Reply #19: Why is Bill Clinton insulting me?

[VolcanoJen]

I worked hard on his campaigns. I defended him fervently, even when it was incredibly difficult to do. I watched these last eight wretched years go by, and saw my own life change, watched despair creep in, watched jobs disappear, moved around quite a bit myself. Felt insecure and at times a little frightened, and every time Bill Clinton would come on television I would listen to him so closely and with all of my attention, wishing so much we had someone like him in office again. I longed for the kind of leadership he provided.

I need a president, too. I need the economy to turn around. I need this horrible war to end. I need the nation to return to its days of pride and pomp and comfort. I don't think I'm smarter than anyone else. I'm terrified of slipping out of the middle class. Why is Bill Clinton telling me that my support of Barack Obama means I'm not one of these people?

My only "crime" is making a different choice, reaching a different conclusion, within my own party. Why is Bill Clinton turning his back on me simply because my vote and my support might mean he and Hillary don't get to return to the White House? Why is he attacking half of the Democratic Party with these words?

It's fucking heartbreaking to me.