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I've lived through every election since JFK. In every instance I can remember, the "idealist" won the election. In 1988, I knew the Dems had lost when I watched Dukakis say "It's not about idealism, it's about management."
He's wrong. Reagan, as horrible as his policies were for the country took the election from Carter because Carter was a self flagellating policy wonk and Reagan sold the country on "standing tall."
Mondale? Dukakis? Gore? Kerry? If you don't think inspiration wins elections, you're missing the pattern.
Hillary IS the old guard. Six years on the board of directors for WalMart in it's Union busting heyday, and her long standing support of the Republican-lite Democratic Leadership Conference should be enough to send anyone with progressive values running away screaming.
We've got a halfway decent chance of bringing the country around to a place that resembles a free country again, with Obama. Hillary will continue the same old corporate fascism she and her husband embraced in the 90s. I'll vote McCain before I'll vote Hillary - I'd rather get stabbed in the face than the back.
