Look guys– everyone’s gotta get past the hate and fear mongering. I haven’t seen one thing said by a candidate played and blown out of proportion as much as this “bitter” comment since Republican political machines. And if Hillary just says she is doing what Republicans will do in the general election if not as much, why is she running as a democrat? We don’t need the type of Bush political think-tanks republicans seem to be so proud of, we’re above all of that. We’re not racist, we don’t assume someone hates undereducated people because he was referring to their attitude toward their government as “bitter” (which, I will admit, I am) because guys– we ARE bitter. A lot of us, which is everyone but those some 38% who approve of President Bush still. We always vote on the basis of “the lesser of the two evils” or “who is against flag burning” or “gay marriage” (which I agree is a good issue, but we need to do things in order, first to become stable, and to do that we first need an economy that is for the many, and not for the few and no more useless wars). Now come on, hate breeds hate, and the antipathy of the Clinton administration toward anyone who is not for them screams those words Bush once said “If you’re not with us, you’re with the terrorist.” It is not so black and white as our primary has been.
Also, we must be above racism, where one-in-five people in Pennsylvania voted against Obama based on his race. This is a disgrace to not only Dr. Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, Jesse Jackson and all blacks alike, but ourselves. We are better than that. This issue of whether or not Obama can win is ludicrous– he will win, it’s just a matter of time, and this primary race is not making us that much stronger as people may believe, but to be honest, I will be so distraught if Obama loses that I would definitely consider leaving the country. Hillary brings to the table failed politics of hiring businessmen as economic advisors and CEOs of Oil Companies as advisors of environmental policy. She brings conflict and senseless competition, where Obama brings unity and collaboration.
Lastly– I would like to know where John McCain and Hillary Clinton get off calling Obama “elitist”? Correct me if I am wrong, but isn’t Obama black, raised in a single-parent family, and didn’t he just recently pay off his college tuition 3 years ago? That may not seem recent but just think of about what age people usually get out of college and when he finally could afford to pay all of his loan debts. This strikes me as a man who would best represent me, a sophomore college student in the years to come, and could help fix the system that leaves people in the dust, rather than helping to pick them up and wipe their clothes of the filth that is known as special interests, higher taxing on the poor, racism, unequal opportunity, failing healthcare system, poor education, government scandal, and economic crises.
