Too ugly to look at
The race between Hillary and Obama is become so nasty, that I can’t bear to watch it, anymore. It’s one thing to see that kind of hyper-negativity and cynicism between candidates of different parties, but what Hillary and Obama are doing to each other right now verges on cannibalism. Hillary’s veiled use of coded racist language through surrogates, and Obama’s inability to avoid taking the bait has reached Bush v. Kerry proportions. Hell, maybe even Bush v. Gore.
But the thing is, that this is hardball politics between Democrats, a certain type of family fight we haven’t seen in a very long time. Hillary’s banking on the fact that Obama supporters would never vote for a Republican, so it doesn’t matter how badly she alienates us, because at the end of the day, we’ll come home and vote for her in November.
The thing is, my vote in DC is meaningless. DC always goes so late in the primary process that usually there’s only one candidate left in the race by the time the party reaches us. My vote for Howard Dean back in 2004 was largely symbolic, as by that point, Howard had already dropped out of the race. Or was about to. In any case, John Kerry already had collected the lion’s share of delegates.
So, since I don’t get a say in the party’s nominating process, there’s really not much point in paying attention. Especially since the race is so mean. I have work to do, anyway.
