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• Thursday, November 20, 2008 03:29 PM

  Not About Getting Away from the Clintons

  To be fair to the former President and Senator Clinton, I think some of us merely want to step away from the anger that generation has for each other. I don't blame them, Vietnam is a great scar on our nation and it scarred that generation horribly. The hatred that seeped throughout the 1990's seethed through both camps. Republicans were particularly vile, even towards Chelsea Clinton who was a young child. But it all came down to the origin of their generational disagreement, which was Vietnam. Republicans supported the war, Democrats did not. We all know what happened, rioting, Kent State, Woodstock, etc. The animosity created at that time reared it's ugly head when Bill Clinton was elected. Why? Because he opposed Vietnam. Those folks on the right decided that was unacceptable in a president. From that point they could not let it drop and did everything they could to personally destroy the President. I don't remember people trying to personally destroy Ronald Reagan. They deliberately tried to split the country in two, so everyone could be on opposing sides and we could all get in on the fighting. Anyone see the Frontline documentary about Lee Atwater? It certainly hurt us as a nation. We are merely moving on from that era. Hopefully, we will leave the animosity for each other behind. We do need to concentrate on our economic and other international problems, but we won't respond well if we aren't all working together. Hillary Clinton is going to be a great SoS if that is what she wants. It will help us all. If we can't get along with each other, how can we expect the world to get along.

  Barack is doing just fine. I am looking forward to seeing his other picks.

  —teresa Read teresa's other letters
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