I understand what you are saying. But, I do not blame Nader voters for Gore's defeat. Al Gore ran away from the Clinton Administration and that is what destroyed his candidacy. He looked like a spineless idiot because he was second in command in that administration who stayed there despite it being as bad as he seemed to feel it was. Love it or hate it, the Clinton Administration presided over times that were good times for Americans. The economy was good, people felt hopeful, and Gore ran away from that. Had he run a better campaign, he would not have lost.

You do not have to worry about my vote because I live in New York. There is almost no chance that New York would be close. I do not know what I would do if I lived in a swing state, though. I am not going to say that I would definitely vote for Obama, but I would have to give serious thought about holding my nose and doing it.

I think you should read what I said a little closer. And, I will not continue to try to get into this with you because there is little space to try to cram a discussion of civil procedure (which is most definitely an appellate issue), finer points of constitutional law, or Supreme Court rulings. This is not the appropriate forum. I gave a very watered down version of why Clinton is not qualified to be on the Supreme Court. In short: she does not have the experience. You, my friend, are totally out of your depth. I would suggest we continue this argument with you, but you just do not know what you are talking about. Just stop. I will not argue my credentials with you because it is impossible to verify them, you are adamant that I am dumb because I do not like Obama, and because I know who I am, what I do, and how hard I worked to get here. Continue ranting about me.

Have you noticed that no one is biting at your "troll" bait? Stop it. You are like a child.

I am just saying that sniping will not help bring Clinton supporters into the fold. Running a national campaign takes volunteers, interns, and paid staff. I worked on a campaign when I was a junior in college. I had to leave for two months because I was studying in Paris. I came back to New York to work for the campaign at crunch time. I was jet lagged, got no sleep, little opportunity to shower, and was working in close quarters with the rest of the staff. If someone talked down to me under those conditions, I would have punched them in the eye. Not because I am a whiner, but because the stress of a national campaign is no place from that. As a member of the military, I think you know that while you and the members of your unit probably fight like siblings, the absence of basic respect would erode unit cohesion. I am not saying anyone would work to sabotage the unit, but it would not be good and it would be a distraction. Forgive me if I am totally off base on that comparison because I have never served in the military.

We all need to dial it down. I never believed that people who did not support Sen. Clinton were racist or bad people. I believe in our democracy and as misguided as I think Republicans are, I would never begrudge them the right to support their candidate of choice. The sun shines on the wicked and the righteous.The same laws that protect Republicans' right to vote protect my right to vote. You said that you think I do not believe in the democratic process, but that could not be further from the truth. Irrespective of my disappointment over Sen. Clinton's loss, the established rules of the primary should be respected. I wish the Republican Party had not been permitted to craft the rules of one of those primaries, but those are the rules. I just want the party to maneuver this so that Florida and Michigan Clinton supporters, with whom Sen. Obama cannot win, do not feel left out.