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Edited on Mon Sep-17-07 12:42 PM by NewHampster
Rather than jumping in here I'd like folks to read excerpts from my recent response letter to the local paper. An Obama supporter wrote about me the week before. I think it says it best. ---
Bob xxxxx my friend and compadre in campaigns past, you have my thanks for enunciating the exact issues that got me involved with Hillary in the first place.
As my wife knows, I got involved the moment Hillary announced her candidacy for two over riding reasons. We have to win this time. Beating the Rovian tactics means we must think like them and put forward the candidate best equipped to fight back against their 12 year old focused advertising, lies and rumor mongering.
About those negatives. Isn't that Republican speak? Aren't those personal feelings that they've implanted in the mind of the electorate over the past 15 years? You are watching way too much Faux News. I've asked a few outspoken Republican friends why they hate Hillary, and not one could say for sure. All they seem to know is that they are supposed to hate her. Maybe you've fallen for the same line. I believe that the wrong wing's fear and distrust of Hillary says a lot about how strong and right she must be.
You also hint at the Rovian attacks to come and seem to think Hillary will be a huge target. Well let me clue you in. The Democrats could run Billy Graham and those scum on the other side would hammer on some point until our church going friends thought he was the devil himself. Attacking strength is what they do and they do it very well. Anything to avoid issues and their own past deceits.
What will they say about Hillary that people who hate her don't already know? It's all been said and she is the only Democrat I know to fight back and come out stronger. The others are fresh meat and if you don't think there is a nasty campaign against each just waiting, then you Bob have a lot less upstairs than I thought.
What else have you forgotten from four years ago? When "rumors" started to leak out that Rove wanted to run against Dean many of us realized this was a tactic to move soft support from Dean to Kerry. He scared Dems off the stronger candidate Dean. Kerry was who they wanted and who they got. Now the republicans say Hillary is the nominee and they can't wait because she has the highest negatives in history. Stop letting Rove run our campaign.
You know Bob, they may also tell us that a woman has never won the presidency so of course we shouldn't try to change that rule. Hey, I bet they try to tell us that a Senator from a Northeastern state can't win or better yet; A woman with 35 years of public service under her belt, a woman who has always been dedicated to helping the less fortunate, a woman who was First Lady should not be President because her husband already was. Maybe she should just be a good wife and stay home to cook dinner?
Well Bob, my other reason for supporting Hillary is very sexist. I think we need a woman President. Not just a woman but a mother to take charge of our future. I like to tell people that my Great Grandmother Rosie ran the house, my Grandmother Deb ran her home while holding down a job, my Mother Marge ran our home and worked full-time and of course my Wife Dian runs our home while working longer hours than I do. We men have screwed things up pretty bad and it's time the country trusted a mother to clean up the mess and take us forward
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