Letters to the Editor
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cythera45
Well, you and I share one thing: sick of the Dems putting up loser after loser. Although I am FAR to the left of most Dems, as I was a member of the Democratic Socialists of America in college. You are 6 years my senior.
I come from Indiana farmland territory. My parents never went to college. Cause mama worked her ass off I got to go to private school after she divorced papa and moved to the big city (there's only one in Indiana). Went to college then grad school. I wouldn't say I'm rich, but make more than enough to live comfortably.
Clinton, if she wins, should stop the petty bullshit in the campaign because it's both mindless and boring, and very caustic for the Dems. For me, it's really about her abysmal record (and yes, she IS claiming she was co-president so it's far to judge her on HIS record too): botching healthcare in 1993-4 as we really needed healthcare; ending welfare as "we know it"; Lani Guinier; Joycelyn Elders; gays in the military (remember that ONE?); NAFTA, and of course, the endless caving and sucking ass of the Republicans. Come on, the Clintons LOST both houses of Congress and therefore couldn't get shit done for working people.
When Obama talks about how much it has sucked for working people (like my dad and mom) during the last 20 years, it is absolutely true. Wages have only gone up AT MOST 1 % since that time. Working people look back at the '90s and think "My god, I was getting the shit kicked out of me only once a month" compared to every day now. It's like Malcolm X said "The only way they can get you to vote for a fox is to show you a wolf."
So, I'm really sick of Madame Republican Light. I haven't TOTALLY made up my mind to vote for her if she wins the nomination (which she most likely won't).
It could be that Obama turns into a total corporate whore, and his latest tactics in Pennsylvania don't encourage me. However, I'm willing to give him a chance now.
So I guess we were both disgusted, but went different directions.