Letters to the Editor
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Old White Women
Take a good look at the exit polls. The deciding factor for Hillary in every contest that she does well in is old white women.
Obama could walk on water and cure cancer and these women would still vote for Hillary. Why? It is because many of them see Hillary as their last chance to see a woman president before they die. I have seen several news articles in which Obama supporting younger women said as much about their mothers.
Hillary Clinton's ego is destroying the Democratic Party. She knows she can't win and wants to make sure that Obama can't either. Salon has been shameful in its reporting of this primary. Hillary's campaign has been far worse than anything that Joe Leiberman or Zell Miller did, yet Hillary gets a free pass.
But the problem is not just Hillary. There is something fundamentally unpatriotic about these old women voting for a candidate that can't win simply because she has ovaries. A victory for Obama will do more to open up doors for minorites and women than Clinton riding her husband's name and friends to the White House. She would be a fluke, not a groundbreaker.
It is time for all responsible democrats to demand that Hillary step aside. It is time for Salon to stop their sycophantic coverage of Hillary. Read today's NYT editorial, Joan. The paper that failed America so badly for the last 8 years is proving to be a better source than Salon has become.
Hillary Clinton and Joan Walsh need to go.