if you think Obama is really any different from Clinton, you've been drinking the Kool-Aid

[asimplechord]

OK, so I've been really quiet about politics. Texas doesn't hold its primary until March, so I'm watching the Super Tuesday polls (ha, how funny that it falls on Mardi Gras!) with interest.

But... this post over at thedailyshow pisses me off. Because I don't belong to that comm to get preached at about politics. I belong to that comm to read updates and get news about Jon Stewart and The A Daily Show.

It's not that I disagree. And John McCain is a sorta scary opportunist, better than Romney but less preferable than a Democratic candidate.

Barack Obama isn't much different from Hillary Clinton. Both are corporate friendly. He's less cosy with AIPAC than she is, but he's totally backed away from the Muslim community he used to represent in Chicago. Both want to expand the military. Their insurance reform plans could be interchanged and most people wouldn't notice - neither is single-payer.

But still. It pisses me off to go to a community about a TV satire and be told for whom I should vote. WITHOUT A CUT-TAG, even, so I couldn't just scroll on by. Shut the fuck up, chuckdarwin, or at least do it on your own journal, or with a cut-tag.

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[mimiheart.livejournal.com]

I'm registered independent, and I'm not allowed to vote today. That said, I think they're all pretty much the same. I wanted to throw thing at the screen this morning during a Clinton ad that said her opponents were taking money from special interest groups. She does too! grr...

If I were to vote today, I'd go with Obama. Even if he and she aren't that different, he doesn't make me want to smack him.

[asimplechord.livejournal.com]

I know. And it's not that I want her to win - political dynasties are never a good thing, IMO. But the tone of the post and the fact that it was made at all just irk me.