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Then, Funny:

Now, Funny, still:

No Comments » Posted on February 21st, 2008 by Chris Abraham

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I don’t expect Hillary Clinton to take my advice. In fact, I fully expect her to keep forging ahead, putting out negative ads against Barack Obama and push for the delegates of the rule-breaking states of Florida and Michigan to be counted. I think the intensity of 35 years of waiting and wanting to run for president will take over and make her not see logic that she basically can’t win the nomination sans an Gary Hart-like Obama implosion. And there are no signs of that happening. I fully expect her to pull no punches and either she or her surrogates will attack Obama viciously, making him all the more vulnerable come November.

Disclosure: I worked back in 1992 for her husband’s presidential run. Worked in seven states. Something I’ll never forget. A blast. Makes me patriotic just thinking about it. Running around New Hampshire. I’m an independent though. And more of a centrist. Hillary (and Obama) are definitely to my left. McCain, whom I respect, is to my right.

Hillary turned me off with part of Hillarycare. On something so large an encompassing, you start off in the center or center-left. Not hard left. I remember a provision that would force organizations to enroll in insurance that would provide abortions services. Organizations such as the Catholic Church. When the Church objected to this provision, the answer came back: tough shit. As a Catholic who is slightly pro-choice, I was offended. There’s a stark difference between allowing an action (an abortion) and forcing an entity to pay for that action if it is completely against it’s principles. Thus, Hillary turned me off.

Two days ago, I read a post on TechPresident written by Liza Sabater. She pointed to a blog entry written by Erin Kotecki Vest, the Queen of Spain. ;)

The Queen, a former supporter of Hillary, makes a passioned plea for the Senator from New York to step down from the race. That’s because the Queen sees Hillary now as a polarizing figure, one that divides. She defends Hillary in the end, however, in that she sees this polarization largely as the result of the mental makeup of those that Hillary turns off:

If you firmly believe that there is still time for you to change the hearts and minds of those rude and stubborn Americans who are voting with their gut when they see “Hillary” on the ballot-then please, prove me wrong.

Ewww. Queen, you disappoint me. Rude and stubborn. When will some people learn? ;) One must be careful when considering the motives of others when they vote. But you are still my favorite Queen! Read more…

2 Comments » Posted on February 21st, 2008 by Jonathan Trenn


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