Reply #35: you'd better believe it!

[Two Americas]

Absolutely. All of my thinking would run that way like water runs downhill. Back at the beginning of the primaries she was my last choice, Kucinich and Edwards being my first and second. What were there, nine candidates? I can't remember. She wasn't just ninth, she was a distant ninth. I don't think you can find anyone who has been more critical of or opposed to Senator Clinton and the people around her, going back over fifteen years now. You have no idea how much provocation it would take to have me defending Senator Clinton. It is the oddest and most unlikely twist of fate that I could have imagined.

As for "some strange mob mentality that's infecting every pundit and talk show host in the country" I would never have believed that possible. But I am seeing exactly that same mob mentality infecting DU, so I am forced to think that it is very much possible. Seeing is believing, although I am still stunned and incredulous about what I read here everyday now. In 40 years of working with the party, I have never seen anything even remotely approaching this.

I haven't changed, Senator Clinton hasn't changed, the Clinton supporters haven't changed. But something sure as Hell has changed, and it is one of the ugliest things I have ever seen in politics.