It has been stated here in previous blogs that this poster is dissatisfied with National Public Radio. A loyal member for the better part of 10 years I always thought they really did "consider all things," that is, of course, until they crowned Senator Obama king several months ago. In an attempt to find a more varied source for political news I began to search the am dial. A local station carries News/Talk and features the "Ed Schultz Show - The Progressive Voice of the Nation." This was too good to be true. I thought the only left-wing shows on the air were featured on the doomed Air America satellite network.
Well, it has been a couple weeks since I first heard Ed. One of the first things I heard the man say was that he and we should support whoever the Democratic nominee turns out to be. He claimed that either candidate would be worlds better than George W. Bush. I was on board at that point. The next day he was crucifying Hillary.
Today he is screaming about the wasted time discussing that Obama, only this week, started wearing a lapel pin. He pointed out that Hillary hasn't been wearing one either. As for shady dealings with business associates in Illinois being used to tear down senator Obama, what about the backroom dealings with Wal-Mart the Clintons have been in on? Remember that whole Reverend Wright thing? It was not Obama's place to question the pastor or even to leave during a fiery, racist, anti-American sermon. He is a member of "the church" not a member of the reverend. Hillary admitted that the whole thing about the sniper in Bosnia was a lie. She is a no good liar.
The sad thing is that my defenses are weakening.
My original thought on this whole campaign thing was that we need to leave the Clintons in the past and move on with our lives. The republicans would only grid-lock anything they did just like the last time and what good would that do? Maybe it was time for a change. As the election unfolded and Edwards and Obama began dumping on Hillary the way Rush Limbaugh or Sean Hannity would I started to become defensive. Let's stick it to everyone and go with the Clintons! That has held up for a long time. I voted for her in my state's recent primary and I stand by that vote. Having said that, I am beginning to face up to her flaws. I am finding out that I may have been wrong, and everyone else might have been right. You read that correctly. I am admitting that I may very well be not only wrong, but DAMN WRONG! I am going to have to (figuratively) crawl back to a number of friends, colleagues, and family members and admit that Hillary may not be presidential nor ready to take office.
I thought the Democratic party was wrong for jumping on the Obama band-wagon. I realize now that they have the party's best interests in mind and that there is a good reason that he is their man.
The Democrats are correct.
No matter who gets the nomination...
I could no longer vote for Hillary Clinton in November.
There is only one thing left to do.
Vote for Senator McCain.
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ACK!
I could not have said it better, Kristen.
ACK, for sure!
Do you have any suggestions?
When I first read this post, my reaction was - oh, no - another person giving up on Hillary. After thinking about it more and more I have come to a conclusion: While I am not surrendering my support for her, I do understand why many people are...
She doesn't stand a chance against someone who has become an overnight icon. Of course not... it's like taking the Statue of Liberty off her pedestal and placing her right next to the infamous "ROCK" on the quad of Youngstown State University (Google that thing and learn all about what we used to call "The Pebble") - it doesn't make sense.
We've already placed Obama on that pedestal and what has he done to earn it? He's spoken in a grandious way about "hope" "change" and "dreams" but he's yet to show us anything - or even explain anything.
No, I'm sorry, while my choice of Hillary may not be the presidential candidate, I'll write in "WILLIAM SHATNER" if I have to before I will vote for Obama.
Seriously everyone - when it comes to Oprah's picks - there's a HUGE difference between picking a Cormac McCarthy book and picking the leader of the free world!
Yeah. Not McCain. Obama's seemingly sloppy choice of words strikes me as less damaging to the country as a whole than McCain's absolute change of heart regarding more than one of his previously strongly-held stances (such as the one against torture, for example...).
I truly used to like McCain, and would have happily voted for him. But the more I read about him, the more his spine loses some of what I thought was almost impenetrable rigidity.
All of these people are the same. The one thingthat they share is that they are all fond of the phrase "bull shit"
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