why they should be treated like "underlings" or anything other than equal in this society befuddles me. But that is a separate issue, my point is, of all the females that could have run, this is the one that did, and she has most likely lost the nomination.

This Primary Season has been a long and arduous one, historic in some ways, banal in others. I have looked at and evaluated the candidates, my choice, Richardson, went down long ago, so I looked for an alternative. I have to be honest and say neither of the two remaining have stoked the fire in me, in fact, both have done quite a bit to cool said fire. The posturing and lack of depth has been astonishing. I have seen many a political fight in my time, but rarely have I seen such unchecked egotism. It is to the point where the Party is ready to burst into factions that can do no good for the future, and the reality that comes through is that anyone who would walk away and vote for McCain is doing it for little more than a "principle" that is far and away a distortion of what a principle should be.

When we vote, we vote for our own self interests, but as a Liberal/Progressive, I cast my vote for this nation as well, every one in it, and the real principles of a government that are: of the people, by the people and above all, for the people.

The thought of voting for McCain, or sitting out the election is so foreign to me, it does not even cross my mind until I read where someone might actually do one of those things. Are we really that childish? Our nation is running headlong into a serious disaster. Each and every one of us should hold our votes to a standard where we can actually do something to change the course we are on. It is not a question of feminism, it is not a question of race, it is a question of where our nation will wind up after this election...and it had better be in better hands than McCain's!

So I offer my principle...Our nation needs to return to a nation that can be a beacon of Freedom once again; a nation that can walk among the other nations of the world with it's head held high, not supported by false pride, hubris or by being the world's bully, but by being the nation of Freedom and Peace, walking on the road to true Equality, taking others with it.

This nation has the greatest untapped potential for doing good in this world, and I don't want to see that tossed into the sewer by another term of bush, via McCain. So I ask that every one of us stands up to fight the neo-con environment; back the D nominee and put an end to the darkness we have been locked in for the past 7 years. WE are the only ones who can do this, and we have no alternatives.