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, contributing editor, 365Gay Blog 08.27.2008 12:32am EDT
If Monday night belonged to Michelle Obama, Tuesday was about Hilary Clinton. There will be those hardy few who find her speech as lukewarm but she did everything she could to tell her supporters it’s time to pivot and get behind Barack Obama. Will the hard feelings still exist? Yeah, but she made it hard for any supporter to turn to McCain or sit on the fence. She said this: if you care about the people I met on my primary campaign, then you have to support Barack Obama. Can’t get any clearer than that.
I am still put off that Hillary is expected to “deliver” her votes to Obama. Since it was clear he won the nomination, I have said that no one who shares her ideals could pick McCain as a second choice. No question, Obama is better for women, and LBGT people, and IMHO the whole country, than McCain. But many of us still don’t really like Obama. That’s not Hillary’s fault, and it’s not her job to make us like him. It’s his.
I supported Dean four years ago. When it was apparent that Kerry was getting the nomination, no one expected Dean to “give” his supporters to Kerry. I and others worked hard for Kerry because even though he was our second choice just as Obama is now, we thought he was well qualified and an excellent choice. If we don’t feel that way about Obama, why is that Hillary’s fault?
The thing is, Obama had the perfect opportunity to unify the party by picking Hillary as his running mate. He didn’t even seriously consider it. Are we pounding him for that failure? No. We just keep pounding on her, expecting her to fix all of his failings. Failure to ignite the middle class, failure to inspire women, failure to convince us he’ll be a champion for LGBT rights, failure to unite the party he now heads. I’ll vote for Obama, but it’ll be more about fear of the other guys than about enthusiasm for him.
ReplyI am deeply disappointed that the party’s second choice wasn’t given the second position on the ballot. To me, that says that Obama has no respect for my opinion. I’ll vote for him for lack of another acceptable choice, but I won’t respect him!
ReplyIt was more clear than ever last night that Hillary Clinton shouldn not have been the VP choice. She should have been the presidential choice.
ReplyIt just amazes me every year and every four years.
The two major parties are supposed to have such bright people putting this all together. They simply do not understand such simple concepts.
The Republicans are thanking their lucky stars that Hillary is not #1 or #2 on the Democratic ticket.
Now I’m certainly no Hillary fan but I really don’t think that she would have been beatable in the general election.
I think with last nights speech she secured a place in 2012.
ReplyGreat job last night Mrs. Clinton it was a wonderful cap to an historic presidential run.
Replyclinton was always my first choice as a candidate and Obama my second. I haven’t wrestled with the issue of experience as much as many of my friends maybe because I see that experience in DC has rarely been coupled with great achievement in the White House.
JFK was a relatively new kid on the block as I recall. I’m hungry for a different kind of leadership and that’s why Hilary and Obama captured my imagination.
I was disappointed my Mrs. Clinton failed to become the Dem. Nominee, but I have no reservations about supporting and voting for the Obama Biden ticket. The spirit of change is alive and well.
I really agree with Karen’s post!! Is Obama trying to pimp-out Hillary to earn votes for him? Why can’t he earn the votes himself?
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