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Time to Bite Our Tongues
Listen, I think we all need to quiet down a bit. We all know there are a lot of Clinton supporters saying - if Hillary doesn't get it, I'm taking my ball and going to play with McCain or go home and not play at all.
There are some very deep wounds right now and some of these will heal with time, but some may not. Especially if we keep picking at the scab.
If you spend any time over on MyDD.com, a strong Hillary support site, you can read for yourself how deep the divide has become. As a Obama supporter it's hard to read some of the thinking over there, but I grit my teeth and do it. The reason for the Obama dislike are numerous, from he played the race card first, trashing the Clinton legacy, too inexperienced, wasn't his turn, not vetted, can't win the GE and the list goes on.
I absolutely disagree with all of them, but I'm an Obama supporter, so duh. However, this is their reality and they either have to get to know Obama and decide they can live with him or not. They will never ever come over as rabid supporters. Just as I never would be a whole hearted Hillary supporter. However I know in the end I would vote for her come November. Doing anything else would have been cutting my nose of to spite my face.
Also Obama supporters holding out our hands in friendship right now isn't the answer. Time is needed and they need to make the walk across the bridge themselves. They won't be pulled over.
Finally the trash talking of Hillary or her supporters is just counter productive. If I take emotion out of it, I do not think Hillary is racist or any of the other stuff she has gotten called. In the heat of a campaign when you are trying to win, some pretty stupid stuff gets said and gets blown up way beyond it's meaning. Face it, how would you feel if by every known metric a year ago you were supposed to be the nominee? And because of bad advice, some poor choices, stupid and some remarks you found yourself on the verge of your dream slipping away. So the faster we stop trashing her and her supporters the better.
As trite as it may sound, we are at that point where - If you don't have anything nice or reasoned to say, don't say anything at all.
On that note I can hear a few of you saying well if I do that what am I going to write about ;) It's time to tap those creative brains my friends.
And so ends the reading for today.













Comments (3)
I agree that Obama supporters should be more open to Clinton supporters and vice versa too; however the stressful thing for Obama supporters is that many of use are unable to relax yet even though he has mathematically locked this up. Because we just don't trust that Clinton will bow out gracefully and not just trash Obama further in the coming days & weeks.
My respect for Clinton in the past makes me think that she will do the right thing, but she hasn't shown much of that respectful person recently.
May 9, 2008 10:05 AM | Reply | Permalink
I totally get the stress.
May 9, 2008 10:11 AM | Reply | Permalink
everytime i tell myself, ok, do not say one negative thing about hrc...try to envision the old hrc who held so much promise...boom she comes out and say and do something so outrageous that i find myself in a frenzy again.
i will try, but i cannot promise that i won't get emotionally involved when she keeps kicking our future prez in the teeth. it is one thing if he was defending himself-he isn't and quite frankly, it is our job to say what he cannot say. the same way hrc says what she shouldn't say and her surrogates add insult to injury by constantly repeating.
until obama is (knighted) the nominee..(love that term, i will continue to be on edge. and after that i can make an honest effort to be gracious towards hrc and her supporters who i find extremely spiteful. i don't like the lady, but i cannot honestly say i wouldnt cast that vote her. i think her supporters mean it when they say and that ruins anything HRC for me.
May 9, 2008 10:45 AM | Reply | Permalink
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