We Ought to Help Retire Hillary's Debt ON THE SIDE

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Friday May 09, 2008 · 10:05 AM PDT

2008/05/09 · 10:05

Before you swamp me with complaints, hear me out, OK?

I know that this probably won't be popular here at dKos, but I have an idea for a great way to emphasize unity in the days after Senator Clinton drops out of the race (which I believe is certain to occur before much of June is in the books).

My proposal is this: we, as a community, should create an ActBlue page for helping to retire Senator Clinton's debts.

I am aware that not many folks savor such a prospect, especially if their whole-hearted donation to Senator Obama is going to Hillary without their permission.

And that's exactly why Senator Obama would not do it that way. He knows better, so give him the benefit of the doubt.

I know that not many of us (myself included) are feeling very charitable towards the Clintons and their myriad, quasi-celebrity supporters.

But I submit that it is our job, as denizens of a blog that elects Democrats, to do our part to take care of our own and preserve our chances of creating enhanced party unity.

Specifically, to pay off her vendors and others, and NOT HER PERSONAL LOANS.

I believe that this is an effective compromise. I think it is unreasonable for Barack to expect us to be totally fine with his unilateral donation of our money for his primary campaign to go towards funding Senator Clintons largely irresponsible campaign debts. And the fact that she took out such large personal loans should not likely be something that the netroots fundraising apparatus should be responsible for.

Nevertheless, the time after this primary is a time for gestures not of peace, love and understanding, but pragmatic cooperation and reasonable compromise. We have a serious election to attend to, perhaps the most serious in decades.

I, for one, would help Senator Obama raise money ON THE SIDE in order to help pay down Senator Clinton's debts and promote party unity. If he were to give me a choice in the matter, it would be a choice I would readily accept.

So when this happens, I want to see this community fundraising amongst your Clinton-supporting friends and your Obama supporting friends in order to put the unprecedented nastiness of this primary behind us. I know that it isn't easy right now to do so, but I think in time this will feed into my aforementioned spirit of cooperation and reasonable compromise

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If you cooled off for a bit after this primary, do you think you could help by making or donating to an ActBlue page for the purpose of enhancing party unity?

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If you cooled off for a bit after this primary, do you think you could help by making or donating to an ActBlue page for the purpose of enhancing party unity?

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