Once again the Democrats, in what should have been a slam dunk year for them, have gone with the wrong candidate (Biden is right: Obama is not qualified to be President) and are going to lose again.

Way to go morons!

It sounds to me as if you’re a Clinton apologist who is still pouting because YOUR candidate didn’t win. Welcome to democracy. Sometimes you lose but if you’re willing to throw away your vote because you didn’t get what you wanted, then you deserve what the McCain administration will give you. Oh, by the way, Hillary is working for Obama now, trying to help him get elected because she understands the true damage that McCain can do (especially in the Supreme Court). She cares more about America than her parochial interests. It says more about you than it does about Obama or Biden that you would consider throwing away your vote and giving McCain the advantage.

And, Michelle Obama works for a hospital and I have no idea what “shady dealings” you’re talking about. If you’re aware of some, you should make them public – the rest of the world may love to hear your inside information.

I don’t trust him as far as I could throw him. I don’t like his wife because she has some shady dealings when it comes to the non-profit she’s involved in. She kind of reminds me of Condolezza Rice. Both of them seem to have an arrogant air about them.

I believe Obama made a big mistake in not choosing Hillary Clinton for his running mate. I don’t feel that those of us who wanted Hillary in office are going to back him considering it’s pretty clear he didn’t even bother to consider her for the job. He chose the safe option: a white, old, Christian, middle-class democrat. I had no doubt he’d pick someone like Biden because unfortunately in this country, so many people still make it about race and he needs the middle-class white vote if he ever dreams of winning.

Still, I could care less what color Obama is. I vote by who I think is right for the job. Critical election or not, I feel Obama does not have the experience to clean up George Bush’s colossal mess. We’ll be looking at another four years of same, same, same. As a blogger (I’m considered a small business), I’m also not looking forward to all the extra taxes Obama has promised to make small businesses pay.

Of course, John McCain is no better. Either way, we’re screwed.

Oh, and why hasn’t anyone brought up the fact that Biden is a known plagiarizer? Isn’t that something that could hurt this campaign, along with all of the “foot in mouth” comments he’s made throughout his long and illustrious political career?

According to Chuck Todd on MSNBC last night, Sen. Sam Nunn was not chosen because he was “problematic.” He went further to cite only one reason he was problematic — Nunn has an anti-gay track record and would cause problems with the “gay vote”

First, Todd is absolutely right. We’d have been angry beyond belief had Nunn been on the ticket — an absolute deal breaker for most politically aware LGBT voters.

But that this one issue made this otherwise respected, powerful and honored Senate elder politically unfit as a Presidential running mate is a powerful statement in American politics.

Can anyone say “Blue Dogs … time to take a reality check!”

But the Blue Dogs aren’t the only ones who need a reality check here. WE DO. If the Obama/Biden ticket doesn’t win because our community didn’t support the campaign enough, it’ll be time for the party elders to rethink their concern over our community’s vote. And why wouldn’t they be right to do so? Power is only power if it’s actually there when you need it.

So what is the LGBT community going to do today to help flex that political muscle? Personally, I’m headed to the Northern Virginia Obama Campaign Office to volunteer for the afternoon, and I’m clicking on the green “DONATE NOW FOR OBAMA” button above and giving $100 more to the campaign.

The only question remains is, “What are you going to do?”

Yours in the struggle for equality,

+ Phil