Reply #47: It only applies to those who would go that way (Repub or Dem) [View All]

[Bongo Prophet]

Swiftboating, if defined as libelous attacks from 3rd party, with collusive ties to the Main Party or candidate, would not really apply to either Clinton or Edwards -- and Kerry did compliment both of them at the top of the speech.

You know there will be some here who will take it and try to use it to say he attacked Clinton, and the Edwards people are already pissed for their reasons, and some will exploit that. Just more division, for the sake of game play strategies.
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When Wes Clark and RFK and others gave it up for Hillary, I congratulated her supporters, and it gave me new data points to consider.
If someone you respect gives an endorsement, and they may have personal knowledge that you do not, it can be persuasive.
Or at least assuring that the endorsee is not a likeable or naive or whatever the attack of the month is.
I DON'T think it is a good idea to begrudge people's choices, even if I disagree, as long as it is considered and honest.
As democrats (small d) we should keep the process on as high a level as we can, as it is a hard won and honorable right.

Hillary said, 'some people think politics is a game, but it is more than that' and I agree with that sentiment.