Fred!

Nooooooo! Fred Thompson has dropped out of the presidential race.

Fred! Fred! Where for art thou, Fred? How could you leave me like this, Fred? Ohhhh, Fred.

Yeah, right.

Voted for Hilary in the Michigan primaries. Plan to vote for her contentedly at every opportunity. First time since Clinton 1 ran that I feel satisfied by my presidential options.

1. I know what I’m getting

2. I expect very few inexplicable moves from her and I like that, a lot

Is she perfect? No. Does she recycle and support hybrids and can be relied on not to put pro-life judges onto the Supreme Court? OK then, good enough. This is the presidency. At the age of 35 I’ve finally realized that my perfect candidate is not going to be elected. Yeah, it took 35 years for me to get that through my head. When the war got going I was so disgusted by our system of government that I nearly bowed out completely. But there are some very practical issues that I will protect with my vote including access to safe abortions and freely accessible birth control, movement toward recognized gay and lesbian marriage and equal adoption rights for gay and lesbian couples, respect for America’s civil rights legacy, a hold on the religious right, movement toward more equitable health care, a national hold on Intelligent Design in public schools, and a president I can ignore for months on end ’cause they’re generally holding up the bargain I made with them when I voted for them.

Yeah, I’m voting for Hilary.

And I don’t care who they sleep with. That’s between them and their primary partner. Am I their primary partner? OK then. But, you know, decorum is good, too. Appreciate the president not starting wars with countries that aren’t any threat to us and dragging us into decades-long relationships involving the deaths of tens of thousands of people, though, if you can dig what I’m saying.