Goddammit Pennsylvania!

Perhaps I should start off this post by saying this again: GODDAMIT Pennsylvania! I've just watched CNN declare Clinton the victor in PA because of her working-class voter appeal. I'm a little - no, I take it back, I am MORE than a little disgusted with this victory. More than that, I'm disappointed. I'm disappointed in my brethren the Working Class. I'm disappointed in Clinton for letting it get this far.

Why are people still so blind to the fact that Clinton is just another conventional politician? How can we trust someone who voted to take us to war in Iraq - costing us thousands of lives - the lives of the men and women of MY GENERATION? This woman contributed to the current financial state of the Union by voting for this war and now, now she promises to fix it? Now? There is nobody who is of the prevailing school of thought in politics who can turn us in a new direction now. There is no light at the end of the tunnel with a Clinton victory and no promises of a better tomorrow from someone who in spite of her so called "commitment" to the working class continues to take money from lobbyists who represent the best interests of large corporations, not their employees. How is it that the blue collar workers are so easily deceived?

I know this was an anticipated setback by all Obama-ers but I still find myself stinging. And you know it's like a car wreck - I'll have to see what she has to say about all of this in her victory speech because I just can't turn away from the carnage. And nothing, nothing makes me angrier than listening to the pundits talk about how in spite of his lead in the popular vote, and the fact that there is no way in hell that Hillary Clinton could possibly overtake him in pledged delegates, the Super Delegates might still overturn our chance to be heard. I'm tired of watching them talk about "the states that count". What the fuck? I mean, I know that's the hard cold reality of the thing but at least give us our primaries, at least let us pretend like the voice of the people counts to pick our CANDIDATES, since it's the voice of the Electoral College which decides, ultimatley, the person who will lead this country for the next four years.