Reply #21: I'm going to bring that up at our Democrats meeting next week. We don't need to [View All]

[SharonAnn]

give ammunition out. Anything we say to each other out in the real world may get repeated to GOP friends and acquaintances. And, I'm getting real tired of hearing right-wing talking points against our candidates from my Democratic Party friends. You know, the ones that go something like "I'd like so-and-so but he/she is too (fill in the blank) and besides he/she has this history of (fill in the blank)."

I may have a favorite candidate and work like heck for that candidate but I realize that any one of them is great. Any one of them is light-years ahead of anything we've got now or that the GOP is offering for the future. I'm not going to give any Democrat or Republican to even consider not voting for our nominee.

So, my pledge is that if I respond to any question or otherwise speak about any of our candidates I will say only positive things about that candidate. At worst, I will only say that I like (fill in the blank) about that person and don't yet know much about the rest of their platform but I'm looking forward to learning more.

Hillary is smart, experienced and so knowledgeable about both foreign and domestic policies. She's had a lot of life-long friends and they think she's terrific so I'll bet she's a neat person to be around.

Obama does give me a sense of vision for the future. And he's worked in non-profits, at the state level and now as senator. He's seen the way policies interact in all these arenas. That would really help him understand the impact of various decisions and policies.

Dennis Kucinich has been an elected official for longer than any of the others and he really understands what issues affect the average citizens of this country. And his focus is on them and their welfare first.

Joe Biden is really knowledgeable about many things, especially foreign policy and that's really important in these days.

Gov. Richardson is outstanding in the number of roles he has held, the experience he has, and the respect he has of all who have worked with him. He's not the "go-to guy" for international mediation for nothing.

etc.

I'm not going to give any ammunition to anyone to use against our candidate. I can support my favored candidate without casting aspersions on the others. And, I don't want anyone to think that if my candidate loses, that I or they should think we ended up with "second best" or worse as our candidate.

You know darned well that any negative things we say will be picked up and used against our ultimate candidate.

Please, don't provide the ammunition!