Democratic support ruled out

I was afraid this would happen, but that's why I've spent months doing my homework about the major candidates for Prez. As idiot Bush once said, "Fool me once, shame on, shame on you. You fooled me, you can't get fooled again." So I'm doing my best to make sure I don't back the wrong clown - which I have before in a big way. (For the record, I never supported Bush - in case you're new here.)

You can probably tell I preferred Obama as the Democratic nominee - and still do, compared to Hillary - but I'm a Green, and I've deliberately delayed issuing a real endorsement until I can find the facts I need.

My ideology is the prototype of a progressive populist, if you will. I feel government's role should be limited to being a tool of the people to run public services and oversee economic planning. The government should stay out of the bedroom, the bathroom, the bloodstream, and the bladder. My view has elements of socialism and libertarianism that are practiced stridently.

I was hoping I didn't have to spell this out again, but with the DLC stinking things up, I have to: I'm not supporting any candidate who insists on continuing the most failed elements of the War on Drugs. Clear? I know the corrupt party bosses don't care about my writings, because I don't have that college sheepskin (a fact that in their minds makes me less of a person), but they can bite my balls.

It's bad enough not to use your power as a lawmaker to stop one of the War on Drugs' most extreme affronts to the basic liberty of law-abiding citizens. It's worse still to have already voted for it. It's even worse to have cosponsored it. And it's worse yet to tout it to some voters in your presidential campaign (while never owning up to it to voters among whom it's not saleable). That's how a candidate can be at least 4 long steps removed from the Constitution.

There's some ideas that are well to the right of the mainstream but still seem to get support from almost every senator. Well, this is where it ends. The buck stops here.

So - depending on who Kentucky allows on the November ballot - I've narrowed my endorsement down to Nader or the Greens. It's not unexpected, but human rights are not negotiable. And I'll do my homework on these potential endorsees too just to make sure they haven't also sold out to the Far Right.