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• Wednesday, August 27, 2008 12:48 AM

  I liked it

  I thought Hillary looked great, spoke great, had a hearfelt and sincere delivery, and hit most/all of the points that she needed to. Some have complained that she didn't explicitly recant on various things she said during the primaries, but I think that would have been backward-looking and it would have needlessly muted the enthusiasm of her approach.

  To the people who have responded with, "She was so good, it just proves she should have been the nominee!", there can only be one response: You missed the point.

  Hillary Clinton's endorsement of Barack Obama was unequivocal. Her outspokenness against McCain was resounding. Most important, she sent a clear and undeniable message to her holdout, PUMA-like supporters: Heal your wounds, pick up the pieces, and join me in hopping aboard the Obama train, where we'll all have a big party.

  Clinton's message was: I am still a fighter, but we lost this one -- and that's okay. Let's be graceful about it, and let's go find another, better fight and win it instead. There are bigger fish to fry....starting with the McCainfish.

  "The Daily Show" had a great segment about the PUMA people. John Oliver gathered a group of them in a room for an interview. Then he persuaded some of them to attend a therapy session for hurt children. No, it wasn't just slamming the PUMAs, it offered them some catharsis as well, in the visage of a man dressed in a protective suit, with Obama mask, being attacked by a trained dog. (Turned out it was Samantha Bee.)

  I am really glad that Dennis Kucinich and Hillary Clinton laid out their policy objectives and ideas. They remind people were the Democrats stand (or ought to stand) and I hope people like them help keep Obama on the ball throughout his presidency.

  —Xrandadu Hutman Read Xrandadu Hutman's other letters
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