Letters to the Editor
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@ Karenn: Now I am getting a sense of what people are upset about.
Some people who have contributed to NARAL think Kate Michelman was out of line to use her power to push through an endorsement without the general approval of the membership? Is that correct?
Hillary has every right to take this to the convention. Why should she quit and just let him have it, when he needs the superdelegates to give him the nomination just like she does? It's like the media saying "Mission Accomplished," when it's not.
Yes. I agree. As long as Florida and Michigan are not counted and as long as Obama does not have the required number of delegates to obtain the nomination, then officially at least, he just hasn't won.
I heard a newswoman on NPR today who was talking about journalistic ethics who said that in the past the media would never presume to declare a race over the way that they are now doing. Throughout this campaign -- even before there was only Obama and Clinton left -- the media (including Salon and other blogs and not just the MSM) have behaved improperly, trying to winnow out the candidates for us. The more I think about it, the madder it makes me. I want to see all the primaries play out. I want to see everyone counted.
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The Presumptive Nominee.
"Presumptive nominee? Is that an official title? Who the hell declared him so?"
Clinton consigliere Rahm Emanuel, for one.
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/05/emanuel-dubs-ob.html
And Kate Michelman DID endorse Obama, several months ago.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kate-michelman/why-im-endorsing-barack-_b_84658.html
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Karen22
She should have endorsed Obama personally, not made an endorsement on behalf of NARAL, especially without gaining a consensus of the members.
Kate Michelman was President of NARAL from 1985 to 2004. Nancy Keenan is the present President of NARAL and endorsed today after she gained consensus from her board. Michelman endorsed Obama in Feb 2008 on her own, as a private and concerned citizen. Here is why she endorsed Obama:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kate-michelman/why-im-endorsing-barack-_b_84658.html
Misrepresenting the facts really does no service to your candidate.
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aka smith
something could happen? maybe a non bosnian sniper? nothing can stop him from the nomination. she threw up, literally, the kitchen sink, and the shit hit her, not the fan. dream on. or are you advocating a darker solution? for those of us who lived through 1968 as adults, your perhaps unintentionally ominous wording conjures evil. Less evil than "hard working white people", but, still I think you imply more than you mean. I think, from your past posts, you are a good hearted person. But "something might happen" has an uneasy ring to it. What, another Wright tape"? Obama admitting to drug use as a youth? What then? What will happen? You're wrong. Her time is over. His time is come.
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@Karenn22
I am not being "brainwashed" by the media. Yes, I know Obama needs the support of superdelegates to get to 2025. But in order for HRC to win the nomination, the elected delegate count would have to be overturned. This would be incredibly damaging to the party, and it's not a scenario I want to throw my support behind.
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@lordbyron
Wow, even-handed detachment. That was nice. Hope you get starred.
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Jeffersonian
For your information, I am not a feminist in the sense that some women are. I am not a member of Naral. I admit I agree with the feminists in their strivings for equal status, etc. but to say that I am a knee-jerk feminist is a distortion.
I am for Hillary for reasons other than her gender. In fact, you will see if you read my long history of comments at Salon that I was for Edwards because I felt that Hillary and Obama would not be accepted because of the gender/race thing. I have not changed my mind about that but the voters selected between these two and we're left with it.
Actually, I am for Hillary because I know who she is. She has been well vetted and Obama is a novice. I do not think he is presidential material at this point in his career and I definitely believe that he will not be acceptable to the majority of Americans in a national election. I will not go into those reasons again because I have already stated them and it would take up too much space.
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I agree with BigKate
Hillary is a wonderful woman who ran a not-so wonderful campaign. I like and admire her nonetheless. I was hoping for much more from her campaign, and this race COULD have been different if she'd trusted Mark Penn less. This is from a woman who voted for Bill Clinton twice with no regrets. I still want to see a woman president in my lifetime. But it won't be Hillary.
Evidently this year, I can be anti-woman for voting against Hillary, or a racist for voting against Obama. Quite a dilemma for a white female Democrat presented with two candidates either of whom I would be glad to see in the White House. But I went ahead and voted for Obama on Super Tuesday, and have not regretted it, since. He's been impressing me right along. He did not try to pretend there was no controversy over Wright, but addressed the issue squarely. People are a mix, sometimes they make us furious even if we love them, sometimes they say things with which we profoundly disagree. Should we then throw them away, forgetting everything good about them and our relationship with them when that happens? I don't think so.
After reading about the experiences with racism in Indiana and Pennsylvania, and the smears of Obama in Mississippi, knowing racisim really isn't dead, I think it's a testament to his strength as a candidate to have cut so far into Hillary's former two digit lead in both states. I do not want to diss West Virginia--the people living there deserve to have their votes counted no less than in any other part of the United States. We're just used to the nomination being tidily won by mid-April or so, reducing the late primary states to near insignificance.
We need to unite and stop screaming at one another. McCain cannot be permitted to win this year. I don't ever want to have an abortion, but I want women to be able to make up their own minds about this now and in the future. Hillary has done good work on this issue and I salute her for it. Obama WILL do good work on it, and his voting record on this issue is excellent. He's a father of two daughters, also. I'm sure he cares very much about their ability to make their own decisions in the future.