Resignations
Headlines tonight declare that "Senator Obama Resigns from His Church". - Really? I know its been decades since I've attended a church with any conviction, and at that they were Catholic - the most arcane and by-the-book of any organized religion - and yet I had no idea that the average perishioner was required to "resign". I always figured it was pretty easy: just stop going. Hell, that's easier than quitting the gym, where you at least have to call and tell someone that your fat ass doesn't wanna pay anymore. But, I guess, it makes a good headline, so there you have it: presidential candidates don't just switch churches, they have to "resign" from one first. (What if the church doesn't accept your reisgnation? Do you still have to keep going?)

On another note about resignation - another definition of the word this time, yet convenient for this post - the Clinton campaign must - MUST, ABSOLUTELY MUST - resign itself to defeat after today's votes by the DNC rules committee that reinstated 1/2 votes for the full delegations of Florida and Michigan. They must come out and in no uncertain terms say the fight over the two disputed states is over. On Monday I will be calling the campaign headquarters to say enough is enough, to take the loss like an adult. If they feel the need to press on further, I will have no choice but to ask that every dollar I've donated be returned, and at a minimum, they must remove me from their donor rolls as I will never give another penny. It's simply time for all of this to end. The decisions today by the DNC were more than reasonable and represent the best possible, pragmatic outcome. It's time to begin the process of bringing all angered - justified or not - Democrats to Senator Obama. A united party is more important than the squabble over who the nominee actually is because the absolute last thing this country needs is four more years of George W Bush, which is precisely what a McCain (McBush? McSame?) presidency would be.