I know, I know, I'm terrible. Before you switch off yet another Hillary hater, you should know that I've written a lot of blog posts, both here and at http://zenhodgepodge.blogspot.com, and I haven't gone in for a bunch of Hillary bashing.
But I had a nightmare, and I need to talk about it.
I dreamed that Hillary won the nomination, and a lot of liberals like me, people of good conscience, knew that we had to support her. We know that a Democrat has to win in November because that will probably make it a much less violent world. Compared to 100 more years in Iraq, and "more wars, my friends", I can suck up a lot of pride and vote for near anyone.
The trouble is, I'm honest. I don't lie well. If I were better at it, maybe I'd be a different person, but I'm not. I don't think I'll ever be quite cut out to be a full-fledged Hillary cheerleader, because I don't think she really "gets" what I'm really about.
I'm about upgrading the way we think about talking to and working with the world. I'm about, as Aristotle once put it, "a community of equals, aiming at the best life possible." And I'm just not sure she really gets all that.
So hey, I'd have to work up the enthusiasm, not "let the perfect be the enemy of the good", as they like to say. I just like the feeling I have now. I don't want to think it will go away. America is charged right now with the possible, and it's not a false hope.
You undecideds out there, you need to figure out what you want. I have to tell you, though, there is a difference. I don't want to be negative, and I'll try to be positive no matter what. I just think I do a better job when I have more to work with.
I just think sometimes I need to be inspired.
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