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• Monday, May 26, 2008 08:42 PM

  calm down until the damn convention, already

  I favor Clinton over Obama (and Edwards over her), but it kills me to hear Clinton supporters swearing they'll vote for McCain over Obama in november - it kills me because it's intensly childish, self-defeating, and utterly short-sighted.

  It's perhaps the most important election in decades, if only - and it's a big "if only" - because of the immediate need to take action on climate change and alternative energy. And restoring the constitution, and ending the war - it's a big list, but those are big things, and the biggest, the planet, is bigger than our country, our parties, and any of our puny hurt feelings. Species going extinct - and if McCain is president, species will go extinct, that might have a chance with any democrat - are more important than rudeness on a website. Jesus H. Christ, people.

  I personally find Obama callow and glib and unseasoned, but my cat - given a decent cabinet, a majority in congress, and a democratic platform - would be a better president for the planet than John McCain. Remember how much Clinton and Obama overlap in terms of actual policy positions. Just give it a damned rest, breathe, wait for the convention to settle things, and remember what's more important.

  And all of that said, the same goes for Obama supporters who insist on still picking fights about Clinton. This does absolutely nothing but hurt your candidate, however empowered it may make you feel in the moment. It is also, given the stakes, irresponsible. Grow up and look past it, especially if the Clinton supporters are still pissed off and pissing you off, because this isn't over, and most of them will come around if you just shut the fuck up about it.

  —lacquer Read lacquer's other letters
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