Vote for Hillary, and for history

[William769]

I didn't vote for Hillary Clinton on Tuesday but after receiving this e-mail, I wished I had.

"I just wanted you to know that I voted for a woman yesterday and feel really good about myself today," it said. The writer was a lawyer and, also, a man.

Like many of the 328,121 people in Michigan who voted for Clinton, my e-mailer voted dutifully, despite the Democratic National Committee's decision to strip Michigan of its delegates, despite the decision of Barack Obama and John Edwards to remove their names from the ballot. He ignored the political mess that kept candidates from campaigning and voted.

Only when he walked away from the booth did he realize that he'd somehow budged the needle of history by voting for a woman.

http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080117/OPINION03/801170371/1022/rss10

[Political Heretic]

1. That seems an insufficient reason to pick a president for me.

[William769]

2. Whats telling is who wrote the article.

[Inspired]

3. I vote for the future...not for history.

[Perky]

4. Damn beat me to it!!!! Good on Ya!!

[Avalux]

5. I will never vote for a woman because she's a woman (I'm a woman).

I've told my three daughters the same thing. Yes, electing a woman president seems terribly romantic and would indeed be historical, but it's not a good enough reason. We need to evaluate the candidates on their merit and their abilities and leave gender and race out of it.

[Renew Deal]

6. He "budged the needle" by voting for more war, more corporate control,

and less progressivism.