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I can assure Clinton supporters that we realize Hillary has suffered a great deal of sexism, that those who are (trying to think of a delicate way of saying this) of the older generation have much to contribute, and that Hillary has made real, substantial contributions.
Now here's what I want:
1) He's electable. Please quit using some weird canard where because he didn't win the big states you picked out he's not electable.
2) He does win big states. Last time I checked Wisconsin, Missouri, Virginia, Maryland, Illinois (yes you give her credit for NY so he gets credit for IL) are all pretty big states.
3) He does win swing states. See above. Missouri, Virginia, Maryland and Wisconsin are every bit as important of swing states as the ones you've mentioned. As a matter of fact Missouri, not Ohio, is the state most accurate when it comes to predicting presidential winners. The way things are going Connecticut and Minnesota really should be thrown in that column too
4) Caucuses hurt him not her. As many have pointed out his actual popular vote lead would be BIGGER not smaller if it were not for caucuses. Barack Obama would be winning this election by something like 1.3 million popular votes if we had primaries instead of caucuses in every state. And then Clinton couldn't claim it was close. So it would be over.
5) He's closing in Pennsylvania. I know you don't like this, but the polls show he is. You cannot take states like PA and IN and put them in his loss column before they're ran. It's intellectually dishonest and designed to help only your candidate. Plus you are the ones saying let everyone vote. So let them vote.
6) He'd win Michigan if his name was on the ballot. I'll give her Florida, but you have to admit he would win Michigan if we ran it again.
7) He only needs Pennsylvania, Ohio or Florida. Just one. And as we've stated we haven't seen the PA results yet. So quit telling me why he's unelectable because he didn't win Ohio.
8) He changes the map. If you're not going to factor this in there's no reason to have a discussion. Missouri, Virginia, Maryland, Kansas and a number of other states become crucial swing states. They matter. If you win Virginia and Maryland you can offset the loss of an Ohio. Sorry but you can. Just because the talking heads can't read a map that's not my problem. A win's a win I don't care how you do it.
It wasn't more than a week ago (last Thursday) that people in Pennsylvania were complaining about not seeing enough of Barack Obama. Newsweek ran a story on it, Politico ran a frontpage story on their website about it.
Now I can understand the people in PA being sick of him. I don't live there and don't have to watch his commercials everyday. But this does go back, a little bit, to the old adage "Be careful what you wish for. . ."
My point is if there were fewer ads the press would be screaming about how he didn't have the killer instinct, people in PA (or any other state in their position) would feel ignored and we'd be told this is why he can't beat the Republican slime machine.
So at a certain point you just gotta do what you think is best, try your darndest and let the chips fall where they will. Hope the people in PA (or anywhere else for that matter) can respect that.
After losing The Wire and Battlestar Galactica, and with 24's season missed, I was about to go crazy if we lost the last quality show on t.v.
Thank you NBC.
One thing you have to give them almost every show has a natural sophomore slump. There are very few where large portions of the second season aren't meandering and confusing.
Add to that the continued hanging threat of cancellation and the temptation to bring out stunts and big stupid, story plots is almost irresistible.
Still the solid acting core of the show remained and when they did drop the stupid plot devices (dead bodies, Christian reawakenings and affairs with an older live-in nurse who just happens to be drop-dead sexy) the emotional center of the show still shone through. I say give 'em another chance. Season 3 will probably look a heckuva a lot more like Season 1 (good, tight realistic story-telling) than Season 2.
Know that won't be enough for some Hillary supporters, it never is.
As much as I like and respect John Edwards, and in many ways think he would have been the best candidate, it also led to a bit of hesitancy on my part to fully support him, too. Was that sexist?
Listen she's made a series of crucial, back-breaking, country-destroying BAD votes that threaten to ruin this country for a generation. Her vote to authorize the Iraq War was one. Her "yes" vote on the Kyl-Liberman Amendment declaring the Iranian Revolutionary Guard a terrorist organization thus paving the way for a future war with Iran was a second. Her vote on that terrible bankruptcy bill was a third.
That was enough for me. Period. After that she was toast.
The fact that I'm part of a generation that is being sent to fight in this war, will be effected by a future war with Iran, and is going to have to pay for that bankruptcy bill she passed made me very angry with her. Yes. And it did make my generation strike back as it should have. She was trying to pass the buck on our backs. So, no, I don't like her. Since this in no involves gender I'm sure no one will care.