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stevefrommo While I have pretty much supported Obama since he declared his candidacy I had very little anomosity toward Hillary Clinton.  But as the campaing has gone on and the Clinton's (Bill and Hillary) have constantly tried to divide not only the party but the country into whites and blacks I am outraged against her (them).
I am a 60 year old white (and I like to think hard working american) who has very strong southern roots.  While I grew up and have lived most of my life in Missouri both of my parents are from Alabama.  Growing up and spending many summers in the South I saw the horrors of segregation first hand.  I thought, until this election, that we had made enormous progress, slow, but real progress over the past 30 or 40 years.  Much of America's support for Obama still gives me hope that we have.  But when Hillary comes out and tries, in a last ditch effort to steal the nomination, and once again plays on the old fears and hatreds of long ago it is past time for her to remove herself from the campaign.

A final thought on the Clinton Campaign.  Day before yesterday Hillary made the statement, "If we were following the Republican Rules I would be the nominee." it simply proved my first blog about Hillary being John McCain's VP.  We are not, Mrs Clinton, the Republican's for good reason.  You agreed to the rules when you were the front runner and now that you are not you want us to change the party structure in the middle of the game and all of us follow the same rules and the Republicans.  Following the same rules and the Republicans has brought us to $4.00 + per gallon of gasoline and thousands of American lives and millions upon millions of dollars.
No thank you Mrs. Clinton, not wanting to follow the Republican rules is exactly why I support Obama.]]> tag:tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com,2008:/talk//17.193734 2008-05-07T15:41:58Z 2008-05-07T15:41:58Z

stevefrommo Lately all we have been hearing from her are the exact same ideas as we hear from Bush/McCain.  "The oil companies are not to blame it is the federal tax that has caused us to pay such high gas prices." "Why talk to our enemies let's just bomb the off the face of the earth."

Hillary Clinton is proud of saying that she has 35 years of experience in public life and 8 of those as "Co-President" (my words not her's).  Now she is running for Co-President again and now she "feels our pain."  Where was she in the previous 35 years of public life.  I have never seen her propose one ounce of legislation that would curb the oil companies profits or create a new energy policy.  She has supported the Bush foreign war policy to the letter.  And she now wants those of us who are Democrats to go along with the Bush/McCain agenda and nominate her for Co-President.

Last night in Indiana 7% of the voters were admittedly Limbaugh Republicans who voted for Hillary.  Her support is not there...except for the hopes of Republicans that she will steal the nomination because she is very beatable.  The Limbaugh Republicans are very afraid of Obama because he offers a new voice from the past 20 plus year of Bush/Clinton Presidencies.  A voice they cannot control.

It seems to me that it is far past time for Hillary to leave the race and perhaps the party and accept the VP nomination from John McCain.]]>