Finally!

What every pundit, columnist and disconnected intellectual fails to realize is that every word written against Ms. Clinton enforces the growing sentiment that the "vast right-wing conspiracy" against the Clintons has given way to a "vast left-wing conspiracy."

What this leaves, of course, in real poltical terms, is the middle, the center, and these are the people who are going to elect Hillary Rodham Clinton.

The cottage industry that has grown up around the destruction of the Clintons turns the stomach of a great many Americans, myself included. I will vote for Ms. Clinton, and do so proudly. And so I welcome every poisonous word written by likes of Camille Paglia (of whom I am a great admirer) and Huffington, et al., as they serve only to strengthen the resolve of every Clinton supporter current and would be.

Thank You,

Robert Sandy

Camille,

I love you, I worship you, and I am constantly learning from you. I have idolized you for fifteen years and have cited your work in academic papers on a broad range of topics. To my mind there are few intellectuals of your caliber knocking around these days and the world is a far, far more interesting place with you taking part.

That said, please give it a rest on the Hillary Clinton thing. For years you have grown increasingly shrill in your criticisms, painting Ms. Clinton with broad strokes as a man-hating, psychologically deranged feminist. And while I admire your efforts to evaluate all things great and small I find myself rolling my eyes every time you start on her. Your relentless efforts to tear apart this woman have come to feel petty and unjust.

Yes, Hillary is a complicated person, but, um, so the hell are you. Yes, Hillary stayed with Bill. So what? Who cares? Yes, she firmly believes that she is right. But so does Barack Obama and anyone else with values. Yes, she may have a lot of women in her inner circle, but why is that a bad thing?

But, for God sakes, she does not hate men.

I have actually met the woman a handful of times and she has always been incredibly articulate, charming and endearing. Many of her closest and most trusted advisers are men. Perhaps any conspicuous attitude she presents is borne from decades of similar treatment from men? Can you imagine how the Arkansas boy's club probably treated her.

Hillary Clinton is not the devil that everyone tries to make her out to be. I think that she will make a fine, possibly great, president. And after the long Bush nightmare I have no problem giving her a shot.

As for the Obama question, people need to stop being naive. Obama came up through Illinois, therefore, Chicago politics and I can tell you that leaves deep scars in even the toughest skin. His endorsements Daley ans his machine, as well as Obama's own spotty record as a first term senator are more than enough to make me take pause, and it should you as well.

Cheers,

Robert Sandy

Chicago, Illinois

I do not know whether to cry, vomit or move to Canada. The idea that Clinton's win in New Hampshire was in any way manufactured is completely ridiculous. I was on the ground in New Hampshire on election day and kept saying to myself and anyone who would listen that: "For being behind, Hillary sure seems to have a lot of supporters."

She won people. Get over it.

Unfortunately, there is little way to move forward in this campaign without the inevitable charge that all sides are going negative. With respect to Senators Clinton and Obama, the political philosophy shared between them is so similar that the only way for them to distinguish themselves from the other is to locate weakness and then exploit it for all the political blood it is worth. Politics is a contest ladies and gentlemen, it is a sport--a modern day equivalent to Roman bloodsport--and to survive one must fight. To the victor goes the spoils and may the best--ahem--person win.

As I teach my kid: words only have the power we give them. So, fuckety, fuck, fuck, fuck! Get over it people.

I included Mike Huckabee in my prayers last night--seriously, I did. I prayed that he will win the Republican nomination. I prayed that he will continue to use his ridiculous ideas about Christianity to the detriment of his party and the far right.

God, please make it so...

Hillary Clinton just earned another convincing win and yet every pundit on every network is spinning the victory downward. Many of these commentators can hardly contain their spite and are insisting that Barack Obama is still "the frontrunner" in this race--and I grow angrier everyday by their presumption.

Congratulations to the brave culinary union members who stood up to the undemocratic pressures exerted upon them by their leadership. To me this is proof enough of the level of support Clinton has, and how underestimated she is by all.

My question is now this: At what point will Obama finally be recognized as the viable vice-presidential candidate he is versus the presidential candidate he never should have been?