Letters to the Editor
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Whatever Happens Today, Obama Will Go Down
I have no idea how the primaries today will turn out, but I know this -- Obama will begin the process of losing the nomination, or he will be well on his way to winning the nomination only to lose the election.
Obama might be a nice guy, but his friends don't seem to be very nice, nor do many of his supporters on these pages and elsewhere. Many of them seem convinced that because I support Hillary, I must be an embittered blue-collar type, a Republican, a person taking orders from Rush Limbaugh, and above all, a racist. Actually, none of the above.
I simply think two things: first, Hillary would be the better candidate against McCain, and second, she would be the better president. That's all there is to it.
More than anything, I just want a Democrat to win, and I don't think Obama can do it. Before Wright, maybe. Now, never -- that issue will ebb and flow, but it is going to plague him until the end. Why? Because it is a real issue for a lot of people, raising serious questions about the honesty, character and judgement of the man who would be president. Questions that Obama has been forced to discuss but has never answered satisfactorily.