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To the Hillary Supporters Who Claim They'll Vote for McCain: Get Over Yourselves |
OK, so the great female hope flew high for a while, but then fell back to Earth. She got smacked down by the electoral process, not the glass ceiling. Still, are you so spurned that the voters broke up with her that you're ready to put on your sluttiest dress, head to some Republican dive bar, and revenge-fuck the oldest, meanest, pastiest, craggy-toothed stranger you can find? Are you really ready to sleep with John McCain just to make the world pay for dumping your best girlfriend?
If you expect people to believe your support for Hillary was based on a passionate belief that she could heal the wounds inflicted on the world by eight years of Bushco, you must know that any substantial differences between Hillary and Obama pale in comparison to those between Obama and McCain.
I am an Obama supporter. If he isn't the most intelligent, inspiring, compassionate politician to hit the public highway in years, he's doing the greatest impression of one I've ever seen. But, if he had lost, I would've supported Hillary in a heartbeat. Milestones aside, this election isn't about gender or race. It's about triage. The country is bleeding. Do you really want to refuse help because you don't like the sex of the paramedic?
I know it hurts to have your dreams crushed, but consider this:
Somewhere in the country is a 17-year-old girl who will graduate high school and enter the military as her only solid option. If she gets sent to Iraq and killed, what would you say to her mother?
Or maybe she has a younger sister who just started dating and will get pregnant in 3 years. Will she still have the right to an abortion?
Or maybe her mother is a single mom who saved for years to buy a home, but is about to lose it to foreclosure.
Or maybe her aunt will get diagnosed with breast cancer and lose her health insurance.
Why not put the slutty dress back in the closet and nurse your pain some other way? Don't take it out on the world. How would you feel waking up in bed with John McCain, sad and hungover, and walking back home to a country in ruin. That would truly be the walk of shame.
posted 11:50 am on 06/11/2008
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Why do so many Democrats just assume that they are entitled to Hillary's votes? Since when is it a crime for some Democrats to not be impressed with their nominee?
First of all, what is the top issue of concern for voters this election year? It is not party unity, or Roe v Wade or Women's rights. It's the economy, stupid! It's the immense fear of rising gas prices and fuel shortages. And a recent poll in CNN showed that only 32% of Americans believe Barack Obama is the best candidate to get the economy back on track. The poll showed that almost two-thirds believe McCain is the better man for that job.
Second, Hillary Clinton received almost 18 million votes, many from people who had and still have qualms about Obama's flimsy resume and lack of any real leadership experience. They simply believed Hillary was the stronger candidate. There are much broader differences between the 2 Democrats than is often acknowledged. Hillary and McCain are both tested and proven; Obama gives good speeches. And in my opinion, no "Candidate of Better Judgment" would have sat in Reverend Wright's church for 20+ years.
On the issue of the Iraq War, well I served 15 months in Baghdad. I don't see either side, Democrat or Republican succeeding in getting those troops out of the Middle East as soon as Americans would like, though I understand the Dems will try harder to make it happen. And Universal Healthcare? I'll believe it when I see it.
And on the issue of calling her voters sexist: Well, I find it interesting that no one refers to the African-Americans, who by the way went for Obama in MUCH HIGHER ratios than women went for Clinton, as racist.
posted 11:39 pm on 06/09/2008
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Question: Isn't supporting someone JUST because that person is a woman every bit as sexist as resisting someone JUST that person is a woman?
posted 12:25 am on 06/07/2008
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posted 5:16 pm on 06/06/2008
You're now a Fan of hepsibahstarbuck.
Funny how Hillary hasn't called her delusional attack harpies back to the mother ship yet.
posted 3:52 pm on 06/06/2008
You're now a Fan of freshorses.
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