It's sad that one of these candidates must lose. [View All]

[kentuck]

I feel sorry for Hillary that she is running behind at this time. I'm sure I would feel the same way if Obama was running behind at this time. Hillary is fighting her heart out. There is nothing else she can do. There is a wave of change sweeping over this country and anybody that gets too close to the wave will be drowned.

Obama is lucky that he is the one person riding this wave. If it had not been Obama, it would have been Edwards or someone else. It just so happens that Obama has been chosen by the people to lead this change - mostly because he is perceived as the one candidate that is the least connected to the stench that is Washington and he is the one person that best defines the problem we are facing as a nation.

But it is George W Bush that brought the need for change into stark relief. It was he that showed the people just how criminal and negligent was our government. It was he that turned his back on the people of New Orleans as they were drowning in their own tears. It was he that said the Constitution was just another piece of paper. And it was he that gave the orders to torture people and to spy on American citizens without warrants, as we lost whatever moral bearing that we might have retained. It was he that finally opened the eyes of the wandering blind generation of youngsters that thought government was too complicated and too messy for them to get involved. Out of necessity, they have been brought into the fold. And they are looking for change.

Time and youth will not be denied. This is the misfortune that Hillary was burdened to carry. The people will not go gently into the night. Truth will be victorious. The times they are a'changin...