Reply #2: Several thoughts here .... [View All]

You have struck a sensitive chord here. In Ohio, I got a front-row seat to the Clinton "kitchen-sink" campaign against Obama. In a few short weeks I went from admiring HRC but preferring Obama on issues to being disturbed to despising HRC and all she stood for. I am a Democrat BECAUSE I believe we can be better than lying and spinning and swiftboating another human being. I voted in the primary for the person I thought would BEST govern our country. That being said, if all the stars collide and 2 + 2 suddenly equals 6 and HRC becomes the nominee, she would get my vote. Why? Because I look at the big picture and what it would cost our nation to have 4 more years of corrupt and incredibly stupid government.

The HRC people I know don't think as I do. I'm not sure they'd vote for Obama. It bothers me deeply that people I worked with on the JK campaign in 2004 are suddenly OKAY with HRC's campaign. They shrug and say, "He needs to be strong for the GE. This is MILD." (And then they go crazy when someone in the MSM refers to the Clinton dynasty ... "That's not right!! That's not FAIR!!!")

This comment especially affected me:



Someone I knew--a mom with two kids, a university instructor, and someone with a passion for education and the environment--ran for state senate against a well-oiled Republican with no ethics. I got to see her face plastered over the TV and accused of crime and corruption ... none of which was true. Her children got to see that and live with that. Will she run for office again? I don't know. Heck, his campaign even harassed two retirees who were canvassing for her.

And right now I'm reading a book by Connie Schultz, wife of Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown. It's about the 2006 campaign and how much all these hate-filled attacks are felt by real people trying to do good things for our country.

Being snarky means we don't have to be informed about the issues. We don't have to discuss things like reasonable adults. And we don't somehow get that we are doing these things to real people with real feelings. I'm so very sorry that the lesson the Clintons learned in the 1990s wasn't compassion for those being attacked unfairly, but rather how to engage in the same tactics.