The Democratic Primary for Virginia is Tuesday. Today I got a call from the Dean camp reminding me to vote for Dean on Tuesday. Now, I’ve been following the primaries lately and it seems as though Dean will be out come Tuesday. I’ve been a Dean supporter since I went to his rally in Falls Church in the summer (see photo below). But I’ve thought for awhile secretly that John Edwards would eventually get the nomination. The question is, do I vote for Dean because I’ve been a supporter of his for awhile, do I vote for John Edwards because I think he’ll get the nomination or do I go with the trend and vote for John Kerry simply because he’s been winning so many of the primaries? I wouldn’t vote for Kerry JUST because he’s been winning the primaries but I wouldn’t want to waste a vote on a guy who doesn’t have a chance of getting the nomination. Why not make Kerry’s win even stronger by giving him my vote? It’s only a primary after all. I’d really like to see John Edwards get the nomination. There’s something about him. He’s got a Clinton (circa 1992) air about him. And I like that about him. I’m sure like many people who will vote on Tuesday, I’ll make up my mind right in the booth. In the long run I don’t think it matters who I vote for in the primary. I’m a democrat and always vote the party line in the general election. I’m so sick of what Bush and his administration has done to our country that I don’t care who wins the primary as long as the nominee wins in November and beats Bush.
On a different note, in the photo above you will see the Dean rally I attended in August. I went with my then boyfriend Shawn. At the time I was happy with Shawn and wasn’t looking at guys or anything. Little did I know that other guys were looking at me. See the guy standing close to the camera on the left with the black t-shirt with white writing on it? Well, that is Brad, sweet Brad, the guy I’m currently dating. I find it amazing that I would take pictures of a future boyfriend at the rally. Of the hundreds of people there, HE had to be standing right in front of me. He tells me now that we locked eyes at one point. I don’t remember that but he says he does. Pretty cool.
Oh, one more thing. Happy 94th Birthday to the homophobic Boy Scouts of America. On this date in 1910, the Boy Scouts of America filed incorporation papers in DC.