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19. I used to be a staunch Clinton supporter.

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I defended them right and left, was one of the first signers of the original MoveOn petition, and even wished it was Hillary who had been running instead of Bill.

I look back and see two big problems:

1) I was strictly a Party person who believed the Democratic Party was the Party of my youth (Bobby Kennedy, MLK) and my location (liberal SF).

2) I only had to go by the information I was presented in the limited media I accessed (broadcast TV, local papers).

And then I discovered the Internet. And DU.

Once I was introduced to new information on them and the Party under them, I was forced to reconsider my views. It was a process, one that took many years.

I think that there are some here that are just in various stages of their own "process" on the Clintons. Others who are neoliberals/cons who actually agree with the Clinton worldview. And others who put their fingers in their ears and refuse to believe anything outside of their fantasy of the Clintons.

For me, the Clinton bell can't be unrung -- I see them for what they are and I, in good conscience, cannot support them.