They are not part a political party. They are part of a cult of personality.
If they are so bedazzled that they cannot see the differences between Barack Obama and John McCain, and that they think it doesn't matter which one gets elected, they should remember this: Many people felt the same way in 2000, not seeing any difference between Al Gore and George Bush. The truth turned out to be somewhat different.
These are questions that should be asked of the die-hard Clintonistas:
- Do you really think that Al Gore would have endorsed the use of torture and the wholesale scrapping of the rule of law?
- Do you think that Al Gore would have endorsed the tapping of everyone's e-mail and telephone?
- Do you really believe that Al Gore would have falsified the reasons to invade a country not connected with the 9-11 attack?
- Do you really believe that Al Gore would have cut the taxes of the wealthiest Americans and nearly doubled the Federal budget?
- Do you really believe that Al Gore would have placed religious ideology over scientific reality?
- Do you really believe that Al Gore would have turned the Justice Department into a partisan snakepit?
- Do you really believe that Al Gore would have gutted rules on workplace safety or environmental protection?
But if you believed in the things that Hilary Clinton stands for, and if you now really believe that John McCain would be a better choice than Barack Obama, I respectfully suggest to you that you have someone grasp your shoulders gently and have them firmly pull your head out of your ass.
Politics is often the art of the possible. You can get 95% of the way there by supporting Barack Obama or you can watch John McCain complete George Bush's work of destroying our democracy by turning it into a pro-corporation police state, like Chile under Pinochet.
Choose wisely.
UPDATE: Jill's post on the same issue.
UPDATE II: The Rude Pundit chimes in.
Politics is often the art of the possible. You can get 95% of the way there by supporting Barack Obama or you can watch John McCain complete George Bush's work of destroying our democracy by turning it into a pro-corporation police state, like Chile under Pinochet.
ReplyDeleteExactly. It should be about the policies, not the politicians.
I supported Hillary, now I support Obama.
ReplyDeleteI fail to see how trashing Hillary supporters accomplishes anything.
I'm pretty sure you and I could match each other in an IQ contest, so why the condescenion?
It's really okay for two Democrats to have different criteria for selecting a candidate without having to castigate or lecture each other.
Some people are still very sad that Hillary did not reach the pinnacle. Get the fuck over it and don't be a sore winner.
Karen, I am not trashing the Hillary supporters who have come to terms with the fact that she lost, that Obama will be the nominee tomorrow and that the task now is to get him elected.
ReplyDeleteI am, however, trashing those who are supported Hillary, who are not supporting Obama and who refuse to do so because their candidate lost.
I am trashing those Hillary supporters who think there is no difference between Obama and McSame.
If someone is willing to watch this country continue to go down the tubes under a third Bush/neo-con term because their candidate lost the nomination, then yes, I am going to slam them hard, fast and often. I don't do subtle.