Parting Is Such Sweet Sorrow

I was really done with this song. I liked it in it’s time, but I was sick to death of hearing it and I would have really not minded if I had never heard it again. But then Howie Klein had to go and put together this YouTube clip and make it new again.

In August of 2006 I told my Andrea Bocelli/Sarah Brightman story but when I went back to check it out today, I see that their label disabled the clip. In honor of the announcements of the 27 or 28 House members– and a handful of senators– who have decided it’s time to say goodbye… here’s a version I just put together for tonight. And after I put the clip together, right-wing extremist Ron Lewis (R-KY) cut and ran.

Thanks Howie!

Now speaking of saying goodbye, we lost John Edwards as a candidate yesterday. Although not unexpected this was very disappointing to me. He was my candidate, and I was wholeheartedly behind him. I think that he just couldn’t buck the corporatist media. They ate him alive from day one. Now I have to decide how to vote here in the New York primary next week.

I have to say that I have been very impressed with Barack Obama in the past few weeks. I thought he gave a good speech after Iowa, and his speech in South Carolina was nothing short of inspirational. The Kennedy endorsements, and particularly Edward Kennedy’s endorsement speech also moved me deeply, but I still hold reservations about Obama which I can’t put my finger on. There is something cult-like about his campaign, and his supporters often seem over-zealous.

I was even beginning to come to terms with Hillary Clinton in recent weeks, but “Hillary” has become “The Clintons” and that does not sit very well with me. I liked Bill Clinton when he was president, but I have since come to understand how he was just another link in the chain that has resulted in almost 30 years of conservative, supply-side economic policies; policies which have wreaked havoc on the American Middle Class.

I am leaning towards Obama at this point, but I may still pull the lever for Edwards. I may not know for sure until I’m inside the voting booth (yes, we still vote on machines with levers and curtains here). The imortant thing to keep in mind now, is that any of the Democratic candidates, Clinton, Obama, Edwards, Dodd, Biden, Kucinich, and Richardson, would have my vote in a General Election against any of the Republicans. We now face a choice of Clinton or Obama. Frankly, at this point, in spite of any reservations I may have about either of them, I’d be happy to support either one against another Republican president.