It pains me to be forced to join a gang.... but

Oregon is requiring me to do so in order to vote in the primary. I have been a happy little independent for more years than I can remember, I do not want to join up, but I feel a deep inner need to vote against Hillary. I don't like the smug look on her face, or the way she turns on the tears to get votes. I despise her underhanded campaign tactics.  I don't like her insulting and rather lame efforts to look more human. I don't like her husband BillyBob, never have... and not just because he let Monica run amuck in high security areas in exchange for a  quick... well, you know the rest of the story ;) No, "I know", he did not have sex with that woman... it was business. Whatever, a liar is a liar, and BillyBob is simply a pitiful excuse for a man IMHO. I don't respect Hillary for clinging to a jerk like him to get to the top. There is no self respect in doing so. The end result of all this is I feel forced to change my Independent status to *cough* Democrat *gag*, to be able to say NO to Hillary.

I guess I got tired of the same old same old long before the rest of the country...that was why I became an independent.  I was born in Illinois, my sister still lives there. I was raised by Republicans, became a Democrat, and in my 30's I started questioning if there were any real differences at all in the parties... and if there were, why this country seemed to be on a steady downhill slide for the working class regardless of who had the power. Several years ago my sister told me to watch for Obama, he was an amazing man who was going to do great things far beyond Illinois. I have to say here, my sister Pat, is not politically minded, she does not get into politics or care about them. But this year she knocked on doors on behalf of Obama, and that means more to me than campaign promises, even if I had never heard him speak. There is no viable 3rd party candidate in view, and this means Obama might be our only hope if we are going to get change in the status quo. In fact, in light of Hillary's mud-slinging tactics in the campaign, I am baffled by the press implying there is any confusion on this. I am also flat out amazed at the number of people voting for Hillary, what is wrong with these people?

Of course I would love to see a strong minded, self determined woman in the Whitehouse, and if I thought Hillary was one I might vote for her. But Hillary reminds me of that girl in HS who would say anything or do anything to get onto the cheer leading squad or to be elected class president. You know the one, she batted her eyes at every male within view, cheated on tests to keep her grades up, she laughed at inappropriate times, not overly bright but very cunning and clever at getting what she wanted. She had a way of making everyone not in her inner circle feel totally insignificant. All the girls hated her...  the names we called her had to be whispered. I suspect somewhere along the way, in her own childhood, that girl was Hillary.

And so it is with a heavy heart I am changing my registration to Democrat... because voting against Hillary is probably even more important to me than voting for Obama.