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After seeing all the incredible women who came out to promote and endorse Barack Obama's candidacy last night-- including a truly powerful and almost perfect speech by Hillary Clinton herself -- I find it difficult to look at the so called PUMAs and other Democratic holdouts as anything other than what they have shown themselves to be: RACISTS. That's right, I said it. When you have so many strong and powerful women making the case for how a vote for Obama will preserve and expand the rights of women whereas a vote for McCain would simple turn back the clock, no woman can, with a straight face, say her reason for not voting for Obama is still because he "stole" the candidacy. Clearly there is more at play here -- and whether they admit it or not -- that more is sheer, blind, and ugly hatred. Shame on them. I don't know how they sleep at night, or tuck in their daughters, knowing their misguided vote, or lack thereof, could put all of our futures and all of our rights at risk...
