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It's getting a lot harder to take your commentary seriously, Joan.
Fortunately I'm out of it; I opposed Hillary from the beginning, and Obama lost my vote with his FISA/amnesty flip-flop. Obama, Hillary, and Bill are all cut from the same cloth as far as I'm concerned.
None of them will provide the honest, resolute leadership that this country desperately needs. And so America continues its slide into the abyss.
Joan, you need to get over this Hillary thing. Inventing strawmen doesn't exactly enhance your credibility ("menopausal cranky freaks"? Do you really expect anyone to believe that sort of talk represents anything but the most marginal fringe element, if it wasn’t actually a deliberate plant by some dead-ender Hillary supporter trying justify that cynical sexism claim?). Arch references to the "N" word are simply precious, and I don't mean that in a good way. And deliberately missing the point - like it or not, the Clintons did use some covert racial language, even though they're not racists themselves and nobody said they were – well, that just makes you seem willfully obtuse.
If anyone really cares whether or not Bill Clinton gets to speak at the Democratic convention, they seriously need to get a life. Bill's a big boy. He gets millions from big corporations and his ultra-rich buddies to speak at functions every year, while we in the middle and lower classes are getting more desperate every year. Bill’s feelings are hurt, yes; but Joan, he's not your son or your father. You don't need to protect him. You’re a pundit, not Bill Clinton’s nanny.
It's really long past time for America - including the American media, and that means you, Joan! - to drop these phony "issues" and start addressing issues that matter. Issues such as catastrophic climate change, the conversion of the American economy and transportation network to a post-oil world, and how we're going to deal with the increasingly nationalistic and dangerous Chinese government in the coming century.
Come on, Joan. Cut the crap.
