Letters to the Editor
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Good story
Once Hillary finally buries the hatchet, here's hoping the time for sour grapes has passed. I imagine there will still be a few wounded egos out there, but the important thing is that we get a Democrat in the White House. I seriously doubt any Democrat, including the most die-hard Clinton supporter, would want 4-8 more years of the same Republican bullshit, no matter what the polls say.
As for the long laundy list of demands Hillary will bring to table, I recommend the Obama camp do what they can to meet them. As unreasonable as many of them may be, the most important thing we can do right now is heal the party and get Hillary behind the nominee. She fought hard and deserves concessions. Adopting her health care plan would be a fantastic idea, as it is pretty much the only thing she had over Obama.
As the old saying goes: We must hang together or we most asuredly will hang seperately.
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@jeb
Then don't wring you hands about it. If, after doing all the 'research' on him that you say you have done, you don't "trust" Obama then don't vote for him. Simple. No big deal OK? Don't wring your hands about it. You have to live with yourself so it is what it is.
I ain't mad at ya.
If you want to vote for McCain, do it. Its a free country. Everyone has the prerogative to vote how they want. So ho vote for him.
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SHE DOESN'T NEED HER BILLS PAID
by some Democratic Sugar-Daddy. Anybody take a peek at their income tax returns? Bill Clinton can make that up in a month.
Clinton needs to have VP selection veto for all the reasons pointed out: Obama won't win; she can be positioned in another 4 years after the "new faces" of the so-called "new Democratic Party" have misplaced their Obama-Rama Carnival Show programs.
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What Hillary wants
Hillary and her supporters want one thing a "Vetted" candidate
who has programs (not just ones fed him by his big money anti-Clinton puppeteers.. who've been grooming him for years to defeat Clinton. Obama began and continues only to put down Clinton and her programs in the most "Hypocritical" way with no programs except those fed to him by his "PUPPETEERS"
Didn't we just finish 8 years of "PUPPET THEATER" Clinton is not liked by big money because SHE IS NOT A PUPPET and never will be.
Obama's big $ backers have illegally captured the votes in many states' caucus's and primaries bringing busloads of underage highschool seniors to register and vote with no proof of age.requirements... so we will be choosing a candidate by High Schoolers who barely know what the 3 branches of government are and can't locate DC.
We want Florida and Michigan counted which big $ backers of Obama refuse to have done until a candidate is selected. How OUTRAGEOUS... IF OBABA HAD BEEN SLIGHTLY VETTED even slightly without racist charges... earlier... we would not be in this place .. Clinton might not have been the choice but a "VETTED' CANDIDATE would be in place...
I WILL VOTE FOR MACCAIN AND AGAINST ANY CANDIDATE BACKING OBAMA
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7 + years
7 + years of the crap that Bush and company have sunk us up to our necks in, and we've all gone a little nuts, haven't we? While I'm sure that some of the "Hillbots" and Obamamaniacs" are Republican trolls hoping to fracture the Democratic Party in their favor, I think the tenor of this discussion is largely due to a case of misplaced anger.
Over seven years of kids getting killed and maimed overseas, for what? Over seven years of ruinous economic, scientific and international policies? Over seven years of lies, eroding civil liberties.... good lord, is it any wonder we're all crazed? Unfortunately, way too much of that frustration and anger is coming out now, during the primaries, instead during the national presidential election.
Take a deep breath people! Watch the primary process happen. Ignore the people who have become (understandably) unhinged over the last two terms. Ignore the Republican shills. Wait until the election to vent all of that emotion. Take a look at McCain's stance on the war. Take a look at his economic advisors (many of whom where architects of the current financial crisis). Take a look at his attachments to big oil and other large lobbying groups.
I think that while we may have lost a few poor souls, a single debate between McCain and whomever the Dems place up there... and things will become very, very clear again.
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@h0tr0d
Asking for an example where a protracted Democratic primary worked out well for the Dems:
In 1932 Al Smith and Franklin Roosevelt went to four ballots at the convention. There were other contenders and one of them (Garner I think) agreed to pull out and support FDR.
(The parallels are kind of striking in that Al Smith was the preferred Tammany candidate, i.e. the long-established Democratic machine.)
That turned out pretty well I think...
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Personally, I'd like her to stay in
The Democrats are raising money right and left, millions of new voters have registered as Democrats, and most importantly, this is the most exciting race I've seen in decades.
Each primary is another few hundred thousands newly registered Democrats. Each primary brings in more first time donors. Each primary makes the Democratic party that much richer than the Republicans.
I want the convention to be undecided. I want to see floor fights and maybe even a fist fight or two. I want an epic battle between Good and Evil, then at the end, I want one candidate to be the nominee, and the other candidate to promise complete and absolute support, and to campaign as hard for the nominee as they did campaigning against them in the primaries. It will be the most dramatic thing anyone has ever seen on TV. A hundred million Americans will be glued to their sets watching it all take place.
Meanwhile, the only way people would tune in to watch the Republican convention is to have it take place on American Idol.
After the convention, the Democrats will have over 10 million newly registered voters, gobs of cash, and two strong campaigners out to get the White House. The Republicans will lose in a landslide.