IowaFeminist: Are you responding to Courtney's post? Because I don't
think that's the argument she's making. And as a feminist, I hate the
insinuation that to support Obama means one has rejected Clinton. I am
a feminist that supports Obama for reasons similar to Courtney: he
inspires me, makes me feel hopeful about this nation and the world and
the good that can be done.

And no, Clinton doesn't make me feel that way. Sorry, but she just
doesn't. It's not necessarily her fault, but I don't necessarily feel
like supporting Obama for this reason means I'm punishing Clinton. That
is sort of a bizarre assertion, because it assumes that my vote is
something that should go to Clinton by default, and I'm "withholding"
it from her. I never view voting for any candidate, especially in a
Democratic primary, as a default. And in this case, Clinton does not have a default claim on my vote because she's a woman. I looked at all the candidates and I
decided that Obama was the strongest candidate, the one I trusted the
most, the one I wanted in the White House.