For once I truly believed in a candidate rather than merely choosing the best thing out of a fetid mess. I had a candidate with whom I agreed all of the core issues and most of the minor ones. I didn't give a damn about the "unelectable" label people had tagged him with, I was going to vote for him anyway. But then Dennis put his backing behind Obama--that made me recoil. Now I am again looking for a candidate, albeit one I'll have to "settle" for.

Originally while I wasn't here nor there on Obama he was likable enough. His refusal to wear the ubiquitous flag lapel pin even made me cheer. (Screw faux patriotism!)

But when he began his intense pandering to the evangelicals I began to get uncomfortable and take a harder look at him and I started to dislike what I saw. Then came the Embrace the Homophobes concert tour and the poo really hit the fan. Obama's hypocrisy really came to light then.

Obama has twice called for the firing of white men who made racist remarks (Don Imus, John Tanner). Yet he held a public campaign fundraiser that included 5 virulent homophobes, one of whom gave a 30-minute anti-gay sermon at the event. Where is the disconnect? Why is racism so evil yet homophobia acceptable? Is it because the homophobia was necessary (in his mind) to win the votes away from Hillary Clinton?

I do not trust Barack Obama. He is an empty suit coated in pretty slogans. He panders to religious bigots and will throw under the bus whomever he has to in order to win. He denounces bigotry against black people while engaging in bigotry against LGBTs. I couldn't vote for him even while holding my nose.