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• Friday, August 22, 2008 11:38 PM

  Biden.

  So exciting ...

  I was browsing around various sites tonight and came across a forum I had not seen before. Posting there were Hillary supporters who were intensely interested in Barack Obama's VP choice. They had been quite worried for days that he would choose Hillary Clinton and expressed great relief that it was Biden instead.

  Quite interesting. They hated the thought of Hillary Clinton being chosen as Obama's vice president more than the worst Clinton haters here.

  My hope is after the convention that Hillary will be able to spend much time at home. I watched a clip of her campaigning on Obama's behalf in Santa Fe recently. She came on stage and Bill Richardson rushed to hug her with both arms open. I imagine first ladies have have a great deal of experience deflecting unwanted hugs and she certainly deftly deflected his.

  Now that Obama has Biden who will be campaigning for him and now that the Clintons are about to perform their campaign duties, the Obama supporters who so hate her should be glad to see her fade from the scene for awhile. I certainly hope that they don't want to keep her around for the whole purpose of brutalizing her efforts.

  I never could understand how the same people here in Salon threads who called her a racist had the gall to demand that she campaign for Obama. You would think that they wouldn't want her to do so.

  Linda-english, thank you for your kind words. However, there are many people who do not share your enthusiasm for my writing or my opinion.

  Good night all you folks who are still waiting for your text message and marvelling at Obama's ability to control leaks.

  —AKA Smith Read AKA Smith's other letters
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