I plan to vote for Hillary in the West Virginia primary next
week even if she drops out of the race in the next 6 days. Before you gnash
your teeth or roll your eyes, read on.

I’ve lived in West Virginia for 17 years, spent the first
17 on the East Coast and 11 more on the culturally and racially diverse West Coast.
I am: caucasion (almost the same as Obama!), aged 45 (same as Obama!), married, mother of 2
kids, a homeowner (same, same, same), a successful small business owner, college
educated (same), and tech-adept. I believe in freedom FROM religion, have never owned a gun,
and drink wine (exclusively malbecs at the moment) and french roast coffee--though not at the same time.

On my playlist are the Drive
By Truckers, Wilco, Regina Spektor and Bruch. I have never had an abortion,
loathe right-wingers, can’t bowl for shit (same!), and wouldn’t vote for McCain
unless he was running against GW Bush. 

I’m also a knitter, a blogger since
2002, and I’ve got 3 unpublished novels in my desk at home. My husband says one
of them’s pretty good!  (Yes, he's a tough critic.)

In high school, I went to an
inauguration party at the Mayflower Hotel in DC – when Jimmy Carter took
office! I’ve followed politics for years. I lived in the California bay area when
Diane Feinstein was a city councilwoman.

I voted for: Mondale, Dukakis, Clinton,
Clinton, Gore, Kerry. In the last presidential primary, I voted for Dean—even
though he was out of the race by the time of the WV primary. I voted for him because
of his opposition to the pack of lies that was the Iraq war rationale.

Obviously, Obama’s my kind of guy,
so why would I vote for Hillary? Does it matter? Do all Hillary voters have to
be deranged or downscale (read, uneducated)? If Obama is on the ticket, rest
assured I will vote for him in November. 

Out of the many millions of votes cast
for Hillary, surely some are from people like me—no grudge against Obama, no
secret racist agenda. We just think Hillary Clinton would make a pretty good, effective
president.

I am posting this little entry in the hope of enlightening some of y'all who have never traveled to the interior of our nation. 

Oh, I forgot to add that I am a coal-miner's granddaughter. My grandfather lost a leg in 1935 in a mine accident. He was a lifelong Republican, but man his wooden leg was cool.

Now spin me!