of the Greatest Nation on the planet, a person should be chosen on the qualifications and in this case the policies that they may or may not support. I'd be all for the first African American president (or woman President) if I truly felt that they were the best person for the job and not because we could make history, he's a good speaker, or because he's charismatic.

Help preserve our country and tell our politicians that we want to keep our nation the Land of Opportunity, not the land of taxpayer funded health care and high taxes.

So if you haven't had your state's primary yet consider pimping your vote to assure Demcratic defeat in 2008.

How do I change my party affiliation you might ask?

Simply go to http://www.democrats.org and click the register to vote link on the top. From there a form pops up and you can change your party affiliation. You just fill out the pertinent information (including proper identifiers, i.e. driver's liscense number or ssn and your name and current address), and you can print it out and drop it off at your local court house.

Another alternative is to take advantage of all those Democratic staffers at your local office and ask them how to change your party affiliation. They'll be more than happy to help you change your party affiliation, and they'll probably even fill out some of the paper work for you.

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