Edwards Out from Roxanne - @ Rox Populi 30 Jan 2008 10:34 am
As regular readers know, I've been leaning towards John Edwards from the start. Now that he's out, I'm left with what Matt Taibbi described as a choice between poetry and prose.
Lord knows I love poetry. Like Obama, I'm a child of the twilight between the Boomers and the Xers. Our earliest exposure to the greater American narrative was shaped by political assassinations, Watergate, trips to the moon, large scale dissent, generational warfare, bad pop music, bad pop psychology, and ...well, you get the picture. In that way, I think I might have an affinity with Obama that others might not have. At the same time, I've struggled with supporting him. Mostly because I can't get past his "all poetry, no prose" message. Deep in the pit of my stomach, he feels like a poseur. And the burden of proving to me that he's not is on him.
While I thought the Clinton Presidency was pretty damned great all-in-all --and especially in comparison with every other presidency of my entire lifetime, I also have issues with the prose candidate. But, unlike the sexist, irrational, media-driven Hillary Hate-Hard-On Circle Jerk, my objection to Clinton hinges solely on her voting record. And electibility. And coat tails.
As most folks have observed, Clinton and Obama are nearly indistinguishable on the issues. So, my choice between the two is probably going to come down to intangibles. They both have until April 22nd to fight for my vote.