Voting for Mccain is NOT the Answer
It appears that tonight, finally, the Democratic primaries are going to end, with Hillary Clinton admitting that Obama has won enough delegates to secure the nomination, while stopping short of actually conceding the race, whatever in the blue hell that means.
Now that the race is over, alot of people (mainly Hillary supporters) are very, very PO’d.
They have every right to be. People were calling for their candidate to exit the race months ago, and the media has trashed Hillary at every turn. (She has certainly deserved some of it, but the extremes to which the MSM has gone to degrade her are absurd.) What the DNC chose to do with the delegates from Michigan was undemocratic, unfair, and unreasonable. While there may have been no clean way to sort that mess out, the fact is that now the Democratic Party has a huge problem on its hands. Hillary’s people are ready to jump ship and vote for Mccain.
Folks, I have supported Hillary’s right to stay in the race until the very end, I have tried to defend her from personal attacks, and I am one of the last people who would vote for Obama, but voting for John Mccain in November is not the answer.
The only way to solve this may be to force Barack Obama to take Hillary Clinton on his ticket for vice-president. That may go a long way to bringing back her supporters into the fold, but it shouldn’t be necessary.
I am not a supporter of party politics. But just because you’re completely, completely disappointed with the Democrats doesn’t mean that the grass is greener on the other side. In fact, that grass is brown, dried out, rather disgusting, and the country is tired of eating it.
If they don’t put Hillary in as VP, why don’t you come up with a better response than just voting for the other guy? If you’re a true Clinton supporter, there’s no way that you can believe John Mccain represents your interests more than Obama does.
Or, even better yet, vote Third party and teach BOTH the Dems and the Reps a lesson.
I am well pleased to see you have taken a stand (well sort of) regarding those considering going from Hillary to McCain. You begin with, “McCain is not the answer…” then fail to capture the promise of not voting for McCain holds.
Those who haven’t gotten their way and are threatening to, “take my ball and leave.” Are at best a minority, and worst folks that do not grasp that Obama is not the enemy! The enemy is all that choose saber rattling politics and bully tactics to attempt to force the will of the capitalistic, military industrial complex on the world. The enemy is using the blood of our youth and the promise of future government revenues to finance a war against Arab and Islamic peoples. The enemy is reactionary, and status quo policies that justify the killing of 4,000 US troops while preserving the “good name” of the 3,000 that died in the bombing of the world trade center. The enemy says things something like “If we pull out now all we have sacrificed will be for nothing.” The enemy is those that supported this war and think the loss of 4,000 troops while spending nearly a TRILLION DOLLARS (of borrowed money), somehow pays for the tragedy of 9/11.
The enemy is John McCain and all who think like him. Only the truly cynical could go from the Clinton camp to the antithesis of Clinton, John McCain. It may be difficult for Clinton supporters to back Obama. Had their candidate won they would be asking for unity and reconciliation just as the Obama camp is.
The truth is if we the people do not forge a united front against the Rightwing politics that have dominated this nation for the past 8 years and 20 of the past 28 years then it will matter little who goes in opposition to the Republican machine. All who disagree will be eliminated
Comment by War Resister — June 10, 2008 @ 3:48 am