I apparently, I use the term Liberal loosely

Watch this first.

It was posted by a friend of mine on Myspace. This “friend” wouldn’t let me add him unless I told him the flavor of liberal I am because everyone’s using the term loosely. I explained that I was for civil rights, but apparently that’s not enough. So now I’m left with the question, “How do I make my vote matter?” That’s easy, I vote for the person who makes sense to me. And that person just happens to be Barack  Obama, however, this makes me a liability to their far left (and what I normally call the crazies) ideal.

I never voted for anyone that wasn’t part of the two party system, chiefly because I live in Texas and it’s very rare for someone to run independently. Kinky was running for the governor the other year, and I would’ve voted for him until he said something that caught my ear–”Vote for the one that makes sense to you. Do what’s right, not what’s different.” It was as if he was asking us not to vote for him because he wasn’t a democrat or a republican, but because he was the right person for the job. What made him not the person for me was the border wall comment he made early in his campaign.

The remark changed the moment he went to the University of Texas-Pan American, which he said was only influenced by Jesse Ventura.  It was also possible because he was a Jewish Cowboy surrounded by a bunch of Hispanic Catholics–and as history notes, Hispanics aren’t fond of Cowboys and Catholics deny the Holocaust (yes, a generalization, but watch Mel Gibson, and you’ll see the masses think he’s the new messiah, or something).

So when Adam mentioned to me Senator Gravel’s campaign, I was interested in the man. Now Adam wasn’t trying to influence my vote; far be it for him to influence anyone into his beliefs because that’s his motto–”You only control yourself, and no one else.”

But when you bring out the guns that Al Gore lost the election fair and square, then I have to stand up and say something. Perhaps if Ralph Nader didn’t run for president that year, the turn out would have been different. Perhaps there wouldn’t be enough to steal the election, however, Ralph Nader did run and whether or not he’s the reason Gore lost is another question, one we’ll never know the answer to. Bush stole the election, that’s no secret. And Fox helped him. The second election, Bush once again stole it, but this time using fear. I feel horrible for the people who actually believe that the war in Iraq is about the war on terrorism, rather than the war of terrorism. You people need to open your eyes.

And the reason that I’m turning my head and suggesting that Obama is the right person is because he makes sense to me. Not because he’s “black,” but because he is different. I know, I know, they all seem different at first and I suppose you’re right. But the fact is, McCain, Huckabee and Clinton all seem wrong. Clinton because I’m not sure if I liked her, or if I liked the idea of Bill Clinton returning to the White House. Huckabee is another one of those zealot nut jobs that has Christian American sucking on his dick like a homosexual junkie (and I mean drug junkie, not an actual Homosexual junkie) in order to get their next fix, which I’m sure you zealots cannot deny.

But voting for Obama, apparently, strips me of my title liberal, because I’m voting the lesser of two evils. I’m sorry to say, but I’m voting for the greater of two people. If it’s a Barack Obama is running against John McCain, I’m voting for him, not because he’s a democrat (I like, McCain, by the way, and have been secretly hoping he’ll get the republican ticket), but because he’s a great man. Now if McCain and Clinton go at it, I’ll be a little uneasy because now I’ll have to really get down and research Clinton to be able to make a decision that is neither easy or swift.

I’m left; I’m liberal; I’m progressive; but, I’m realistic. Sure Ralph Nader might’ve made sense if he wasn’t such an attention whore and maybe Senator Gravel makes sense, but he doesn’t make sense to me. I want a person I can look up to and say I’m proud I voted for him, not because I want to keep my precious title as Liberal, but because I want to be myself. I want to be able to control my actions without feeling guilty with what I did. So if that doesn’t make a me a liberal, then fuck you for thinking that way; if anyone makes liberals ashamed is you fascist liberals who think you have total control over the rest of us.