Comments on: Can Hillary Be a Healer?

By: aba23

aba23 — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 23:54:57 +0000

Minor correction to the post, Dennis Kucinich voted against the war authorization. I think it's very important to not continue to give the false impression that there was no legitimate or vocal opposition to the war during the buildup in 2002-2003.

See http://usliberals.about.com/od/liberalleadershi... for the list of 23 senators and 133 representatives who had the judgment to try to put a speedbump between the administration and its unstoppable course to the invasion.

By: StockBoySF

StockBoySF — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 22:46:24 +0000

Crat3, go ahead and vote for McCain if he's your guy- that's the beauty of American politics. But if you're doing so because you felt that the Dems primary process was unfair, then you haven't looked at the Republican process. After all McCain wrapped up the GOP nomination before millions of voters even had a chance to vote. Most (if not all) the GOP primary contests were a "winner take all".

I don't know how many contests McCain won before he reached that magical number, but on the Dem side I'd like to point out that the Dems allowed everyone to vote- and Obama even gave Hillary more delegates because of FL and MI, despite the fact that those states were DISQUALIFIED. Oh, and IF the Dems had a winner take all delegates like the GOP, then Obama would have won 33 contests (not including TX, where he lost the primary, but won the caucus).

So if your motivation is to vote Republican just to punish the Dems for running what you feel is an unfair primary, then you really have your priorities misplaced since the only thing more "unfair" than the Dem primary process is the Republican primary process.

But go ahead and vote for McCain if he represents your views on the issues. I wish both McCain and Obama well in the upcoming election.

By: JSpencer

JSpencer — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 18:30:39 +0000

Crat3, please take a nap, have a stiff drink, run around the house a few times, or do whatever is necessary to vent those bitter, whiny, conspiracy laden feelings. They can't be healthy for you or anyone else who feels that way. A lot can happen between now and 2012, let's concentrate on staying positive (and rational) in 2008. Anyone who is feeling so messed up they would sooner reward the GOP for the past 7 utterly abysmal years, than to vote for a democrat who wasn't their first choice, really is engaging in an extremely immature form of acting out.

By: crat3

crat3 — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 17:01:18 +0000

Sen. Clinton should have no burden to be a "healer". A corrupt Democratic Party cannot be "healed."

Sen. Clinton should be the Democratic presidential nominee. Obama did not clinch the nomination fair and square. De facto Obama surrogate House Speaker Nancy Pelosi rigged the nomination for Obama.

Sen. Clinton's supporters in the swing states of Ohio, Pennsylvania, Florida and Michigan should work for Obama's defeat and vote for McCain. Obama must win atleast three of these states in November. I will volunteer and vote for McCain in a swing state.

Sen. Clinton won the primaries for all four swing states. She was the best qualified and the strongest presidential candidate to win the general election in a landslide victory hands down. This was trumped by Pelosi's rigged nomination for Obama.

The key for Obama to win in November lies with Sen. Clinton's supporters in the swing states; for Obama, that key is lost for 2008 but it opens the door to 2012 for Sen. Clinton, when she can reform the Democratic Party..