Hillary Clinton supporters must enjoy the smell of mothballs. Either that, or they're so enamored with the prosperous 90s that they can't see the forest through the trees.
One of the main reasons our economy is in the dumps right now is because President Bill Clinton succeeded where his Republican predecessors failed -- in passing NAFTA and, ultimately, WTO. Ross Perot warned us that the "large sucking sound" we'd hear would be our jobs leaving the country if George H.W. Bush were re-elected OR if Bill Clinton were elected. He was right. And Hillary is oh so wrong for this country. Every bit as wrong as Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton or George W. Bush.
Want proof?
Look at her voting record in the Senate. She's been a rubber stamp for George W. in much the same way her husband played rubber-stamp for Newt Gingrich and his conservative cronies (WTO, Contract for America, Welfare Reform). Senator Barack Obama pushes us forward without forgetting the past.
He belongs as much to the future as he does to the PRE-Clinton Democratic party. The great party that leaves us feeling proud. The party of JFK and FDR. This should not be forgotten and the politics of hope truly need to replace the politics of cynicism that have ruled over the U.S. for decades.
I am not overly excited about how he's voted in the U.S. Senate, but am very enthused with the way Obama is inspiring the nation. JFK's words have lived on much longer than the bulk of his voting record. They continue to inspire and will continue inspiring for decades to come. I think lifting the people of the world up and bringing out the best in them -- even if only through rhetoric -- is powerful and meaningful. It is what a leader does and what a leader needs to do well.
With the corporate MSM blocking alternative voices at every turn, we're probably never going to have a President Kucinich or President Wellstone, and I truthfully think Obama and his "poetry" is the next best thing. And I do think that, side-by-side, his voting record is superior to Hillary Clinton's and his ideas for the future of the U.S. and the world are a step beyond "politics as usual."
After 8 years of George W. Bush we need to heal as a nation. We need to heal as a world. I think Barack Obama is the one that can heal us. Through both words and substance.