YDA

OK, so over the weekend I went to the Young Democrats of America Conference in Nashville, Tennesse.
And let me tell you, it was sick. It was probably one of the coolest things that I've ever been to since...ever.

Then I get home and find out that Barack has won the nomination (Congrats to him, I have nothing against him but I think Hil does have the better universal health plan) which means the YDAs work really has begun. Convincing young voters to vote for Barack should be easier than harder but it's so late in the game, McCain has had months- literally, MONTHS- to prepare his campaign and all we've been doing is tearing up our party.

Come on, Dems. I mean, really. At this rate, we're no better than the Republicans.

We need to get our act together. As Governor Phil Bredesen said on Saturday, we need to stop acting like spoiled children when it comes to this election and choosing a candidate. The party HAS to unite behind Barack if we want to win this election, otherwise we'll just be handing McCain and the Republicans a victory.

To be brutally honest, I actually think McCain's a good guy. I think he's running one crazy-ass campaign for presidency though. I mean, he's got people in that campaign who Dick Cheney- Dick fucking CHENEY- thinks are insane. CONSERVATIVELY insane. Does this ring a problem bell in anyone's head? And never mind everything that KARL ROVE did, he's still out there advocating for McCain! That can't be good for his campaign, it'd be like another Bill Clinton for Hillary. But if our party is split in half, then it'll work 10x better than any other strategy.

A lot of being in office is the work of the people who the President surrounds himself with. McCains making preliminary choices that are much worse than Bush did, which only leads me to believe that an apocalypse or something will occur if McCain is elected President of the United States. The whole world is following this election, and this election extends far beyond any one person. This election will determine the future of our country for ages to come; it affects our children, their children, and their children after that. This election determines the way we interact with other nations and the way other nations will interact with us.

The time for change is now. So, Dems, get your act together and back the candidate who should be the next president of the United States: Barack Obama.


NASHVILLE BY THE NUMBERS:

532,175 - # of Democratic vote pledges (tentative) YDA state chapters and caucuses committed to collecting in 2008.
972 - # of Democratic vote pledges collected online during the conference.
328- # of Democratic vote pledges collected in person during the YVR Scavenger Hunt.
285 - # of conference attendees.
229 - # of days until President Bush is out of office.
152 - # of days until 2008 Election Day.
28 - # of states committing to vote pledges during the Vote Pledge Summit.
9 - # of peer-to-peer training sessions held concurrently at Peer-to-Palooza.
6 - # of Democratic vote pledges collected on cocktail napkins.
4 - # of consecutive days I ate at Jack's BBQ.
2 - # of pink tiara/cowboy hats worn by officers during the National Committee Meeting
1 - # of vote pledges collected on our plane to DC by a YD.


let's win this thing.