Letters to the Editor
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Will you people grow up, please?
Hell, I'm an independent and my preferred candidate, Edwards, is already gone. Both of the remaining candidates are using parts of his platform to forward their candidacies. Fair enough.
I'm not stupid - I'll pull the lever or push the button for whoever is the Democratic nominee. Why? Three major issues:
Supreme Court Nominees (and other Federal court appointments): McCain has made it clear that he would have signed the SD law banning all abortions. Anyone who believes that either Obama or Clinton would nominate judges who are anywhere as conservative as McCain is just not thinking realistically. You are blinded by hatred for one or the other candidate.
Who is most likely to withdraw from Iraq sooner: Both Democratic nominees now have the same position on withdrawal from Iraq and the same voting record on FUNDING it. Their stated positions on withdrawl are different than McCain's, who is not looking to get out anytime in my lifetime, and I'm only 43. Period.
Heath Insurance: Yes, Obama and Clinton have slammed each other over this. Yes, their plans are different. Have you seen McCain's? Essentially, you get a tax credit if you already get insurance through your employer or if you can currently afford to buy it on your own. Perhaps, just perhaps, this will enable a few healthy, lower-middle income people to afford health insurance. It will do nothing for others who have pre-existing conditions or those who need to be subsidized but hey, it will offer another tax break to his buddies.
I can name other areas where Clinton and Obama essentially agree, and are starkly different than McCain. These are the three that matter to me. But, hell, sit it out or vote for McCain or for Nader or whatever. Call her a traitor and a criminal. Say he's just an empty suit. Personally, I think you've missed the entire point of the original article. All of you are worse than anything, anything, either Democratic candidate has said or done and YOU are causing more problems than the candidates ever could (yes, I know, I will inevitably hear how Obama has committed such and such sins and Hillary is just evil, spare me). Suck it up. If you really don't want McCain for at least the next 4 years, vote for whoever wins the Democratic nomination. And shut the hell up if you don't, McCain wins, and you are shocked, shocked that you hate what happens afterwards.