I'm switching my support to Hillary

[bain_sidhe]

For the next 24 hours.

I can't let this historic candidacy go down without a nod of support to the first woman candidate to make it to the end of the primaries.

Say what you will, She. Never. Gave. Up. She refused to be browbeaten out of the race, and she ends her run with her head high.

So for the next 24 hours, I'm yours, Hillary! You GO, GIRL!!

[Ian David]

1. If Hillary had run in 2000 instead of Al Gore, she would still be President today...

... and she'd also have custody of Jenna.

[bain_sidhe]

5. :snort:

I like that! Jenna always struck me as the one that was most likely to rebel... she probably would have ASKED Hillary to take custody.

I'm serious, at least to a point. I have admired Hillary for YEARS. I feel bad that when it came down to brass tacks, I just couldn't support her as our nominee this time. There are many reasons, and I won't go into them.

But as a temporary supporter, let me say she has spent most of her whole adult life fighting for causes I believe in. Yes, she often did so on borrowed power, but I can point to lots of more powerful women who haven't done half as much.

GO Hillary!

[Rick Myers]

2. I'm willing to bet it's NOT over!!!

:kick:

[SlipperySlope]

11. Tomorrow she announces she is taking it to Denver.

[Hieronymus]

13. How much are you willing to bet?

[roguevalley]

29. www.americablog.com has several stories on its front page about

just that.

[cboy4]

3. I've said it from the beginning. I just wanted all of the votes

counted.

K&R

[apocalypsehow]

14. Except the ones Obama won in Michigan. And the ones from the caucus states. And....

:eyes:

[cboy4]

30. Are you my spokesperson apocalypsehow?

I want all of the votes counted.

[apocalypsehow]

31. That's nice. Your candidate doesn't. n/t.

[hendo]

37. so, will you be ready to support our nominee by Wednesday morning? n/t

[gateley]

4. I think you'll be able to extend your support well beyond the next 24 hours.

I don't think she's going anywhere.

[bain_sidhe]

7. Just wait and see

There's no point borrowing trouble. If she doesn't concede/suspend/acknowledge that her run is over by the end of the week, I'll... well, first I'll be surprised, but after that I'm heading to the garage to get my pitchfork.

[BuyingThyme]

6. Me too.

If you find a good advocacy thread, let me know and I'll pile on in.

Good idea.

[bain_sidhe]

8. What do you mean "advocacy thread"

Advocating Hillary as a person and a democrat and one strong, determined woman, or advocating that she take her fight to the convention?

[BuyingThyme]

9. I meant the former.

But maybe the latter, too, just for fun.

[bain_sidhe]

10. Well then, lets do it here!

What do you like about Hillary as a person and a Democrat?

[BuyingThyme]

15. I liked the fact that she brought a completely different

flavor to the entire process; something besides white men in monkey suits with tough-guy facades.

Oh, and I like the way she completely obliterated the perception that she was just a shill for her husband, a mere parrot for the master. In fact, in some circles, she's now considered more politically savvy than he.

And now that everybody knows that the chicks can play hardball as well as the guys, they're all gonna start signing up.

[bain_sidhe]

35. Of course, I always thought Hillary was the smart one

Bill was the "face" - he had the charisma, and the political skills. She was like the researcher in the back room -- not so much of a "people person" but absolutely necessary to his success.

And, anybody who was as big a fan of Buffy and Xena: Warrior Princess as I was knows that chicks can fight!

Ultimately, I think she had the wrong fighting style for this election, though. If Hillary is a brawler, Obama was a jujitsu guy, and the brawler doesn't really know how to deal with that.

**I suppose, backing off from my Hillary support for a minute, that was what eventually decided me to support Obama for the nomination. Republicans are brawlers too, and they don't know how to fight jujitsu guy any better than Hillary did. (I hope.)**

Ok, back to Hillary support...


GO HILLARY!

[BuyingThyme]

41. Go Hillary!

:woohoo:

[Hola]

12. Go Where?

You GO, GIRL!!

- where exactly do you want her to go?

I don't think she can come out of this with her head held high. She was given a golden opportunity, the nomination of a silver plate and she blew it... that's sad.

[bain_sidhe]

20. She had help

What was most exciting to me as a fifty-something woman, was that because of her advantages, she had to be taken seriously. Any other woman would have been treated as a joke and patted on the head and told to run along now after a couple of primaries. She made a lot of mistakes, and, in the end her failure to win the nomination rests on her shoulders... but the times, the sexism from the media, the historic nature of her opponent's candidacy... a lot of things contributed. It's not like she was blown out of the water, you know. She vanquished, what, five other candidates?

And I STILL think she has better policy chops than Obama. But that alone wasn't enough for the times.

There's the old question, do the times make the man (woman) or does the man (woman) make the times?

It's still an open question, in general, but in THIS time, she wasn't the one.

Meanwhile, GO HILLARY!

[RBInMaine]

16. I wil admit that while I haven't liked some of her tactics, she does deserve some "fighter" kudos.

[bain_sidhe]

17. I'm truly in awe of her fighting spirit

I would have given up a long time ago.

[DeadElephant_ORG]

18. "you go girl" ...? You go to HELL girl. You've all but destroyed the party. n/t

[bain_sidhe]

22. have a nice day n/t

[Cha]

38. We're not suppose to deal in

reality here. But, we're stronger than those liars, bilary clintons..as much as they tried we perserved! :toast: to us :patriot: :bounce: :kick: :party:

[bain_sidhe]

39. have a nice day! n/t

[Cha]

40. Right and down is up, crooked is

straight and liars are great.

[bain_sidhe]

43. have a nice day

(and I suspect you'll have a very nice day today.)

[truebrit71]

46. Amen!

...Huck Fillary and the right-wing playbook she stole...

[IsItJustMe]

19. And the Democrats loose in 08 because of her (we will see). There is something to be proud of.

[bain_sidhe]

23. have a nice day n/t

[IsItJustMe]

28. I will, thank you. You have a nice day also.

[bain_sidhe]

36. Thank you! n/t

[DevonRex]

21. I respect that. nt

[bain_sidhe]

24. Thank you. It feels right, to me. n/t

[RichardRay]

25. You'll get no grief from me...

I kind of feel the same way.

But, if she does the Terminator 3 thing I'm gonna be pissed...

[FlaGranny]

33. She's already on Terminator 6. n/t

[bain_sidhe]

34. Thank you

And as for the "Terminator" thing... well, I can't help wishing both Gore and Kerry had had her will to keep fighting. We might have been living in a very different, and far better, country if they had.

[slinkerwink]

26. thanks for being a classact.

[bain_sidhe]

27. Oops, pizza's here!

Not the granite one, the GOOD kind.

See y'all later!

GO HILLARY!

[bain_sidhe]

32. Just a bump in case

any former and future fellow Obama supporters want to join in for a last "HURRAH"

I truly believe it's the last chance for a long time to support (however briefly and inconsequentially) a woman who really had a shot at winning the presidency.

GO HILLARY! MAKE ME PROUD!

[DeepModem Mom]

42. K&R

[SeaLyons]

44. K&R

[jesus_of_suburbia]

45. I still love Hillary. She is quite the fighter.

I wish I had half the determination she does.