I've been feeling very disillusioned about this election.  I have not wanted to ever have to swallow voting for Barack Obama.  I still hope I don't have to and that Hillary Clinton is our nominee.  But, I just read Bob Herbert's editorial in the Times http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/12/opinio n/12herbert.html?_r=1&ref=opinion&am p;oref=sloginand it reminded me of why in the hell I am a democrat in the first place.  Any why, if I have to, I will work my ass off to elect Barack Obama should he be our nominee.  We cannot let this country slide completely into the abyss.  We are Americans.  I love this country so damn much, and I don't want to see it fall apart, be torn apart, be swept away.  I don't want to see the money that could be spent to build us up; to educate our children; to heal our sick; to feed our poor--be spent in the deserts of the Middle East.  Only by banding together can we collectively save ourselves.  So here's to all of you out there.  Here's to fighting our real enemies.  Here's to saving our country and maybe, if we can, our world.  Love to all.  Peace.