Tomorrow is Primary Day in Michigan and it is my father's birthday. I will vote and I will think about my father. I have one of those ubiquitous complex relationships with my father. I adore him and admire him and am so incredibly glad that he is mine and he makes me feel like I am twelve years old and incompetent and that I am never quite living up. And I imagine that I will feel that way until we both are gone.
I will vote for Hillary Clinton tomorrow. There aren't a plethora of choices on the Democratic ballot in Michigan this Primary. We are being Punished for Acting Out and not Playing Nicely. Michigan moved up the primary in order to gain some visibility in the process. Not being a politico I don't know the ins and outs of the rules well enough to understand what all the hoopla is about, but I have to say having all the major candidates but Mrs. Clinton remove themselves from the ballot and NONE of the major candidates campaigning in Michigan really makes it seem that someone one (or many someones) has missed the whole point here. Either the delegates and therefore the people of Michigan matter or they don't. Seems to me the message from the entire left side of the ballot is that we don't matter. I am not okay with that.
I took the "Choose and Candidate" quiz on NPR and I lined up exactly where I thought I would. My closest candidate is Edwards followed closely by Clinton.
So, I vote for Clinton tomorrow and I really hope that I am not the only Dem out at the poles in the snow tomorrow before the crack of dawn.
Now some Niquil and a shot of whiskey and I am off to sleep in hopes of beating this bug that has got a hold of me. No insurance = no doctor and therefore this HAS to be an innocuous cold and the fact that it is deep in my chest is meaningless....
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