Letters to the Editor
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Vote for Hillary now and Obama in GE
No, really. For all the curses that are thrown at her; she remains in my opinion one of the smartest, courageous and dare I say visionary women politicians that we are likely to see in a long time. People nowadays laugh at the failure of her healthcare proposal; but I really doubt if we would have been discussing this nowadays were it not for that courageous attempt in 1990's. Yes, people think that she did not make the right plan, but I think Republicans would have shot down any plan-it is afterall one of those things that will make Democrats the majority party for a long time. For that reason, I think we will also not get any universal healthcare plan.
Senator Obama is definitely promising, but frankly I have not seen enough to judge whether he has a real vision in his guts.
I do not agree that ``change'' is a vision-who has not craved for change several times. But the fact remains that change was the battle cry behind Reagan, Clinton and Bush 43 election campaigns. Unfortunately, Senator Obama's change comes with even less intellectual meet (as far as I could discern) than any of those campaigns. Considering that one of this was Bush 43, that is quite an achievement.
There is another reason why, in your predicament, you should vote for Hillary. I am sure that even if Senator Obama does not become President Obama; a few years down the line he will be back- a bit more defined, a bit more ready and a bit more seasoned. I do not see any woman becoming a candidate anytime soon; especially after seeing the blatant sexism on television/media going virtually unchallenged. At least if you vote for Hillary now and Barack in General Election, you could tell your (future) daughter that you did pull lever but that there was just not enough oil to take the candidate beyond the goal post. At least this will give her ``hope.''