HRC Supporter says--Enough is enough!
Sat Apr 19, 2008 at 12:41:10 AM PDT
As a moderate Democrat, I have supported HRC since the early days of the campaign. I think a review of the few diaries that I have written will confirm this.
It was a difficult decision--I agonized over the decision for quite some time. I liked both candidates. Nearly all of my friends are huge BO supporters.
Still, I questioned the experience factor and came down in favor of HRC just barely.
Now I say...
Enough is enough
I am thoroughly convinced that BO will be the Democratic nominee and that it is vital to put the interests of the American people first and foremost--certainly above the individual aspirations and ambitions of a candidate, whether that be HRC or anyone else for that matter.
With each passing week, HRC is simply laying out the groundwork that the GOP will be following. To those who argue the contrary, I would simply state: one way to win a political argument is to engage in the "Big Lie." History is replete with disingenuous political figures who were able to captivate the public with repeating a big lie multiple times over and over again until the lie permeates the conscience.
This is what is now occurring. By openly questioning and attacking the patriotism of BO, HRC is unwittingly stating arguments which can only be given strength by the neo cons who are surrounding JM. In fact--her arguments are providing the essence of the GOP and their 527's swift boat goons with sound bites.
Is BO the perfect candidate?
There is no such thing.
Is his campaign perfect?
There are flaws in every campaign.
The last straw--the one that broke the camel's back--was HRC's comments castigating Democratic activists.
Mrs. Clinton--I am one of those activists. I stood by your husband even at the height of his impeachment. I stood by when the GOP took over Congress during his first mid-term election.
And I stood by you even though the writing has been on the wall the past few months that BO was riding a tidal wave and this just was not in the cards for you.
I stood by you when President Clinton engaged in tactics which appeared to inject race into this campaign. I argued with my friends and others that this was simply magnified by the media and by a skilled BO campaign.
But now you have attacked my brothers and sisters--men and women who also stood by President Clinton. Men and women that made it possible for him to win two terms. Men and women who came forth with their hearts, their sweat and their pocket books to support him during the darkest days of his political career.
Perhaps this is only fitting.
I for one implore the people of Pennsylvania to end this charade. It is time for the Democratic Party to do everything possible to ensure that we do not face Bush's third term.
It is vital that we do everything to preserve the lives of our troops--to reunite them with their families.
It is vital that we punch back at the GOP and their 527's who are already getting their ads together to smear and tarnish the reputation of BO, whose only sin was to aspire to a political position that has been coveted also by a former first lady.
There are no coronations in America.
Being married to a president does not entitle one to take his role. This is not a monarchy. This is a democracy.
This is a land where a child whose father deserted can grow up to become the first AA editor of the Harvard Law Review and can become President of the United States.
Sorry for the rambling message.
I have a lot that has built up inside of me for the past several months.
I now feel like the weight of the world has been lifted from my shoulders.
Mrs. Clinton--please do your country the best service you could have ever imagined.
Work for the defeat of a Bush third term.
Stop smearing a truly decent man destined to be President of the United States.
This former HRC supporter says quite simply what my mother used to say to my brothers and sisters when we used to act up--
Enough is enough
