Next to the wound, what women make best is the bandage.
~Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly
~Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly
So Edwards is endorsing Obama. I think that it was a no-brainer for a lotta reasons. Edwards was always an all-around good guy, so it didn't make much sense for him to back Hillary since she's been running such a dirty campaign. The problem is, Hillary is still working hard, not so much to win the nomination, but force herself into One Observatory Circle. Her fight in West Virginia (and the upcoming ones in places like Kentucky and Puerto Rico) are meant for her to make Obama even more of "the black candidate" than she already has. If Obama closes the gap in Kentucky, it'd be a huge accomplishment. If he wins, I might think there's hope for this country after all, but right now it looks like white folk just ain't ready to elect a negro.
All of which means, after throwing so much mud on Obama, Hillary will cast herself as the only viable option for the Vice Presidency if the Dems have any chances of beating John McCain. Subsequently, Mr. Edwards will be left out in the cold. Again. Now that Hillary has successfully caricatured Obama as an elitist (imagine that, a rich, white, former first lady, present-day senator successfully gets people to think that a black man with an even blacker wife and an extra-black name is "elitist"), adding Edwards to the ticket would only allow Republicans to take that mantel as their own and ride the gibe out till November.
Edwards already faced heat during his stint in the primaries for being "elitist" because he was the multi-millionaire populist. Never mind that he grew up dirt poor and worked his way through school to get to where he is. Never mind that our current President is the poster child for nepotism. Americans are dumb and so after all the talking heads on TV play and replay the "elitist" crap, middle-America will be repeating it with emotional vigor as if they had come to this conclusion in and of themselves.
I'm all for hope and change, and I would really be happy to vote for an Obama/Edwards ticket. They can make Hillary the Postmaster General or something, but I'll be honest, I'm not sure if Americans are smart enough to vote for an Obama/Edwards ticket. Integrity says yes, but pragmatism says Obama/Clinton.
Nietzsche said women "make the highs higher and the lows more frequent."
I'd agree.
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I will NEVER vote for Hillary Clinton.
She's made racist remarks about Ghandi working at a gas station and has tried to downplay the legacy of MLK.
She's been a sore loser the entire race and has allowed her supporters to throw dirt all over Obama's name in her attempts to get the nomination. She's also been the number one supplier of ammunition to the Republican party against Obama, making false comments in reference to the origins of his name and his religion, etc.
After McCain criticized the racist comments of his supporters that were directed towards Obama, they left him to support Clinton, which apparently makes her the redneck candidate of choice.
I see Clinton's universal healthcare system as just another form of taxation on the American people and she has said herself that she would come after people's wages if they did not participate, and there are no exceptions. At least Obama's policy gives people the freedom to have healthcare (if they can afford it) or to not have healthcare.
Clinton also has a pro-war stance on U.S. foreign policy, which I strongly disagree with given all the soldiers we've lost and all the B.S. we've been going through with Iraq. Imagine us trying to take on Iraq and Iran and North Korea. That bitch is crazy.
That being said, I'd love to see an Obama/Edwards ticket. Hopefully Obama will hurry up and get the nomination before this psycho-ho does anymore damage to the party.
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