Letters to the Editor
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lolcait
For you to claim that the Clintons have not used race in a negative way in this campaign is just idiotic. You only need 1/10th of a brain, and just the slightest interest in the truth, to recognize that they have repeatedly and intentionally attempted to use Obama's race as an electoral weapon against him.
Another point: why do all the Hillary supporters keep referring to Obama voters as star-struck worshippers? I am not into idol worship. I am a cynic and a skeptic, and I don't think any politician embodies all of my hopes and dreams. I support Obama because I think he'll be the best president among those still running (I initially supported Edwards). Most of the people I know and associate with feel the same way. We are not in love with Obama, we agree with his policy positions and see him as better able to defeat McCain, given that 50% of our population has hated Hillary for the past 16 years. In addition, Hillary is way too compromised. Both she and Bill have proven time and time again that they are more concerned with getting and keeping power than with fighting for the values they allegedly hold dear.
If you doubt that, read this transcript from a broadcase of NOW with Bill Moyers from a few years back: http://www.pbs.org/now/transcript/transcript306_full.html
Moyers interviewed an author who personally spoke with Hillary when she was First Lady about pending bankruptcy legislation and how the credit card companies were maximizing their profits by finding new ways to make middle class people's lives extremely difficult. Initially Clinton agreed with this woman that proposed bankruptcy legislation favorable to the banks was not something the Democrats should support. But after she became a senator, and counted credit card companies like MBNA among her biggest contributors, Clinton reversed her position and supported the bill. So much for fighting for working-class, hard-working Americans.