Letters to the Editor
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Maybe She Doesn't Care about YOU
Reader brings out an interesting possibility:
"In fact, Hillary Clinton is in many ways typical of Republican politicians of 30 years ago. I know many long-time Republican voters who are utterly horrified and appalled at how the extreme right wing has taken over the GOP and are racing it over a cliff. They have little respect for "pure" Democrats like Obama, but they think Hillary would be sufficiently business-friendly and centrist to be acceptable."
Maybe these voters are why Sen.Clinton is "running right."
If she's the Democratic nominee, liberal/progressive voters can either take her or stay home.
Lots of registered Democrats typically stay home - maybe it isn't a sunny enough day, maybe Ralph Nader isn't on the ballot, maybe their boss has (illegally) threatened reprisals if they take time off to vote, maybe they've been in line for several hours and just have to pick up the children lest they be abandoned in the street, whatever. And, of those Democratic votes that get voted, a surprising number are never counted.
So there's relatively little benefit in pandering to you guys, groveling in apology for her past votes, constantly begging forgiveness which you'll never grant. (You know it's true.) Besides, that would make her look weak to that other group, whose votes are ALWAYS counted -
The Republicans. If she can appeal to those Republicans who are not foam-at-the-mouth insane (and that's most of them), and get them to vote for HER, instead any of the seven-plus dwarves that the GOP is now fielding, she's got the election sewed up.
And that's what counts. They said about Barry Goldwater "He'd rather be right than President." That's how many liberal/progressives are sounding these days. We demand purity, and retroactively. We reject the concept that any politician is capable of learning from experience, mistakes, or new information.
But this is wrong, and foolish, and naive.