If you are a Mets fan, very little good came out of the series last week against the Padres in San Diego. In addition to being a Mets fan, I am a Clinton supporter. The two things have been feeling pretty similar lately. The first game was on Thursday, when I was hopeful about the Mets chances to turn their season around, and fairly certain that Hillary Clinton was out of the race. On Friday's game, something stuck out to me. Sitting just to the first base side of home plate was a man wearing a shirt with a big, red, white, and blue 'O' on it. 'Man,' I thought to myself, 'they're everywhere.' I was mad about it, because 'they' had also beaten Hillary Clinton, and she was my candidate.

Saturday, I listened to a certain speech. And that night, I watched the Mets game.

Same seat, same shirt. I smiled to myself, we really are everywhere. Friday that shirt had been like a needle digging into me. But Saturday night, it was like the gap in the back of my jaw where my wisdom teeth were. It's a reminder of old wounds, but it sure feels good to have the pressure off.

So I have been a srong supporter of Hillary Clinton's candidacy for a very long time, but this is the last straw.

I've heard all the arguments against her, and while some had strong points, none convinced me, until now.

According to Fox News, Hillary Clinton drinks Blue Moon with an Orange in it.

This is completely unacceptable. Blue Moon is a Wheat Beer in the Belgian style, and is one of the better "craft" beers that is generally available. However, it is sweet enough, and being brewed in the Belgian tradition, already contains spices and ingredients other than malt, water, and yeast.

On Tuesday, I volunteered for Hillary in NYC. It was an incredible experience and one that I want to share with everyone here. It was Daily Kos that first got me excited about volunteering in the political process, and that’s why I wanted to share it here.

At 8:30am I went to the home of a councilwoman who has endorsed Hillary and lent her home out as a volunteer station. I went in the door and was immediately welcomed happily by the enthusiastic staff. I signed in and asked where they wanted me. The volunteer coordinator gave me a list of options and was willing to give me a choice of where I wanted to be and I told him, send me where you need me most, don’t worry about me. So he did.

I went to a polling place in Morningside Heights for the morning.

To celebrate the fact that I've only been commenting heavily for the past few days and I somehow earned Trusted User status, I wanted to give everyone a little present, this link.

A genius has put together Bush's audio clips to make him sing Sunday Bloody Sunday. I realize it's been all over the internet, so many of you have probably seen it already. But as a great big thank you, I just wanted to share. This is a powerful community.

Thanks to Kos' linking to this post by Jeffrey Feldman I got to read an amazing post about YearlyKos and about the whole netroots movement. His description of the netroots movement as a whole new political movement built on trust was very powerful, and I recommend that everyone read it.

It made me think about my lurker status though, and what made me a lurker. For me the community here at DailyKos is like a huge house in a rainstorm. It's warm inside, and the windows look oh so inviting, I know the house, I see it every day, but I never get much further than the porch. I gaze inside looking at all of these people and the incredible thing they've built, I draw support from it, I see this community based on trust, but I can't bring myself to join it all the way. I want to, but something stops me, fear.

Update: Title Changed based on suggestion in the comments.

I'm a lurker who has long wanted to stop being a lurker. Due to a number of factors, including the feeling that what I have to say has already been better said, and that I can't post from work, I haven't managed much of that.

I'm writing this because no one has really addressed the idea, and I feel it needs to be said. I am disappointed with the Times, as can be seen from the vast majority of comments and posts at the moment, I am not alone in that sentiment.

I am in fact fairly moderate in my opinion, comparted to the rage being expressed. I want an explanation, and not just the brief blurb of an explanation available through CNN. I want to see a major editorial discussing this story and its implications, way more than was seen for the Judy Miller debacle.

However, I do think that credit should be given where credit is due. More on the flip...