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• Thursday, January 24, 2008 01:02 PM

  Anonymous: Re Theo Mitchell

  You're right. I remember when South Carolina did not elect its first black governor. But Theo Mitchell was a deeply flawed candidate, so the comparison isn't quite fair.

  But wait - you're comparing Theo Mitchell to Hillary Clinton. Actually a very apt comparison.

  Still, yuck.

  But I did vote for Theo. Didn't like it one bit. And here's where the comparison may be most apt: when Carroll Campbell won, I didn't care, and honestly, I still don't look back and say, "Wow! I wish Theo Mitchell had won!"

  So maybe I'll come around, vote for the D on the ticket, and not care much. And if the D is a she, and she wins, I'll do my very, very, very best not to smirk and say "I knew it!" every time "clean coal" gets a new tax break and every time anything positive or progressive breaks down in the Senate because 60 continues to be the new 51. Maybe I'll eventually remember that Barack Obama asked us to appeal to our "better angels" and I'll find an issue or area where I can work to make a difference, and keep my blinders on to the larger world that is yet another Clinton administration.

  OR - MUCH BETTER - I'll work my ass off on Saturday and help Barack Obama win (white votes too!) in South Carolina, and I'll go somewhere on Super Tuesday to do the same.

  So, until February 6 or beyond, I'm just not entertaining the notion that I will have to figure out what to do in November.

  —Eudora Read Eudora's other letters
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