Super-Duper Tuesday

After much dithering, I went with Obama. I'd originally intended to vote for Kucinich, but after he dropped out I decided to choose between the two frontrunners.

I have a few qualms about the specific positions of either Obama or Hillary, and I had a schadenfreude-esque desire to vote for Hillary exactly because of the outrageous misogyny expressed by her detractors (I overheard just such a conversation between Terry and Randy yesterday--it felt like "hostile work environment" but such a complaint would never have gone anywhere). Obama's made some missteps regarding queer issues: he campaigned with a homophobic "ex-gay" minister in South Carolina, but on the other hand he gave a very thoughtful and open-minded speech on gay rights at a black church the other day. Hillary voted for the Iraq war and the erosion of civil rights in the name of security. Etc etc.

In the end, the decisive factor for me was summed up quite well by pnh at makinglight: "Because when I watch him speak, I see fearful people becoming brave." I haven't seen Hillary inspire her listeners in the same way. Given the fog of FUD that has pervaded the USA for the last eight years, some inspiration and hope are vital for our future.

Nonetheless, if Hillary wins the nomination, I will feel no disappointment and in fact a great deal of satisfaction in voting for her in November.