Ralph... Please... Just go away.

...the worst thing that ever happened to the planet Earth was the evolution of the human race. Just as another poster says, our cruelty truly knows no bounds.

I've been tottering on the edge of vegetarianism... I've been there before. This story and that footage have put me back over the edge.

I am certainly not telling anyone how to live their own life... but for myself, I will never eat another piece of meat again.

Man, oh man...

Before I say anything... I want to come clean as being a supporter of Sen. Obama.

I will also say, as I have before, that if Sen. Clinton is the eventual nominee of the Democratic Party, she will have my full support in the general election. This is something I believe none of us should lose sight of.

With that said...

I have gone back and read the full statement made by Sen. Obama in San Francisco. Not to single out posters like "SobeOne"... but when I read your words, I wonder if you've done the same. If you have, I wonder where you come from... where in the United States were you raised... and have you been around the country lately? Do you know what's going on out there?

What Sen. Obama said -- especially if you read and consider the entire statement -- has a lot of truth to it. It is difficult to deny. It was not insulting... unless you are insulted by the honesty of his words... because, it's true... the truth does HURT sometimes.

This was yet another instance where Sen. Obama finally had the courage to do and say what I have wished so many other "leaders" before him would have done or said.

I come from one of the communities Sen. Obama is speaking of. Much of my family still lives in Scranton, and Wilkes-Barre... back in the day members of our family worked in the mines... some became cops...

They still live and work there, to this very day... some own businesses in there ... in fact, Mayor Thomas M. "Tommy" Leighton, of W-B is a relative of mine.

(Note: Tommy's a supporter of Sen. Clinton... and that's just fine. That's his right and his choice... though, He IS a politician... and he needs to do what ever he needs to do to maintain his position).

The thing is... I have seen what a ghost town the city of Scranton turned into over the years. Much of that area of Eastern PA has looked pretty run down in recent years. And the people there ARE bitter. I'm bitter FOR them. I'm upset that members of my family have struggled there for as long as they have... wondering, for 25 years, when are the jobs going to come back? What has happened to the good life we once knew?

And yes, these bitter folks -- who are upset with what they've lost -- still find some solace in their faith, or their hobbies (like hunting). It keeps them distracted from the day-to-day doldrums... distracted from reality.

Sen. Obama is not perfect. I'm the first to say it. I don't love EVERYTHING he has said. But, honestly, who IS perfect? None of us are. None of the candidates are.

But, come on everyone... especially you folks who support Sen. Clinton (as I once did)... How can you continue to support a candidate who has so openly and blatantly lied to ALL of us, on so many occasions? And, to add salt to the wound, she has never admitted to her dishonesty... even when the TRUTH was caught on FILM!!!

Someone will win the nomination... and someone will lose. And, now that this word "bitter" is so dangerous, I'm afraid to say this...

But the bitter ones now appear to be those of us who have watched their candidate spiral further and further downward. I don't blame you for being disappointed... but, you SHOULD be disappointed. I am too.

I was once such a TREMENDOUS Clinton supporter... not just with my mouth, but with my money. Sometimes I feel like I've had a profound joke played upon me by the Clintons. I feel like I've been fooled. Perhaps you good folks feel the same way...

At first, I was "bitter"...

But thankfully I have found something BETTER.

We can ALL go from "bitter" to "better," if we could just remember what our ultimate, collective goals are.

Come on, everyone.

We need to rally.

We need to let go of the bitterness, get behind our best candidate, and win our country back in November.

The question is, can you swallow your personal pride for the common good of our country? I hope so.

Take care everyone.