I cannot understand those of you who say that you will vote for McCain if your candidate does not win. John McCain has espoused a 3rd Bush term. Meanwhile, Obama and Hillary differ on very little. Their goals are the same: get out of Iraq, cut down corporate corruption, acheive universal health care, implement an immigration plan that makes sense, and improve our standing in the world. They differ only in their means of getting there. To say that if your candidate doesn't win, you will vote for McCain is like taking your ball and going home because you didn't get the call. Of course Obama can't win if you don't vote for him. Saying you won't vote for him because he can't win is the definition of a self-fulfilling prophecy. I challenge all of you who say you will vote for McCain if your candidate does not win to tell me what makes you a Democrat. What makes you a Democrat if you vote to stay in Iraq? What makes you a Democrat if you vote to make permanent tax cuts for the wealthy? What makes you a Democrat if you support the abrogation of civil liberties in the name of safety? What makes you a democrat if you vote to allow a pro-choice, pro death penalty candidate replace Justice Stevens and Ginsberg? I'll tell you what:
NOTHING.
A vote for John McCain is a vote against core Democratic principles. Don't vote out of spite, vote with your brain.