Reply #84: This is not a game, it is deadly serious. (also attack on me wrong target) [View All]

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What in the Hell is wrong with you? You are terribly mistaken about who I am, I have not said anything to deserve an alert, and I am aghast that you are allowed to teach history at the college level.

I do not use other identities to post, prefer Edwards for various reasons, have tried to keep an open mind about all Dem candidates, see strengths and weaknesses in each one, and prefer that I be happy to support our nominee.

(FYI In the last couple of weeks, I have been re-examining Obama prompted by trying to understand why he did not resonate with me. Those posts are only tangentially related to this thread.)

It is disingenuous to pretend that Clinton doesn't use gender in her campaign or Obama race. I have commented on some of the these. After the Detroit debate, I noted that Clinton's "I'm your girl" is a clever trap for any male opponent since an internalized "I'm your boy" diminishes them, but it is more problematic for Obama.

My previous post attempted to say that by discussing a new generation of leaders, etc. he plants the seeds for a comparison, without ever needing to make anything explicit. Not a problem for me. I contrasted that to the explicit actions by his campaign to promote him wrt JFK.

Posters elsewhere in this thread point out the real danger to everyone in the Party and to civil rights in general if this fight between Clinton and Obama continues. This is not a game of gotcha, or he/she hit me first, or an attempt for elders to hold onto power. And the blowback hits everyone -- look at the absurd Lawrence O'Donnell attack on Edwards being a racist just for continuing to be a candidate.

I have done my small part along this path since the early 1960's, have gone to far to turn back now.