Jesus H. Christ and a Green Turnip, Dagnabit!

You gotta be kidding me:

(CNN) — A sizable number of Hillary Clinton supporters may break ranks to back John McCain in November should Barack Obama capture the Democratic nomination, a new Gallup poll suggests.

According to the just-released poll, 28 percent of Clinton's supporters would back McCain should the New York senator lose her quest for the Democratic nomination. That compares to the 19 percent of Obama supporters who say they will favor McCain should Clinton be the party's nominee.

"[The results] suggest that some Clinton supporters are so strongly opposed to Obama (or so loyal to Clinton) that they would go so far as to vote the "other" party's candidate next November if Obama is the Democratic nominee," Frank Newport of Gallup said of the survey's findings.

Newport also noted that the poll's results are likely the result of the heated battle for the nomination, and the number of the party's defectors to McCain is likely to decrease after Democrats choose a nominee and the focus shifts to defeating the Arizona senator.

The poll was conducted March 7-22 and carries a margin of error of plus or minus 2 percentage points.

Or maybe they are just so committed to a war-oriented, white/wealthy dominated version of the United States that they'll take whoever they can get it from?  Hillary is the Dem of choice for that---please don't yell at me Hillary supporters--I'm not saying she necessarily stands for that (voting record aside), just that she appeals to some of those people.  Regardless, Hillary Clinton would never support Dems loyal to her voting for McCain.  I've also heard a lot of stories about how if Obama doesn't get the nomination a lot of the first-time or never-have voters he has inspired to participate just won't show up to vote in the general election, which also really sucks... but with our past 25 years of representation and the slowing of civil rights, you can kinda see why.  I'm sure a lot of people would have not voted in the 1960 election had JFK failed to get the nomination...  I personally still feel like people should come to their polling place and abstain so it's on the record that they don' t like any of the choices, but then again, I'm given leave off of my salaried job to go vote, so what's to lose?  Sigh.

I guess the point of all this is: Please, people, think about things before you reactively vote!  McCain is not simply a not-Obama (and vice versa).  Same for Hillary.  There's a lot at stake here that goes beyond loyalty to a candidate.  Like loyalty to what Amhttp://www.blogger.com/img/gl.link.giferica should and can be...


UPDATE: I was wrong, looks like the Clintons are all about McCain. Gah!!! What the hell happened to my people? My heart is seriously tormented right now. I wish Bill would just shut up already before both of their legacies are shot...