Letters to the Editor
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Greg Neubeck
[Read the article: Obama, Clinton and the black-brown divide]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I started out by supporting Hillary Clinton, perhaps a little leary anyway, and Barak Obama at the time appeared to me to be a bit of a preacher with little substance and not much else.
But over time, I began to move toward Barack Obama, mostly because of Hillary Clinton and my ambivalence toward Hillary Clinton still in tact. What really jumped me over to the other side was scorched earth tactics that team Hillary was using, which reminded me of just how far the Clintons would go to consolidate power and perpetuate a dynastic type of Presidency. So in effect, my move to Obama was an anti-vote for Hillary.
Since then, while I am still waiting for Obama to come out strong and forceful against the negativity this campaign has been reduced to by the Clintons, I have come to appreciate the grass roots movement that has generated a groundswell of support from disparate groups for the candidacy of Obama. What I am seeing is a people rising up to end the nastiness in Washington and bring about change in the way we conduct ourselves, both at home and abroad.
I have been a Democrat all my life. But this time around, I am seeing once again, the extent to which some Democrats are still continuing to exclude the marginalized constituencies from the Democratic process. This is where Obama has his strengths. He has been able to skillfully coalesce disparate groups across the country. How is anyone to explain his wins in Utah, Wyoming, Washington, ect.? These are not heavily populated with African Americans. This has made my heart swell with pride, that finally an African American has a crack at becoming the President of the United States.
And then, last week, Hillary Clinton threw the kitchen sink at Obama, started to ridicule him and his supporters, got some help from SNL and Jon Stewart, accused him of plaigerism while overlooking her own borrowing of others' speeches and ideas, injected race again into the mix, and voila, she won victories in Ohio and Rhode Island, Texas is a draw and Vermont went to Obama. To make matters worse, Hillary Clinton has now sidled up with McCain, and that has become a huge huge cause of concern for me as to her insistence that she is still a Democrat who wants to end the war in Iraq.
Here is my dilemma. Should Hillary Clinton wrangle this nomination away from Obama, by more negative and dirty ads, by strong arming the super delegates, by somehow getting MI and FL to add to her count, I am not so sure, I would see this as a win for Hillary Clinton as one that was acquired through very foul means.
Should she grab the nomination, at this point, I have to say that I will not vote for Clinton in the general elections and neither will I vote for McCain. Cynthia McKinney who is running for President in the Green Party will get my vote.
Here is waht I want to say. I think before Hillary Clinton went rather destructive, I would have still held my nose and voted for her. But now, I see her as someone who will stop at nothing in her uncontrolled lust for power. Of course, I am speaking for myself here.
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Hillary should concede with grace
[Read the article: A look at exit polls from the Mississippi Democratic primary]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]The Clintons injected race into the campaign and have lived to reap the fruits of their divisive campaign. Mississippi one can argue, was won because of a large African American population. How can anyone explain Wyoming and Utah, then?
I am sorry to see the complete degradation of Hillary Clinton's campaign. Geraldine Ferraro's comments today, mark a low point in Hillary's quest for the highest office in the land. Hillary learned that going negative would buy her votes. She did win in Ohio, but that was a short term victory. Now, she is unravelling as all her claims on foreign policy and experiece are coming home to roost.
Before Hillary Clinton destroys the party, it is imperative that she now leave with grace. If she does not, she will go down in infamy.
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On docxxxx
[Read the article: Obama camp targets Clinton experience claims]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]He, like some Clinton supporters on Salon, will never acknowledge that her campaign has kicked up a lot of dirt and unsavory claims on foreign policy and experience. For them, Hillary is beyond reproach and Obama is the devil who is stealing the presidency which was hers to have in the first place.
Madam is right to say that the doc(?) charaterizes everyone not supporting Hillary as hateful and blind followers, while all Clinton supporters know what is right for the country. I find that arrogant and condescending.
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@KateTex
[Read the article: A look at exit polls from the Mississippi Democratic primary]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Can you provide us the YouTube link?