I could never vote for a man who dedicated his life to representing families and children victimized by uncaring corporations and insurance companies.  I could never vote for a man who seeks to be a champion for  regular, hard-working families.  I could never vote a man who wants to provide universal quality health care for all, better schools for our children.  I could never vote for a man wants to protect our civil liberties, preserve the environment, save Social Security and Medicare, and get the big money and special interests out of politics.

I could never vote for a man whose first job out of college was being a community organizer with a church-based group seeking to improve living conditions in poor neighborhoods plagued with crime and high unemployment.  I could never vote for a man who seeks to rally the hope in us all, who seeks to unite us all around a politics of purpose - a politics that puts solving the challenges of everyday Americans ahead of partisan calculation and political gain.   I could never vote for a man who wants you to feel proud of America again.  Who wants to restore America's reputation in the world.  Who wants to provide universal heath care, who wants to preserve our reproductive rights, who wants to end the Iraq War as quickly and responsibly as possible.  And who wants to end the politics of fear.  

I could never vote for a woman who has been a steadfast advocate for children, women's rights, and middle-class families.  I could never vote for a woman who helped expand children's health care and protect Social Security from privatization. I could never vote for a woman who was the first to tackle the challenge of providing universal healthcare for us all, and seeks still to provide once she is in office.   I could never vote for a woman who has taken the worst the Republicans can throw at a person and win.  I could never vote for a woman who seeks to uphold Roe v. Wade as the law of the land.  I could never vote for a woman who wants equality for all, no matter your sexual orientation or race or what have you.

If there is one phrase I never want to hear on this site again, it is the following:

"I could never vote for..."

It doesn't matter how you end that sentence.  Most commonly, the name 'Hillary Clinton' provides the ending.  Other times you see the name 'Barack Obama' or 'John Edwards.'

The phrase is a lie, no matter what name completes it.

We here at Daily Kos need to remember that while we are in the fevered pitch of the Primary Wars.  We are all free to support whomever we choose in the primaries.  We are all fighting to have our preferred choice for President be the Democratic nominee.

But you better believe you can vote for Hillary Clinton, John Edwards and/or Barack Obama.  All three are great candidates.  All three are champions to the causes we hold dear.  All three will be spectacular Presidents.  All three will do us proud.  

For any Democrat anywhere is better than any Republican anywhere.  

So lets have this primary fight.  Lets support our preferred candidates, all the while knowing that we will all come together in the general to support the victor of these battles, whether that person be Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama or John Edwards.