Still on the Edge in Sumas

Okay, go ahead and hoist the drama up high...

Did you know that on Feb19 is a primary in which if you vote Dem your vote will be essentially discarded? On the other hand, if you vote Dem tomorrow, at the Caucus on 1pm on Saturday, your vote (Obama vs Hillary) will actually have influence. Of the 97 Washington State Democratic Party delegates, 80 are decided tomorrow. The other 17 are Super Delegates which are also out of the common voter's hands.

You have to sign this pledge tomorrow when you show up, to the effect that you will stick with whichever party you show up to vote for (or vote absentee for) on Feb19.

Or so the Whatcom Independent says.

If you vote Republican on Feb 19 then your vote will be used toward the selection of half the delegates for the Republicans (19 out of 40). Three other delegates are "automatic" and the remaining 18 delegates will be selected tomorrow (Feb 9) at the Caucus.

If you vote Democratic on Feb 19 then your vote goes into the waste basket since none of the delegates are selected using the popular vote at the primary (Feb 19).

The Democratic primary on Feb 19 is a hoax, or at best a beauty contest.

As for Super Delegates, that's yet another ploy by the everly resourceful Democratic Party to insure their own internal power balance remains. Unlike most delegates, their support remains fluid until ballots are cast; they may vote for anyone. Again according to the Independent, this resulted somehow after McGovern's 1972 landslide favoring Nixon. Nobody knew of the break in at the Watergate hotel just yet. McGovern's candidacy was somehow interpreted as a mistake--due to the equalized voting ability of the common man. And he liked longhairs. He came to represent the hippy counterculture on tv news. By the way, he's for Hillary.

I'm going to the Caucus tomorrow. Not sure yet which party. Ron Paul looking interesting.[bronnz] Obama is sure to win for the Dems anyway. Doors close at 1pm.

... Well either that or I'm driving Mark to the Polyclinic in Seattle tomorrow because he can't seem to shake the feeling that his muscles are charlie-horsing. Cramps I guess. Side affects again. Yesterday for more fun I pissed on the rug at a potluck. Well, Sadie did but what's the diff. I'm guessing I wanted to have my presence acknowledged. On the plus side today I got to finally hear the new music player in the artcar. Not bad for an amateur. Gotta go.