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The political journey of an outsider
Posted By katie allison granju
Tennessee Ticket writes about being very political but disinterested in what the mainstream has to offer in the way of political candidates:
I wonder how many current Ron Paul backers are former Naderites? Many of us went on to grow fond crushes on Dennis Kucinich (but held our noses and voted for John Kerry in the general), and I just read somewhere that actor Tim Robbins is actually supporting John Edwards this time around.
But there are several obvious differences between Tim Robbins and me. I’m wavering between voting in the Republican primary for Ron Paul, and voting in the Democratic primary for Barack Obama. I’m also a member of Unity08, just in case both major parties royally screw it up. I hate to say it, but at the root of all of that is a deep desire to avoid a Hillary Clinton presidency (speaking of royalty).
I’m not a misogynist, I’m just an outsider. And some of us outsiders, independent to a fault (perhaps), abhor the concept of continuing the dynastic duet that has already absorbed a whole generation of our nation’s history. George H. W. Bush became Vice President in 1981, and a second Hillary Clinton term would end in 2017. Such is unthinkable.
Dec 22nd, 2007
