I did it.
I put an Obama '08 bumper sticker on the back of the Momvan, MOSTLY to reassure MYSELF this nomination is not going to be stolen.
See the bumper sticker is never coming off. Someone is going to buy the 'ol Town & Country years from now and try scraping that baby off for days. I remember trying to get a Dead sticker off the back of my VW in college and it was NEVER COMING OFF.
So what pushed me to the permanent, van-ruining measures?
I can't stop thinking about what will happen if by some insane (and entirely evil) move the numbers shift and Senator Hillary Clinton is the Democratic nominee.
What will I do???
Keeping in mind I always live in crazy fantasy land where things like MATH do not matter, I can not seem to shut my brain off to the scenario in which I am faced with Clinton or McCain.
Echoing the Sicilian from the Princess Bride, 'clearly I can not choose the wine in front of me...'
Or can I?
I voted Nader before and watched the chaos. I can't do that again. McCain 'aka Mr. women just need more training and education' is not an option. 100 years in Iraq and the Supreme Court. Too big. Too much.
So in all honesty we're looking at having to vote for Clinton. There is no other 'REAL' option without possibly throwing Roe vs. Wade, soldiers and Iraqi lives right out the window. Could I seriously look at my kids and tell them I COULD have voted for someone capable of ending the war, capable of securing the Supreme Court for the next 40 years, capable of pushing through some sort of national health care plan...and yet I didn't, because I wanted to take a stand against politics as usual.
But HOW can I vote Clinton in my crazy fantasy nightmare, knowing what we ALL NOW KNOW.
AAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRGGGG.
So I put the bumper stick on. The uber-sticky, there for life, Obama '08 bumper sticker. PERMANENT reminder about what this election season has meant for me.
Also a total bet that it will mean something come November 4th.
However I like to make bets, and I tend to get cocky about them.
Time to get cocky again.
Even if cocky means a bumper sticker on a minivan, hauling two kids to preschool.