Lament of a Progressive Hippie

Alright, this is about U.S. politics so mosey along if this might offend...(see, I DO have Republican friends, thank you.)

I've come to the realization that the Edwards campaign is dead. The nail in the coffin was when he lost the primary in South Carolina, his home state. I'm incredibly sad about this and feel like the country lost a huge opportunity. Edwards is a politician I was so excited about and excited by. I thought his ideas about poverty, social justice, and the environment were great and I would have loved to cast a vote for him in November.

Alas, alack! This is not to be and personally, I blame big media. Edwards isn't a "romantic" candidate in the sense that Senators Clinton and Obama are. His story never hit the big papers, he was continually left out of things. He was the John Paul Jones to their Robert Plant and Jimmy Page.

Speaking of Senator Clinton (NOT HILLARY! I am not on a first name basis with her, damn it, I am not her friend!)...I just read the lamest thing in the world at NOW-N.Y. This is something I've been fighting ever since Clinton made her interest known...yes, I am a dedicated feminist and yes, I would love to have a female president but damn it, not this one. I think the ultimate goal of feminism is to accept or reject a candidate based purely on their policies and ideas and that is what I've done. If I supported Clinton just because she's a woman, how is that any better than being against her for the same reason? Bill Richardson is Hispanic but he's also very pro-death penalty so I did not support him. Am I a bad Mexican now?

Sorry, I've been writing several emails about this to people but its something that I had to get off my chest since I don't have a lot of Americans (or any, really) to talk to about this and Canadians just don't get it...sigh. Any thoughts?