Letters to the Editor
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belittling hillary
I'm not sure what you mean by "belittling".
If you mean that I wish she doesn't win the Democratic primary, then yes -- let the belittling begin!
If you mean that I and many of my Obama favoring peers believe her to be stupid or incapable, no.
However, in my case, some context is necessary.
Tonight I wasted more than an hour of my life trying (unsuccessfully) to convince my roommate that George Walker Bush is not an idiot.
I mentioned that he is the child of two parents who are, by most objective measures, very bright people. I mentioned that he was wildly successful and that it was not wholly chance, legacy or affiliation that brought him to his station in life. All of those things played a major factor, but I contend that Bush's ability to manipulate and charm play a major factor in the George Walker Bush story.
That he makes bad choices, is unable to follow a script and rejects "intellectualism" are symptoms of his psychological make-up.
But the man is, as much as I am loath to admit it, not an idiot.
Similarly, Hillary Rodham Clinton is an accomplished woman possessing great skill and intelligence.
However like Bush, she uses her connections (in her case, one of the most bankable connections one can hope for: being a former FLOTUS) to inflate her status across the board.
I would go as far as to say that Clinton is more intelligent, and perhaps more capable by far than Bush.
But in every way I feel that Obama is far and above more skilled and intelligent than Clinton.
So, if Clinton "be little" it is in comparison to the front-runner and (in my opinion) presumptive nominee of the Democratic party: Senator Barack Obama.
If you need any evidence of this fact, the fact that Obama is leagues above Clinton, please see again the "a more perfect nation" speech. Or any speech by Obama.
Words do matter, as words are the artifact of the mind.
That Clinton is unable to engage and captivate my attention while being concise and lucid indicates the stagnation of her ideas, ideals and politics.
The message from Clinton reads as "no, we can't" to the majority of voters who have decided that Obama is the better candidate.
We won't win with that message.