Letters to the Editor
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@Happy Friend
So it bothers you that Hillary Clinton voted for the war but it doesn't bother you that Barack Obama voted for the war.
Hmmmmm.
I fail to see any reaason to take Barack Obama supporters seriously. They the have the enthusiasm of Hannah Montana fans and the sharp inquisitive minds of McCain and Huckabee supporters.
I would prefer a jaded cynical party hack to that, but I'd prefer an honest crook to either one.
Can't "W" just cancel the election on general principles?
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Krugman is correct
Finally, somebody in the media is being honest. The media have given Obama a free pass, neglecting to ask him questions about his lack of specificity, his thin resume, his business dealings with Rezko, or his "Present" votes in the Illinois Senate and the US Senate.
When Hillary tried to contrast her record with his, she was called 'divisive', and when that didn't work she and Bill were slimed as 'racist.' That was also the strategy used to sideline Bill Clinton. Meanwhile Obama was cheered by the media when the Kennedys and Oprah camapigned for him (to no avail).
The media chooses our Presidents. They can make or break somebody. They can put in office and inexperienced empty suit whose best skill is making speeches. They don't want an experienced, shrewd Democrat in office, especially not a woman. That would change society more than anything we have ever seen. Imagine if over 50% of the population woke up and demanded equal pay for equal work or decent healthcare.
If Obama takes office I do not expect a good economy or healthcare. He's an accommodationist who will move us even more toward the Republicans like his political role model Ronald Reagan. He'll be a symbol and that's it.
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@Sue
I think all voters who want a Democrat in the White House will take heed not to damage a Democratic candidate needlessly, and will plan on uniting behind whoever the eventual candidate is.
I think Clinton's damaging her own candidacy just fine all by herself, by the decisions she's made or avoided making, by the professionals she has on her team.
All the Obama supporters did was not vote for her, and that's causing the venom and vituperation to well up among her supporters, including Krugman, who does her no service by calling us part of a "cult of personality." I wonder if Clinton's regretting her strategy of avoiding the caucuses, where enthusiasm is rewarded over clout and connections. But maybe she never had a choice in that, because she'd never generate the enthusiasm to win in the caucuses.
And, yet, in the conduct of the primary fight, her "big blue island" primary strategy, I see shades of how she'd lose the general election, too -- for example, how would she combat the lack of enthusiasm she generates as a Democratic candidate with the immense enthusiasm to vote against her from the GOP? Especially without Independents along for the ride, or, worse, booked as coach passengers on McCain's Crazy Train?
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The support issue
The fact is there are some Obama supporters who will not support Clinton. This has nothing to do with a cult of personality. Clinton is a polarizing figure. Obama has some independents and so-called Regan Democrats that will not vote for her but can support him. While it may be true that some of the younger people out there supporting Obama may go a bit over the top, I think Krugman’s analysis is biased against Obama.
For the record I’m leaning Obama but would vote for Clinton over a Republican.
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No kidding, some people hate Hillary?
Shucks, I love Hillary myself. But I will never forgive her for the vote to enter Iraq. She didn't know? Umm ... why not? Evidently she (unlike ME) didn't bother to listen to C-Span when the UN was very adequately explaining that seeing hand-drawn cartoon depictions of a truck did not equate to "proof positive" that Iraq was carting weapons around. Evidently she was unaware that the WMD's (which we knew Iraq had because we sold them to Iraq) had a shelf life which had long ago ended. Why didn't she know that? I knew that! And she was also unaware that the letter "proving" that Iraq was searching for nuclear weapons had been shown to be a childish setup that our CIA could not possibly have missed seeing, but I knew that (and anyone who watch as the UN explained their reasoning knew it, as well).
I love Hillary; I wish her the best. But I expect my politicians to at least make a SMALL effort to know as much about the things she's voting on, as I do. She sold me out. She sold out our children, who now are fighting a useless war. My anger toward her for that, in spite of my continued respect for her, makes me adamant. I'll vote for her if it's the only way to keep McCain out. But she should be ashamed of herself.
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I don't care to be told what someone else thinks everyone else should think as well.
Paul Krugman. Who cares what you think? What will your thoughts on an election as an individual do for the other multiple millions of us? Keep us in line? See it your way? Of this election process, you have your own thoughts and we'll have ours. And tell the rest of your talking head friends to shut up and let the people see. Stop clouding the picture with your thoughts, that just filter from wherever they filter from.
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What I'm seeing...
...is a lot of self-absorbed, immature kids who are swept up in the excitement of their first political experience...and especially when you're dealing with today's youth (they're ENTITLED to get what they want), if they don't get their own way, they feel slighted. And they'll get their revenge by not voting for his "rival." Nah nah nah NAAAAAAH nah!! It's childish and counterproductive, but recognition of that comes with experience.
The bottom line is that any Obama supporter who would vote for McCain--who stands for everything Obama is against--is proving that they don't truly support or believe in Obama's positions on the issues, they merely like the idea of him, and are jumping on the bandwagon. If you'd really vote for a pro-war, anti-choice, anti-gay, anti-healthcare conservative, you shouldn't bother calling yourself a Democrat. And you certainly shouldn't be supporting Obama. Because if, as you claim, you're supporting the candidate who best represents your views--and then you choose to put a Republican in the White House--you're a total fraud. You're basically just crushin'.
I support Hillary. But should Obama win the nomination, you'd have to threaten to slaughter my family in order to get me to vote for anyone but him. This isn't a game to me. I'm not going to take my ball and go home if I don't get my own way. I have too much concern for this country and the world to risk putting us all in the hands of another conservative administration.