Open Letter to Hillary

Senator Clinton:

You remember that Fleetwood Mac song about “Don’t Stop Thinkin About Tomorrow” because “Yesterday’s Gone”? Let’s change tracks on that album. “Do you know how to pick up the pieces and go home?”

Yes, dear, it’s that time.

You’re behind on real delegates, and your answer was to ask for the rules to be changed regarding Michigan and Florida, and to say that we silly voters should be over-ruled by the almighty super-delegates. Now, it has been pointed out that you’re sleeping with one of those (and another one from your home state had a little “zipper problem” in the news… come to think of it there are things you could be doing back in New York). Now why exactly do we want a president who thinks rules are for other people, and that certain people have more right to an opinion than we do? Perhaps you’ve forgotten, dear, that your power derives from We The People.

So then you turn around and say your opponent isn’t competent to be President, just not good enough — that indeed the candidate for the other side would be better than him! — but maybe he could be your running mate. What? Have you forgotten that the Vice President becomes President should he — or she – die or become unable to serve the elected term? He’ll suddenly be qualified if someone kills you?

Oh, and way to be faithful to your party there. Have you forgotten that Lieberman and the other DINOs — Democrats In Name Only — are on their way to extinction?

And the very idea that Senator Obama is some sort of Affirmative Action candidate is an insult that you should have denounced the moment you heard that a member of your campaign said it. Instead you called it “regrettable”. What, regrettable that somebody called your campaign out on that nonsense? Not only is that an insult to Senator Obama, it is an insult to all the people who support him: people of all races and both genders.

You’ve lost 11 primaries now. Mr. Edwards knew to call it quits after 3 losses. I have seen people vote for Senator Obama that I would never have thought would do so. I have watched the old hatred of you swell in the absence of a clear Rovian plot against you, and you must surely know there is an extensive playbook that will swing into action should you actually become the candidate. I have now heard from at least one person who tells me he will sooner vote for Ralph Nader than either you or Senator McCain!

If you persist in your petulant little quest to be Queen, disregarding any rules and little people you dislike along the way, you will rip the Democratic Party apart and clear the way for yet more of the same things that haven’t worked for the last 8 years from a man who thinks everything is great in Iraq and therefore we should stay another hundred years.

Hasn’t Dr. Dean talked to you about this? Or are you ignoring him when your cell phone rings?

It’s no Rumour; it’s time to pick up the pieces and go home.