Letters to the Editor
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you know--I just wanted to say for the posters on the forum here
that I love all of this arguing that we've been doing back and forth over the past several weeks. I didn't even start reading these letters until a couple of weeks ago when the race for the white house really got started. I know people may say that it's bad for the party--all this bickering--and maybe it is in some ways--I'm sure we all have our grievances.
But I'm really grateful to Obama for entering this race (I'm an Obama supporter) if nothing else for making Clinton work for this nomination. I haven't seen people who care about politics like this for a long time--maybe since college. And yes we're arguing about important issues--policy concerns and race and gender--but we're also living in a country where none of us get arrested for expressing our intense opinions. And we really do all hope that the best person wins. (although many of us for various reasons doubt that it will happen like that.)
Okay. I'm sure tomorrow I'll feel like bitching all over again. But I just wanted to say that tonight I have been pouring over all of your letters and thinking about the things you say, and I want to say thank-you for helping me to start feeling like I care about my country again. The past eight years under bush have been a bad dream. The economy is headed south--soldiers are dying. Hillary is not my first choice for president--she irritates me on many levels--but I'm still grateful for the opportunity to live in a country where people can debate and throw insults and care--we really need a change in this country--a seismic change....and if most of you think Clinton can do it, then I'll vote for her too when the general election comes along. And hope for the best.
I just wanted to say thank-you for the passionate discussions. I'm enjoying them more than I want to admit.