How do I feel?

[illusionofjoy]

Well, regarding Obama, I feel somewhat like Stateofdisbelief over at The Confluence:

No forgiveness will come from me. At least not until everyone who supported this guy and threw our only real chance at meaningful healthcare reform under the bus apologizes to me and admits how stupid and naïve they were to be sucked in by a media-created illusion. Everyone who endorsed the sham of a primary is guilty of every ill that comes upon our children’s future because of it. Forgive? I don’t think so.

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Yeah, I’m still mad. Get used to it.

That pretty much sums it up. Honestly, Obamaheads, what would possess any of you to think that I and those like me would suddenly be fine with what is shaping up to be the worst thing to happen to the Democratic Party since Jimmy Carter? I'm still not over the 2000 election being stolen from Al Gore, so why would any of you think I'd be over the 2008 Democratic Primary nomination being stolen from Hillary Clinton?

No, kids, I don't forgive and I don't forget. Some say anger is bad for one's health but I see myself living to a nice advanced age, grizzled and bitter.

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[slinkybetty.livejournal.com]

I still wish she had become prez.

[illusion-of-joy.livejournal.com]

The last hope of that died when McCain lost the election. A McCain presidency would have been one term of lame duckery (while Sarah Palin would have turned into something even less electable than Dan Quayle). This would have been the final nail in the Republican Party's coffin, allowing for Hillary Clinton to take the White House in 2012. There are a few whisperings in the dusty corners of the internet stating that Hillary will likely run in 2016 (assuming Obama wins a second term). I'd file that under "unlikely."

As it stands now, Obama has effectively brought the Republican Party back from a near-death experience and they are going have fully regenerated, if not by the 2010 midterms, then definitely by 2012. I'm not fond of Obama, but the unlikely needs to happen: he and the Democratic majority need to get their act together because what will come after Obama if he doesn't truly terrifies me. Just a taste: Santorum, Gingrinch and Romney are a few of the charmers who are punting about the idea of a presidential run. In fact, one of those three is making appearances in Iowa in the near future. I'll give you a clue as to which one: frothy mix. The Republicans will never again offer up a candidate as inoffensive and level-headed as John McCain.