Letters to the Editor
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You are on to something...
I am a supporter of Hillary Clinton's and have been since the beginning of this election. I have not approved of the free pass Senator Obama has been given by the press and have grown increasingly weary of his Utopian-tinged rhetoric. I do like the man very much, however, and I believe that he has much to offer this country. He is a great public servant who will only be made greater with the passage of time.
He is becoming a victim of his own good press, however.
I have used the terms "canonization" and "saint" often when writing or discussing his candidacy, and with the public anointing he has received at the hands of the Kennedys, the other O, and Maria Shriver (among others) I feel such usage to be apt. People are beginning to doubt this man, and mainly because he is being packaged as a messiah and not the political animal that he truly is.
Two weeks ago almost everyone I knew was voting for Barack Obama, but this past week there has been a shift. People do not like to be told who to vote for, nor do they like to watch anyone publicly lynched. Barack Obama is being thrust down our throats and people are beginning to rebel. That is why he lost California. That is why is he lost Massachsetts. Several people I know have now rejoined me in the Hillary column out of pure disgust. And the trend is becoming clearer nationally: See the new gallop polls if you doubt it.
There are no saints in politics, and for the press and his supporters to so anxiously clamor for his canonization reeks of paternalism and very few people approve of being dictated to...
Thank you,
Robert Sandy